Ideal everyday first "supercar"

[Michaelbailey]

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.

[Michaelbailey]

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 would

[Michaelbailey]

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.

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?

[Michaelbailey]

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 special