{"id":28,"date":"2013-08-23T22:39:43","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T22:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacktopmedia.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=28"},"modified":"2016-09-28T20:26:19","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T20:26:19","slug":"audi-r8-treat-me-mean-keep-me-keen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacktopmedia.co.uk\/?p=28","title":{"rendered":"Audi R8. Treat me mean keep me keen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Maybe there\u2019s something wrong with me?<\/p>\n

Maybe I have a masochistic streak running through me but I imagined supercar ownership to be a difficult, challenging and a demanding relationship. In fact, I would expect it to be, I would insist it was and would be disappointed if it was anything less.<\/p>\n

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The Audi R8 left me confused and confounded. It wasn\u2019t awkward or difficult, it didn\u2019t try and kill me at every opportunity and I wasn\u2019t crippled when I got out due to a ruinous driving position.<\/p>\n

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I expected a V8, 4wd, 424bhp, 200mph supercar costing \u00a385,000+ would be fierce and unforgiving.<\/p>\n

In reality it was docile and forgiving.<\/p>\n

The R8 was so easy to drive you almost forget you\u2019re in a supercar.<\/p>\n

\"R8<\/p>\n

When the time comes to pull the pin and you\u2019re always looking for an opportunity to pull the pin in this, there\u2019s plenty to put a smile on your face.<\/p>\n

The V8 sitting behind your ear loved to rev but was a little too polite and cultured for a 200mph supercar and really needs more noise.<\/p>\n

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The R8 was easy to manoeuvre at parking speeds even with those 235\/35\/19 tyres resisting.<\/p>\n

The clutch was manageable and easy to use and the manual gearbox (my preference over the DSG) was precise but light. The interior was very agreeable and Germanic. \u00a0Not what I had expected at all\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n

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The R8 V8 was quick though. The V8 has lots of torque but needs revs to really put a smile on your face. I had expected the 4.2 V8 to offer strong power low down and run out of puff as the revs rise but this V8 revs to 8250rpm, higher than most 4 cylinder engines.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s difficult to pass judgement on the chassis as I was driving on the public road and you just can\u2019t exploit a car like this on the public road. All I can say is I didn\u2019t get any feeling of under steer or over steer, just masses of grip and when I tried to get a little more adventurous the nanny state electronics chastised me for trying to have fun.<\/p>\n

I did manage to see the wrong side of 150mph and it was rock steady, barely breaking a sweat.\"R8<\/a><\/p>\n

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So, the Audi R8 V8 was pretty damn quick, pleasing to the eye, effortless to drive and meticulously well built. A perfect supercar you might say.<\/p>\n

You couldn\u2019t ask for more in your supercar could you?………<\/p>\n

\"R8<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t help thinking if I wanted a fast, easy to drive car I\u2019d get an RS6.<\/p>\n

I want my supercars to have some attitude, some passion and to be a bit awkward and difficult.\"R8<\/p>\n

I expect a supercar to try and kill me every now and then and when I get out to be slightly crippled due to a ruinous driving position.<\/p>\n

Then again, like I said, I must have a masochistic streak running through me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maybe there\u2019s something wrong with me? Maybe I have a masochistic streak running through me but I imagined supercar ownership<\/p>\n

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