New R8

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New R8

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Re: New R8

Post by andre3k » Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:43 am

Still looks v handsome. Treatment with the LEDs is also reasonably good, not like with hhe A5 refresh
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Re: New R8

Post by hlbeckley » Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:42 am

visually not tooooo much in it by the looks of it. Hopefully the "older" version drops off a little more in price to more attainable levels...

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Re: New R8

Post by HYFR » Wed Jul 25, 2012 1:11 pm

Love it

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Re: New R8

Post by RSDave » Wed Jul 25, 2012 5:05 pm

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Re: New R8

Post by Nickyboy » Wed Jul 25, 2012 5:47 pm

andre3000 wrote:Still looks v handsome. Treatment with the LEDs is also reasonably good, not like with hhe A5 refresh
I think it looks very similar to the A5. In pictures I hate the new LEDs but love them in the flesh.

Do you just not like the new style?
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Re: New R8

Post by andre3k » Thu Jul 26, 2012 7:51 pm

Nickyboy wrote:
andre3000 wrote:Still looks v handsome. Treatment with the LEDs is also reasonably good, not like with hhe A5 refresh
I think it looks very similar to the A5. In pictures I hate the new LEDs but love them in the flesh.

Do you just not like the new style?
I quite like the new style LEDs actually, I just don't like the treatment on the updated A5. I think it looks crap now & looked v well before...which is a bit of a shame
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Re: New R8

Post by Nickyboy » Thu Jul 26, 2012 7:56 pm

I think the new lights look more aggressive. I tend to only see the A6 with the new lights. Not a huge amount of A4 and A5, a lot of the facelift A4's I've seen don't have the LED lights but these crappy yellow ones. It kind of ruins the look to me.
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