R8 @ Brands Hatch courtesy of AMD

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R8 @ Brands Hatch courtesy of AMD

Post by HYFR » Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:47 pm

:beerchug:


Massive thanks to AMD Essex, Shaun and the guys....tip top team.

Gave me a few free sessions at Prept @ Brands Hatch on Sat,

The R8 was the quickest thing by miles! I actually lapped a V10 M6 which set off behind me in one of the sessions!

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Re: R8 @ Brands Hatch courtesy of AMD

Post by HYFR » Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:58 pm

Looking good

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Re: R8 @ Brands Hatch courtesy of AMD

Post by RS6chris! » Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:59 pm

Tell yer what it is?

A red RS with Titan/optics IS the way forward For 2014!!!

I think this could be my next colour combo on my next RS?

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Re: R8 @ Brands Hatch courtesy of AMD

Post by The_Coat » Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:59 pm

Great photos, got anymore?
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Re: R8 @ Brands Hatch courtesy of AMD

Post by HYFR » Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:01 pm

I've got more ....

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Re: R8 @ Brands Hatch courtesy of AMD

Post by alphamail » Tue Jun 18, 2013 7:38 am

Looks as good as it sounds DK.
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Re: R8 @ Brands Hatch courtesy of AMD

Post by 535dboy » Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:02 am

Contrasting black and red does look good.

Clearly the M 6 driver was clueless !!
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Re: R8 @ Brands Hatch courtesy of AMD

Post by HYFR » Tue Jun 18, 2013 9:14 am

Yeah, I think they were all clueless tbh.

Even that 996 GT3 in the pics was stupid slow...

Tbf, it was only taster sessions, not a full on OPL day.

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Re: R8 @ Brands Hatch courtesy of AMD

Post by 535dboy » Tue Jun 18, 2013 10:01 am

What is the stickered thing in front of you in first pic

I managed to get on a novice day at the end of last year because a friend wanted to take his 911 around.

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Re: R8 @ Brands Hatch courtesy of AMD

Post by bam_bam » Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:37 am

How does the robot-tronic compare against manual labour?
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Re: R8 @ Brands Hatch courtesy of AMD

Post by HYFR » Tue Jun 18, 2013 12:33 pm

The robot tronic comes into its own on track...much better to have both hands on the wheel all the time in a car that moves around as much as the R8.

I prefer the manual for the road (excluding traffic off course!)

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Re: R8 @ Brands Hatch courtesy of AMD

Post by sonny » Tue Jun 18, 2013 12:57 pm

Nice one Dave, bet that was a menace around Brands.
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Re: R8 @ Brands Hatch courtesy of AMD

Post by Jph » Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:22 am

535dboy wrote:What is the stickered thing in front of you in first pic
I think it's the ex-BTCC Golf run by AMD

Car looks great DK, I think the Red/Black works much better with the supercar scheme. I wish they made early R8 v8's in brighter colours so I could trade up from the RS4, but the usual white/grey/silver/black options aren't lairy enough for me.

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Re: R8 @ Brands Hatch courtesy of AMD

Post by HYFR » Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:47 am

Yes it was their BTCC golf...was driven slowly thou.

So many people have commented on how well the red looks.

I agree, too little choice in colour on used R8's...

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Re: R8 @ Brands Hatch courtesy of AMD

Post by RS6chris! » Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:12 pm

Red could be the new white?

Most of the Audi demos in the C7 RS6 are red.

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