Hello from a distant cousin - R8 Spyder

[xto]

Hello All,

As per usual first posters,I have been "lurking" around here for some time reading some great posts and I like the banter people have here, but never really taking the dip until now.

I decided to make my first post here rather than the Audi forum on Piston heads. To me it seems the Audi forum deals mainly with A3's and VW cars ( no offence to anyone reading this!). And not somewhere i thought i would get any good replies from and I don’t think I have read many posts from R8 Spyder owners.

I picked up my car yesterday and well, drove it all about 1 cm in the dealership hand over garage before i got it placed on a trailer to get a full body cover/ protection (not that matt cover).

So I have no input on how it drives other than well, there is no “creep” function on the car, it moves off quite smooth and handles excelent on ceramic garage flooring!( from what I could tell.) The sound is epic though but, prob a wasted comment here, after reading about what sort of exotica people have on here.

I should( fingers cross get the car back Friday) in time for a weekend of fun.

I do hope that the Lamborghini cousins on hear don’t mind a distant family member sitting down for the preverbal Sunday lunch!

Pictures were taken on a Blackberry so quality is a bit off.

I have no plans for any modifications other than putting on a private plate.

KR

Xto

[UH-Matt]

Looks nice... what made you choose Audi over Lambo if you don't mind me asking? (I was comparing R8's to Gallardos only a few months ago and ended up in a Gallardo)...

[Peter101]

I think the R8 Spyder is gorgeous, and like Matt looked into the R8, but opted for the Gallardo.

[Paul O]

xto said:

it moves off quite smooth and handles excelent on ceramic garage flooring!

- love that. Great intro! Looking forward to hearing more about it....

[xto]

Thanks Matt & Peter.

Matt:

I was offered a great deal on a 1 year old Gallardo which made me look closely into the option (which was less than i paid for the R8)

There were a number of reasons; one was running costs, which were higher than i wanted to pay tbh.

Second, i feel the Audi suits my lifestyle better and I’m patient enough to go the next step in the future rather than go straight to a lambo now.

Also living in central/ NW London put me off leaving such a car around the town. As i think it would attract a different type of attention than an R8 would.

I've never driven a Gallardo so my choice was not about driving ability or performance.

Xto

Edited by xto on Tuesday 8th June 16:48

[Original Poster]

Fantastic car, I hope you enjoy!

[Popolou]

Very nice, bet you were having fun spec'ing that one.

Since you're in my neck of the woods, i'll see you around. Perhaps you could drop off the keys now and then

Rgds
Pops

[V10 BAT]

Hi ,the guys on here will make you more than welcome.
Take your time and get used to it.
Enjoy,they are stunning cars

[lambo_xx]

Congratulations stunning car, just a shame it has the wrong gearbox

[Harsh]

Welcome Xto, seen a couple of R8 Spiders around, guess i'll be seeing another one soon as i'm in your neck of the woods. I think an early morning blat is on the cards when you're ready

Congrats on the purchase, you'll find a smile welded to your face from now on!

Edited by Harsh on Tuesday 8th June 18:31

[jonny5]

xto said:

I've never driven a Gallardo so my choice was not about driving ability or performance.

Xto

uh-oh , you've lost me .

[CIE560]

I didn't like these at first, saw one on the road though and it completely changed my mind. Beautiful cars.

Congratulations!

Edited by CIE560 on Tuesday 8th June 22:53

[DonnyMac]

I didn’t like the R8 much from the front, but the Spyder changed that for me after a recent run in Paris, they are superb cars (if their owners can follow a sat-nav Raz!)

[2 5HAN]

Have to admit that i didn’t rate the R8 that was until i did a track day at Silverstone in the new R8 V10

Having had a Gallardo i was really interested to drive the R8 in anger around the track and was slightly worried they would be telling you to take it easy.

Did the full day at Silverstone and came away with nothing but the upmost respect for the R8.

Congrats on the purchase, hope you get to enjoy it this weekend i bet you must be itching to get into it.

Would seriously consider it over the Lambo next time for sure

[tomtom]

Welcome. What made you buy the car from Grimsby rather than someone in the south east?

[Mattymouse33]

Many congratulations and a great choice of car you have!!

[Truffles]

I try to like them, I really do. But I just can't tell the difference between an R8 and a TT at a distance.

[M3RMS]

A friend of mine picked up his V10 Spyder (also in black...) a couple of weeks ago, which he took me out for burn in over the weekend.

I have to say, I thought it was absolutely sensational. The noise was superb, probably worth the asking price on it's own...... And the look.... much more menacing and imposing than I imagined. Seemed to get a huge amount of <positive> attention with one guy in Marlow literally sticking half his body out of the open window to get a proper look. I didn't expect that.

It struck me very much as the supercar that could actually be used every day - so quite Porsche'esque in that respect.

Lovely car - congratulations.

[M3RMS]

And I have to say that I think this forum is categorically the right forum for this car.

But conversely not for the R8 V8 Coupe...!?

[Peter101]

M3RMS said:

And I have to say that I think this forum is categorically the right forum for this car.

But conversely not for the R8 V8 Coupe...!?

I think this forum should be open to all R8 owners, V8 or V10, it would be handy to learn about mechanical comparisons between the Gallardo and R8 for us poorer Lamborghini owners who would prefer to pay for less expensive but equally good quality Audi supplied parts than the more expensive exact same parts supplied by Lamborghini.