Ideal everyday first "supercar"
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I suspect I wont be buying this until 2021 but I've got all excited at the thought of it.
I really fancy treating myself to something special and having looked at what's best for my budget I've narrowed it down to either an Audi R8 V10 Manual or a Nissan GTR 2012 or later. I'm stuck between outright pace (gtr probably at stage 4.25) and manually shifting a 500+hp V10 (R8 obviously probably with an exhaust)
I would like to drive it everyday and use it for long journeys/road trips. I appreciate the 4 seats and the fair boot of the gtr may be more practical but I've always loved the r8s and always been an aspirational dream car of mine. Wondering if anyone has been in a similar position and what there thoughts were on it or if they have had both.
I really fancy treating myself to something special and having looked at what's best for my budget I've narrowed it down to either an Audi R8 V10 Manual or a Nissan GTR 2012 or later. I'm stuck between outright pace (gtr probably at stage 4.25) and manually shifting a 500+hp V10 (R8 obviously probably with an exhaust)
I would like to drive it everyday and use it for long journeys/road trips. I appreciate the 4 seats and the fair boot of the gtr may be more practical but I've always loved the r8s and always been an aspirational dream car of mine. Wondering if anyone has been in a similar position and what there thoughts were on it or if they have had both.
For me, my ideal daily 'supercar' would be a Ferrari F12. Love them!
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BlackWidow13 said:
Between those two I’d take the R8 every day and twice in Sundays. GTRs leave me cold, TBH.
The gtr never quite did it for me but the more I learned the more they grew on me. Also probably the cheaper of the two options but I do admit I doubt it would excite the way an r8 wouldUnless you live somewhere with very little traffic and no policeman, I think that "speed" reaches a point of diminishing returns way before the performance of an R8. My 360 has the perfect balance of power / handling in my opinion - even though by todays standards it's slow.
As others have said, if your dream car has always been an R8 I think you'd always wish you'd bought one - however good you found the GTR.
I'm also somebody who's always been left cold by GTRs - but I was taken around a track in one last year, and I must admit I came away very impressed - far more than I expected to be. But it's still a very different car to something like an R8,
ETA : You might also find this useful, since it's pretty much the exact same question : https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
As others have said, if your dream car has always been an R8 I think you'd always wish you'd bought one - however good you found the GTR.
I'm also somebody who's always been left cold by GTRs - but I was taken around a track in one last year, and I must admit I came away very impressed - far more than I expected to be. But it's still a very different car to something like an R8,
ETA : You might also find this useful, since it's pretty much the exact same question : https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
davek_964 said:
Unless you live somewhere with very little traffic and no policeman, I think that "speed" reaches a point of diminishing returns way before the performance of an R8. My 360 has the perfect balance of power / handling in my opinion - even though by todays standards it's slow.
As others have said, if your dream car has always been an R8 I think you'd always wish you'd bought one - however good you found the GTR.
I'm also somebody who's always been left cold by GTRs - but I was taken around a track in one last year, and I must admit I came away very impressed - far more than I expected to be. But it's still a very different car to something like an R8,
ETA : You might also find this useful, since it's pretty much the exact same question : https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
thanks for that. I have driven an R8 Manual V8 and I thought it was the nuts but a little underpowered even on the small track I was on, the same day I drove a t350 and that was special but I cant see myself dumping that much money into a tvr, I also drove a v10 lambo Gallardo however the gearbox was woeful which I think sullied the experience. Ive never driven a GTR but given what people said in that thread its a little numb which I was slightly concerned about. I could do with driving one and see how it feels before I make the final decision but I think your right I am definitely edging towards the V10 ahead of the crazy power of a gtr. As others have said, if your dream car has always been an R8 I think you'd always wish you'd bought one - however good you found the GTR.
I'm also somebody who's always been left cold by GTRs - but I was taken around a track in one last year, and I must admit I came away very impressed - far more than I expected to be. But it's still a very different car to something like an R8,
ETA : You might also find this useful, since it's pretty much the exact same question : https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
I remember the way this advert made me feel it first came out. At that time I would have never thought I could realistically own one... Sounds like my mind is made up but I don't want to discount a GTR just yet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XflP9D53slY
Looks like it came out mid 2013 which would have made me 16 at the time. I wonder if they expected to receive sales off the back of this advert so many years later?
That is one of the best car adverts ever, remember seeing it in the cinema at the time fantastic bit of marketing. I had the advert car for a couple of years and they really are great to own and such an exotic engine, mine was S Tronic which was a great gearbox and we'll suited to the engine, manual V10 pluses are pretty rare I think. Even acknowledging how fast the GTR is I wouldn't hold one in the same regard as a R8 V10 tbh.
I see the GTR as a bit of a novelty item, I must admit. It's a showcase of what Nissan's engineers can do, and it it by all accounts a car that ticks every box that those engineers set themselves. But aesthetically it has more in common with a North American muscle car than a European sports car. And then there's the whole "modding" thing that a lot of them seem to undergo, which always makes me suspicious about the quality and the longevity of the mods.
A V10 engine, on the other hand, is something every car enthusiast should experience once. That Audi V10 has a sound under load which is unlike any other engine I've heard.
A V10 engine, on the other hand, is something every car enthusiast should experience once. That Audi V10 has a sound under load which is unlike any other engine I've heard.
Dream car.
It has to excite on pretty much every level
Tingles when its parked and you're on the outside...engine on and off
when you're on the inside...engine on and off
stuck in traffic
plodding through town
on the open road
for me, that must then be gorgeous design inside and out and an engine that sounds exotic....rarity and some proper engineering.
Stats and practicality have never entered my 'dreams' for a car.
out of your two car choice, it's a no brainer.
It has to excite on pretty much every level
Tingles when its parked and you're on the outside...engine on and off
when you're on the inside...engine on and off
stuck in traffic
plodding through town
on the open road
for me, that must then be gorgeous design inside and out and an engine that sounds exotic....rarity and some proper engineering.
Stats and practicality have never entered my 'dreams' for a car.
out of your two car choice, it's a no brainer.
clarki said:
AMG GT.
I did look at these but theyre a bit too new. I reckon in a few years time they'll be sub 40k and a great buy but if im spending that kind of money the V10 R8 wins it pretty easy for me personally though I appreciate the inside of the AMG GT's look pretty specialThe GTR would be my pick I like the R8 (a friend has a V10) & it's a nice steer the V8 likes to be worked & is a drivers car but for me the GTR is that & more I like the way it needs waking up before getting the best out of it.
They do benefit from an exhaust (I'd say look for a Litchfield stage 1 car) to release a nice note, they're a proper drivers car too I'd say test drive both as you may well surprise yourself with which car you like, I have to say there are no wrong answers here.
They do benefit from an exhaust (I'd say look for a Litchfield stage 1 car) to release a nice note, they're a proper drivers car too I'd say test drive both as you may well surprise yourself with which car you like, I have to say there are no wrong answers here.
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