Audi R8 - what gives?

[Jasandjules]

I think part of it could be that they've spent 80k or so on a car which most people would think was a TT.........

[Dalto123]

Fastdruid said:

The R8 looks dull next to real supercars.

An R8 looks dull next to anything

[simonej]

Jandywa said:

AndyBrew said:

A friend of mine has a V8 and after a trip out in it I was very underwhelmed a serious lack of Go and a shape that for me doesn't quite look right (that coming from someone who likes the Nissan juke)

Did your friend use the accelerator at all? And are you blind?

+1 on the serious lack of go! I really didn't expect to be shouting in frustration at a 400+bhp 'supercar' (the V8 version).

However, it was incredibly easy to drive and obviously very good at what it does - it was just a bit slower than I expected and rather dull (driving a McLaren SLR beforehand probably didn't help though! ).

[car crazy]

daveak said:

I love these cars, and you don't see that many on the road, but what gives? There are currently 125 R8's for sale in these classified ads, what's wrong with them? are they underwhelming, boring, dissapointing? what?

Dont know but there is an awesome R8 gt in carlisle audi for £159K with 3000 miles racing seats and harnesses, maybe they are just too dear

[Dave Hedgehog]

NelsonR32 said:

Working at an Audi Centre uou would not believe the absolutely outrageous finance agreements people sign themselves up for. One example that sticks in my mind was a £47,000 A6 allroad with just a £3K deposit. Would've lost £4,000 as soon as it left the forecourt.

Therefore, it's perfectly believable that a TT owner would stretch to one IMHO.

i chuckled at the R8 finance on the screen at my dealer

105k for car, 50k down, 600 a month for 36 months with a guaranteed price of 50k at the end

so the 50k down is your depreciation and the 22k in payments just covers the interest lmfao