I saw this at the grocery store today...
 

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Audi R8, v10. Same color scheme.

Will trade my Z for one (if I can find someone to give me about $100,000 on trade in) :icon17:

This is one of my favorite cars. I don't think I'll get to own one unless I win the lottery, or you guys take up a collection for me :excited:

for slightly more $, I'd rather get the LP560.

My brother just got his in November. It is absurdly fast.

I'd rather have the R8 V10. For $2500 Audi installs the Stassis ECU which removes all the limitations on the motor and tunes it, bringing it to 570HP, all the while maintaining the original 4 year warranty from Audi, and the better build quality.

And (this is of course my opinion) the R8 looks better than the sharp, jagged, and aging Gallardo.

Also, the LP560 doesn't cost slightly more than the R8 V10. A base R8 V10 costs $150K. A fully loaded one costs around $170-180K. A base LP560 costs $210K in the US before you even build it. Then you have to add $1500-$3500 for a color, any color. $10K if you want E-Gear Auto. $4K if you want a cup holder and heated seats. $6K for Navi + Camera. $16K for Carbon Ceramic Brakes (only $9K for the same brakes on the Audi).

If I option out the Lambo with the same/similar options on my brothers R8, it's $170K vs. 240K. Definitely not just a "slightly more". That's pretty much a used GTR or new M3 money.

I saw an R8 in person about a week ago. Pictures don't do them justice. I love how unique they are. They don't look like anything else.

Unique is right, very eye catching!

here you're looking at $200k for the R8 V10 vs. $240k for the LP560 spec'ed out similarly. $40k is minimal when talking $200k+. I prefer the styling of the Lambo as well.

The R8 is probably the only car that I could reasonably afford in a few years that I'd get over the GT-R. And no, there is not a chance in hell of owning both, unless I won the lottery, or moved into a 1 BR apt in the ghetto.

You wouldn't want to park either where you lived, then :icon17:

LOL obvi. Speaking of such, idk if you've ever been to NJ or flown into Newark Airport, but Newark has always been, at least since the race riots in the 60's, one of the worst crime areas in the country. I was on my way to the DEVILS game yesterday (woot woot) and saw a rimmed up Gallardo coming off the highway into town. I thought to myself, that thing has to be going into a private garage...

Picture?

There's actually a booming aftermarket for boosting these things. A used V8 turbo would probably beat the pants off of the V10 model at much less of a cost. IMO the best thing about supercars is their incredible lack of re-sale value. My dad just passed up an 09 Murc with 2k miles being sold for 130k. Many people who buy these do so when their businesses/investments are on a huge upswing. Then when the (usually inevitable) downswing occurs they become desperate and dump them at a huge loss.

I was behind a V8 R8 on the highway today and idk what it was, maybe the heat shields from the exhaust manifold, but something was hanging very low to the ground, about as low or lower than the mufflers on the FI exhaust or the flanges on the ARK GRIP. Anyone?

nice!

Here's a crappy one from my Android. I lowered the res to minimize the amount of blur my shaky hands caused.

I have a video too...but I sound like an idiot in it so I won't post it. :tup: