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Re: Audi R8 V10 Plus (2017 model) - Short Review
sfo:more pics of the Spyder please. Love the colour. does it have the tan/brown interior?
Sorry but I didn't take much photos because I was very busy driving it, either with the kids or my wife. 
No, interior was a lighter grey (not my thing really and I think a tan/brown interior would have been much nicer with that camouflage green color). Not a fan of metallic green, my wife actually hates these kind of colors but this time, she loved it. The matte version looks even more special but maybe a bit too aftermarket.
Apple CarPlay...unfortunately my car (MY 2016) doesn't have it, this Spyder is MY 2017.
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Re: Audi R8 V10 Plus (2017 model) - Short Review
sfo:thanks !
that grey is so very dull
Incredibly dull...even more than plain black.
Btw: This exact car is 1200 EUR per month (incl. 19% VAT), 36 months (10000 km per year), no down payment. Has only 2500 km (will be given away at 5000 km...officially 
). Quite an offer...my wife pays basically the same for her Cayenne S Diesel. 
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Re: Audi R8 V10 Plus (2017 model) - Short Review
The car looks amazing. Brown leather would suite it better, but Germans most of time buy black interiors.
Car Play - I have it in my XC90 and dont use it anymore. Very poor system compared to the integrated features. So, don't worry about! ;)
And yes - the offer is a great one. I can't wait to see my 27 buddies returning their cars in October. Most of them are extraordinary spec'ed and probably on the market for an equal low lease 
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Re: Audi R8 V10 Plus (2017 model) - Short Review
DaveGordon:Strange world we live in when a dealer has to put 5000km on a new car to turn it into a used car in order to sell it
It has something to do with their bookkeeping and tax laws. Car needs to have 5000 km and needs to be registered to dealership at least three months. Most car manufacturers I know do the same. It is also very common in Germany to order a car to your specs, let the dealer register it to the dealership and use it as a test car for potential customers (many dealers allow you to run in the car the first 1000 km if you like) and then you can buy/lease it much much cheaper and you have the car with your specs for much less (savings are usually around 20% but can go up to 30% or more). Good system, especially if you plan to lease it and give it back after a couple of years anyway.
Never heard of Ferrari or Lamborghini doing that though...
My car had also 5000 km when they registered it to my name...officially 5000 km. 
A little hint for our German users: Right now, R8 offers are pretty good, especially for cars already available at dealerships. Actually, I think people were never able in the past to lease/buy such a car that cheap. 
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Re: Audi R8 V10 Plus (2017 model) - Short Review
Rear wing looks OK, rims too but everything else... 
Audi claims that the downforce increases by 100(!) kg at 330 kph top speed and over 52 kg at only 150 kph, which unfortunately also means that the car will be slower in the upper speed range because of the increased downforce. Bummer. Maybe great for the track indeed but... 
Only interesting stuff are the coilover kit and the sport brake pads which improve braking performance (but are a bit noisier). Maybe also the new steering wheel, which (finally) is Alcantara and not that sensitive buckskin anymore (not that it helps me, I got myself the buckskin version and I need to use driving gloves with it).
I am also curious about the new(?) sport tires for these new rims. I still suspect the current Cup 2 R01 but I hope that Audi improved the tires as well.
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Re: Audi R8 V10 Plus (2017 model) - Short Review
RC:DaveGordon:Strange world we live in when a dealer has to put 5000km on a new car to turn it into a used car in order to sell it
It has something to do with their bookkeeping and tax laws. Car needs to have 5000 km and needs to be registered to dealership at least three months. Most car manufacturers I know do the same. It is also very common in Germany to order a car to your specs, let the dealer register it to the dealership and use it as a test car for potential customers (many dealers allow you to run in the car the first 1000 km if you like) and then you can buy/lease it much much cheaper and you have the car with your specs for much less (savings are usually around 20% but can go up to 30% or more). Good system, especially if you plan to lease it and give it back after a couple of years anyway.
Never heard of Ferrari or Lamborghini doing that though...
My car had also 5000 km when they registered it to my name...officially 5000 km.
A little hint for our German users: Right now, R8 offers are pretty good, especially for cars already available at dealerships. Actually, I think people were never able in the past to lease/buy such a car that cheap.
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Sure, I'm not disputing that this allows for people to get good deals on lightly-used cars, but all other things being equal, a shiny new car with 0km should be worth more than a used one with 5000km. The dealer is intentionally destroying or writing off that additional value in order to get a (used car) sale. The dealer gains no value from that 5000km of usage, aside from maybe some goodwill by lending it to people like you. What does this tell us? Basically there is only a real market for these cars at a used-car price, not the full price..
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..Re: Audi R8 V10 Plus (2017 model) - Short Review
Audi tried too hard with these add-ons, even if they may serve an aerodynamical purpose.
One thing is interesting though: Suddenly, Audi seems to have remembered that there is a R8 in their model portfolio.
Apparently they scratched the 2.9 l V6 Biturbo (for now) but this gives me hopes for a Huracan Performante equivalent. I already asked my dealer to put me down for a R8 GT if there is going to be one but I just hope that it will look different than the add-ons Audi Sport just presented.
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Re: Audi R8 V10 Plus (2017 model) - Short Review
Josef:These parts just look hideous
They remind me a lot of the ABT stuff they recently presented. Maybe some sort of cooperation?
Who buys this hideous stuff, seriously?
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Re: Audi R8 V10 Plus (2017 model) - Short Review
MKSGR:Rossi:In one word? Abomination.
But the rear wing you like, right
Absolutely love it. Yuuuge fan.
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Re: Audi R8 V10 Plus (2017 model) - Short Review
RC:sfo:thanks !
that grey is so very dull
Incredibly dull...even more than plain black.
Btw: This exact car is 1200 EUR per month (incl. 19% VAT), 36 months (10000 km per year), no down payment. Has only 2500 km (will be given away at 5000 km...officially
If I had that offer here in the US, I would be seriously tempted. However, the grey interior is a turn off.
edI assume if you order a new one with your own specifications the offer would be similar?
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Re: Audi R8 V10 Plus (2017 model) - Short Review
nberry:RC:sfo:thanks !
that grey is so very dull
Incredibly dull...even more than plain black.
Btw: This exact car is 1200 EUR per month (incl. 19% VAT), 36 months (10000 km per year), no down payment. Has only 2500 km (will be given away at 5000 km...officially
If I had that offer here in the US, I would be seriously tempted. However, the grey interior is a turn off.
edI assume if you order a new one with your own specifications the offer would be similar?
Not quite as good but similar...I think 200 EUR more per month or so... (of course only if the dealer registers it to their dealership first). There was a V10 Plus Coupe offer for 1600 (incl. VAT) per month...older cars (Audi 24h Experience cars for example, they usually get new tires, new brake pads, etc.) are even available for less. All offers without down payment and incl. a five year warranty.
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Re: Audi R8 V10 Plus (2017 model) - Short Review
noone1:RC, you can now officially drive a Lamborghini in your neighborhood, being that the R8 is officially more in your face.
If I would add that aero crap, you could be right. I don't plan to though...maybe the new brake pads. Bummer: I just got new brake pads for free because they have been improved (there was a clanking noise when they got hot).
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Re: Audi R8 V10 Plus (2017 model) - Short Review
intouch1:absolutely horrifying
its german function getting in the way of german design....they simply cant do it right
It is Audi not caring or whatever, this looks just hideous. This has nothing to do with function or German design, it is just embarrassing for a company and development team who actually put a car like the Performante on the road. Unbelievable.
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