Living with an R8 4.2

[Waitey]

Evening Gents,

Looking into buying a 2010 R8 to run as a daily?

Has anyone got any insights into running one of these long term, costs et al.

Are there any good buying guides available?

[mrdemon]

Manual ?

[starmonkey]

I believe there might be a PH buying guide appearing shortly...

[anonymous-user]

I ran one as my only car but only for 12 months so only cost me fuel and insurance.

All I will say is that it's very easy to live with, was 100% reliable and I really miss mine.

[Waitey]

Car will be a manual.

Looking to do circa 10k per annum.

[Nedzilla]

Ive had one for the last six months and so far so good. I dont drive it during the day but you will have no problem using it all the time. Its easy to drive,comfortable,enough luggage space and feels solid and reliable.
Running costs also seem pretty reasonable. Average 20mpg,servicing can be 12 months or 10k miles or longlife 2yrs/20k miles if used mainly for long journeys.They do use a bit of oil so keep an eye on that.
I had a Nissan GTR previously and while on another planet in terms of performance i do prefer the R8. It just feels so much more special and far more suited to british roads.

[franki68]

ran one for 3 years ,never missed a beat ,cost me £400 for one service and that was it.Thoroughly reccomend a manual one .

only criticism is the seats are really poor quality ,mine had severe wear on the side bolsters after 3 months,apart from that wonderful cars.

[Dr G]

franki68 said:

wear on the side bolsters.

Easily and cheaply sorted with some liquid leather; works wonders.

They're damn good cars day to day and annoyances are pretty minor. Car parks can be a pain as visibility for kerbs isn't fantastic and the doors open pretty wide. The wheels are diamond cut so a little more than normal to go a really good job on a refurb.