4 months ownership thoughts and photos

[stevo55]

Just crossed the 4 month mark and despite this being a bit of a ‘tumbleweed’ section of the forum here are my thoughts:
I came from a very different car-E63s AMG estate which was pretty lairy and bombastic. The R8 was an itch to scratch and so far I’m deeply impressed. Completely different car and drive and a new high point for me. Noise, pace, handling and everyday driveability +++
And something else that’s very strange- the amount of positive attention the car gets. I’ve owned and driven many performance cars and some of those have generated what I’d call ‘jealous attention’ ranging from abuse to vandalism (my M5 was keyed and I had paint flicked from a builders van onto my Z4M). Haven’t quite figured out why but with the R8 I get people wanting to talk about it, have photos with it (have their kids pose with it), give thumbs up and similar while I’m driving and smiles all round. Maybe it’s because it’s seen as not too showy and ostentatious (as opposed to say, a Lambo). The colour helps as well I think and it really does look stunning. Changing a few bits really has helped make it ‘pop’.
So this by far my ‘best car’ to date. A truly special bit of kit.
Some pics…..so here is the car from before I picked it up:



So I wasn’t happy with all the silver and lack of side V10 badging. So Fratelli replaced with black ones. The side blades in silver were a complete puzzlement also-why wouldn’t you go for carbon? So that’s been sorted by a carbon wrap which looks almost genuine.


The wheels were all curbed so needed fixing. Massive Brucie Bonus was Fratelli (awesome dealer) were going to fix them anyway and so I got them powder coated anthracite for free. Proper result.
How it looks now?




Just a brilliant brilliant car that not only puts a big smile on my face it seems to do with everyone else so it’s a win/win all round.


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[stuartbarriskell]

Motor looks amazing Steve, good shout with the carbon wraps.

Boy I knew had one, talk about quick, he's a nightmare with cars, he changes them like he does his knickers, once every 6 months..he's now downgraded in my opinion to a black 22 plate M5 and that is a very good car, but still, it ain't an R8... Peach mate !

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[stevo55]

Motor looks amazing Steve, good shout with the carbon wraps.

Boy I knew had one, talk about quick, he's a nightmare with cars, he changes them like he does his knickers, once every 6 months..he's now downgraded in my opinion to a black 22 plate M5 and that is a very good car, but still, it ain't an R8... Peach mate !

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Thanks mate coming from an E63s was a tough act to follow but as a drivers weapon it’s in another league.
I test drove a face lifted M5 and it was awesome, every bit as quick as the AMG and the operating system was a lot more user friendly. But it was too quiet so I’d have needed to get a better exhaust on etc. But yes agreed the R8 is just more special and puts a bigger smile on your face I think. Plus no one is going to let you out of junctions in an M5…


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[stuartbarriskell]

You'll get plenty Corsa toerags asking for a rev, guy rolled his window down as I approached a roundabout last week and asked me to do the same, duly obliged after knocking it into neutral... You'll be busy with that one

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[stevo55]

You'll get plenty Corsa toerags asking for a rev, guy rolled his window down as I approached a roundabout last week and asked me to do the same, duly obliged after knocking it into neutral... You'll be busy with that one

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Ha ha yes had that many a time with my cars….they get right up your arse not because they think they can ‘take you’ (in their dreams) but because they want to see/hear it go.
I had one lad in his A3 do that to me in my first C7 RS6…put my foot down and a glance in the mirror saw him bouncing about in his seat pumping his fist out the window in joy.
Happy to oblige sir!


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[stevo55]

Your profile info would suggest that the ‘outstanding work’ that you do involves phishing and spam-maybe worse. Reported to mods.
All other members do NOT click on that link in that post.
Not today satan…….


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[Silverfox42]

Great feedback and awesome looking car, inspires to get into an R8 one day, but sticking with the RS6 for now.