sipar69 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Neighbour works for Audi. His latest company car....looks awesome 'in the flesh' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Nice ..but its an Audi... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I'm sure they go like stink, but they look crap... Much prefer a 370 tbh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brillomaster Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 errrm, given the choice between a 370z and an R8... i'll take the R8, thanks! actually given the choice between any car and an R8, i'll probably still take the R8 lol lovely cars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoD Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 i like the R8 100000000000000000000000000000000000% better than the Gallardo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grundy Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Never been a huge fan, aye if someone gave me one or one came up at a killer price I'd get it. But for the money I'd prefer other cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoD Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Never been a huge fan, aye if someone gave me one or one came up at a killer price I'd get it. But for the money I'd prefer other cars. curious in the second hand market you can pick on up for 35k now other than a GTR what else would you have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveyboy11 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Meh they don't do anything for me, sound nice I'll give them that but like Will says it's just an Audi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sipar69 Posted July 17, 2014 Author Share Posted July 17, 2014 Not sure I get this 'it's an Audi' business. Aren't our cars 'just a Nissan'? It's not my dream car but coming back from a run this morning it looked gorgeous in the early morning sun. To be honest, much as I love my Nismo, I wouldn't take much persuading to swap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Bradders- Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 a friend of mine has an old clio mk1 thats quicker than one of these lol i'd rather his clio! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoD Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 be interesting to see whats faster round a track and from a standing start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliveBoy Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 If you put the Audi code: ACKK2480 into their R8 configurator, I've built the V10 manual, with the specs I can tell from that picture, haven't added anything else in to bump the price. His car benefit charge from now until the end of the 2014/15 tax year is roughly £30,308.00 That would likely go up, as I bet he has some juicy accessories too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoD Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 If you put the Audi code: ACKK2480 into their R8 configurator, I've built the V10 manual, with the specs I can tell from that picture, haven't added anything else in to bump the price. His car benefit charge from now until the end of the 2014/15 tax year is roughly £30,308.00 That would likely go up, as I bet he has some juicy accessories too curious as i know it happened at marshal's sales staff would just take demo cars home will be registered to the dealer but they would just take what ever car home each night/weekend would they still have to pay company car tax ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grundy Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Never been a huge fan, aye if someone gave me one or one came up at a killer price I'd get it. But for the money I'd prefer other cars. curious in the second hand market you can pick on up for 35k now other than a GTR what else would you have Never really looked at the price, It's just one of those cars I don't go thinking to my self, I'm going to save up until one day I can buy it etc. If I had 'Ex-amount of money' Think I'd rather a classic car over this and spend the extra cash on making it faster than the R8, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 It is just an Audi. BUT WITH A MID-MOUNTED V10 AND ONE OF THE NICEST MANUAL 'BOXES YOU'LL EVER FIND Aside from the tiny boot space, I think they're ace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveyboy11 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Granted the engine is epic but the car doesn't look supercar enough for me, that may sound silly I dunno there's just something I don't like about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I'm sure they go like stink, but they look crap... Much prefer a 370 tbh. Not a fair conparison, even if the 370 was in the same league I would still have an R8 Sent from the golf club... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliveBoy Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 If you put the Audi code: ACKK2480 into their R8 configurator, I've built the V10 manual, with the specs I can tell from that picture, haven't added anything else in to bump the price. His car benefit charge from now until the end of the 2014/15 tax year is roughly £30,308.00 That would likely go up, as I bet he has some juicy accessories too curious as i know it happened at marshal's sales staff would just take demo cars home will be registered to the dealer but they would just take what ever car home each night/weekend would they still have to pay company car tax ? Pretty much yeah, they should pay tax on it. There's certain rules HMRC have which allow use of "Pool" cars for business use only, but they'd throw a lot of them out on the fact that commuting to and from work counts as private use, let alone using it at the weekend and/or carrying friends/family etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sipar69 Posted July 17, 2014 Author Share Posted July 17, 2014 Think the guy told me he used work for Porsche - used to have a Cayman R which was also quite nice. I'm quite surprised by some of the negative reactions to this car. I can understand people might buy something different with the money etc but it's still a very tasty car and the manual box would make it even more attractive to me. Horses for courses I guess, but I certainly wouldn't say "no" to it. I really like the colour too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 It is just an Audi. BUT WITH A MID-MOUNTED V10 AND ONE OF THE NICEST MANUAL 'BOXES YOU'LL EVER FIND Aside from the tiny boot space, I think they're ace. +1. Would absolutely love one of these. Wouldn't care if it was made by Lada providing it still sounded like the below video.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliveBoy Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I honestly think, if I was going to spend my own hard earned, I'd buy a McLaren. Part of that is because I live round the corner from the factory and I see them all the time, and what the company do for my local area, so I have a bit of an affinity towards them. However if someone gave me an R8, I'd be mega chuffed, especially in that colour! I don't really like the R8 V8, it's nice but I think it's a bit over priced for what it is (In comparison to what else is available for similar money.) The V10 and V10+ though is what I think the R8 always should have been. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I'd rather have the V8 over the V10 myself. Better noise, and you can use more of the power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alroma Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I'd happily saw off my left leg to get one of those. Even if it did mean I'd then have to get the automatic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choptop Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 R8 is an excellent car. V8 or V10 are both fine with me. I would love to have the problem of which one to choose 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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