Considering going from Z4MR to R8. Thoughts?
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 8:09 pm
Come on JT, how was the test drive?
Sorry for the silence. Mental week or so since I saw the R8
I don't get this, you get a thorough bred of an engine frame combination, and then Chuck in a 3k radio...ChrisT70 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:54 pm 20170604_123728-2124x1195.jpg
I just sold this earlier in the year for £46k.was very high spec, 18k miles, 2009, full carbon and extended leather, special order colour in 2009 for a v8 (sepang blue metallic with titanium finish rims), 3k stereo upgrade (1200w) and a switchable eisenmann exhaust which was absolutely stunning.
It was a £94k car back in the day when specd up apparently.
All I can say is it got more positive attention than any other car I've had including a 993 S. It went well, gripped well, fab sounds and just had presence.
2 yr service at Audi was £768 and lasted 2 days. Mag ride shocks can be sorted for under 2k. Frame cracks are rare and not after 2009 apparently.
V10 if you can stretch is even better.
R8 clutch is £4k or so fitted with engine out on a v8. A.c. pump fail is engine out. Rare fail tho.
Spec and condition are everything, there are dogs out there in the low 30's now and run by people who can't afford to run them properly.
I'd have another tomorrow and I might yet go v10.
Thank you Mister T. Very generous.
V12S is next for meJT_0306 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 14, 2018 3:44 pmThank you Mister T. Very generous.
In case you don't stumble across it elsewhere, you may appreciate this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sObYXczsFrY
I agree but it's a rather lack of engineering rather than something that's been engineered in. Same goes for a Jag compared to a BMW or Land Rover compared to an Audi. The non German cars have a certain unquantifiable "feel" that makes them stand out compared to the superior German engineering.Mister T wrote: ↑Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:02 amV12S is next for meJT_0306 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 14, 2018 3:44 pmThank you Mister T. Very generous.
In case you don't stumble across it elsewhere, you may appreciate this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sObYXczsFrY
Think Catchpole sums it up quite nicely - the Vantage is a very analogue car. It might not be the fastest, but there's just something about the way it feels.