Picked up the R8 this morning

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Picked up the R8 this morning

Post by Dave_Hedgehog » Sat Jun 02, 2012 6:39 pm

What a car

What an amazing car, so planted, amazing steering, amazing noise

stunning piece of kit :biggrin3:
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Post by HYFR » Sat Jun 02, 2012 6:40 pm

awesome pics !!!
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Post by Dave_Hedgehog » Sat Jun 02, 2012 6:43 pm

poxy iphone inverts stuff ... cba to change them back

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Post by drybeer » Sat Jun 02, 2012 6:55 pm

I was going to say - is that shots in New-Zealand or something?
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Post by Dave_Hedgehog » Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:03 pm

It does look a lot like parts of NZ in the lakes
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Post by RSKiwi » Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:30 pm

drybeer wrote:I was going to say - is that shots in New-Zealand or something?
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Dave...I think he meant downunder!
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Re: Picked up the R8 this morning

Post by Dave_Hedgehog » Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:38 pm

RSKiwi wrote:
drybeer wrote:I was going to say - is that shots in New-Zealand or something?
:biggrin3:

Dave...I think he meant downunder!
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that is very good :)
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Post by Nickyboy » Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:09 am

Is it a silly question to ask why this is in the RS3 section?
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Picked up the R8 this morning

Post by Dave_Hedgehog » Sun Jun 03, 2012 11:22 am

Nickyboy wrote:Is it a silly question to ask why this is in the RS3 section?
Why not :)

I have it because of my RS3 so it seamed appropriate
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Post by PhilT » Sun Jun 03, 2012 3:04 pm

How long until he breaks it? ;)
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Re: Picked up the R8 this morning

Post by Dave_Hedgehog » Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:10 pm

PhilT wrote:How long until he breaks it? ;)
its certainly pulling an awful lot harder than it did when i picked it up some 600 miles ago ;)


damn i love this car, it gets so much positive feed back from strangers, so many people smile as you go past, its a very happy car

its been in a large public car park all day today, not a mark on it :bigwave:
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Re: Picked up the R8 this morning

Post by Dave_Hedgehog » Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:57 pm

i think i have had my clarkson/vayron moment :(
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Re: Picked up the R8 this morning

Post by Dave_Hedgehog » Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:15 am

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