Watching Tony Stark pull up with one of these back in the first Iron Man made 9 year old me fall in love instantly. Still a realistic dream car to this day.
Na 150k + for a car which would be crazy to find parts let alone actually paying for said parts. I think at 50k it might be worth the risk but 150k is just a bad financial decision.
911...R8 V10...R34 GTR...RX7...Please, oh please, can someone out there give Adam some time with their NSX? It's his dream car, and mine. And I'm absolutely positive plenty of YOU love that car too. If you get an NSX Adam, I'll become a paying member of your channel. I'll do it to see you drive your dream car.
When I was pretty young in 2011-12 I worked as a detailer at the Audi dealership on the GC. I often had the opportunity to do short drives down to the service station in R8’s even including the GT model. But once in a while, I had to take them down to Tweed Heads to obtain NSW rego for NSW customers. Absolutely loved driving these vehicles. The V10 was amazing, but personally, I absolutely loved the V8 purely due to the sound, especially when fitted with a performance exhaust. The older RS5 V8’s are also a whole lot of fun.
This was one of the first super cars I drove, a manual v10 and it was one of my favorite memories. I get to drive a fair few cars because of my trade everything from your daily drives to exotics but this car will always have a special place in my heart..
Owned a 2011 V10 for eleven years. Only real issue was the carbon build up on the intake valves. Amazingly reliable car for it's relatively limited production (as compared to a Golf) and screaming V10 engine. Yes, keep a battery tender plugged in to make sure the battery doesn't go flat and you are parked up against a wall and cannot get to the emergency pull cord....
On the bucket list to own. Yes really, being a Lexus follower I would own one of these. Personally, if you are not going to buy one, do not take one out for a test. It will ruin your driving pleasure for ever, they are just so good.
@@smilingjack7622 That's what i'm wondering. There aren't many race tracks let alone public race tracks in Australia so when are you ever gonna be able to take full advantage of the power and handing?
I hired one of these as my wedding car when I got married. The engine was epic but the single clutch auto gearbox was laughably bad. At low speeds, it sometimes tried to shift back to first and the car just comes to a halt, violently. Still, was an amazing experience to drive once you get the revs up.
My MagRide hasn’t leaked yet. When they do, I’ll send them to Nagengast in Poland for rebuilding. Strange that AC Delco make them for the VAG Group but won’t sell them to consumers 😡
I have owned 2 of them both V8 Short answer is, Only if u can afford the upkeep, and accept that will cost a hell lot more than a TT.. but sooooo worth it , (if aftermarket exhaust is installed 🥳)
As much as i love the R8, for that much money, i might just buy a C8 Corvette. If i could get a R8 with a manual, that'd be wonderful but their numbers are pretty small.
Great review! Another item to watch out for is the gear box bolts. Over time, these can stretch and leak oil, which is hard to detect since it gets absorbed in the lower rear tray. Most dealers won’t remove this tray because they change oil via vacuum extraction due to the multiple sump plugs. I own a 2007 R8 Gen1 Manual and a 2016 R8 V10 Plus Gen 2. I disagree with the opinion that the Gen 1 is a better car. Looks are subjective and don't improve performance. The Gen 2 non-facelift, without the soft rev limiter and without the PPF exhaust, is the car to get. The pre-facelift GNE 2 model's launches better and are not muffled by the PPF.
7:04 Just a note about big brakes: they are designed for efficient cooling and not for stopping power. As counterintuitive as it sounds, your braking performance is governed by your tyres. If you can plant the brakes hard enough to trigger the ABS, then you already have more than enough braking power. Bigger brakes whilst having more braking power, are generally used for their higher surface area to dissipate heat.
this channel is my replacement Doug Demuro. Stopped watching that guy years ago when he upped his video length to astronomical lengths. No such problems here. Keep it up boys!
I have a 2010 V8 Manuel in Australia and all of what you say here is correct re: its quirks and foibles. But I’d give up a kidney before I gave up my R8. They’re that good.
I have one kislux bag I got in 2019, it's the LV white catogram speedy. It's counter quality and it has a nice honey patina now, so the leather is real. I think whatever makes you happy go for it. I've seen LV with plastic leather and blood red glaze...
I like how many cars use the ignition coils out of these R8s. My brother is building a rock crawler right now out of an 80s 4-runner and swapping in a 1UZ into it, and apparently people swap to R8 coils. And obviously I have them in my mk6 golf R lol
I really love your taste and style always so chic. My faves would be the kislux leather backpack and the Swarovski pave diamond ring so gorg. Thank you for your recommendations.
Love these guys But they have already voiced many times how much they dislike the whole volswagen groups reliability and also pretty sure they directly called the mk7 sh*t in the car of the year series
Good to see the old girl out and about! It is worth mentioning that this example has an aftermarket exhaust and a tune. The stock exhaust is much quieter than the stock exhaust on the gallardo and the reason it probably feels a bit better in the mid range is most likely due to the tune haha
Great review Adam. I have lusted after an R8 or poor man’s R8 (TTS) for many years. I’m yet to even drive/detail one. You are spot on with Italian versions, but they are getting better. I regularly detail an MY06 Maserati GranSport Cabriolet. The first model with the Ferrari 4.2 V8 and paddle shifters only transmission. 30,000km and it’s on its 2nd gearbox, all plastic is sticky and the roof needs a $6,000 repair to get it to work. Keep the reviews coming. Lloyd
I couldn’t afford one. Even if I could, dunno whether I’d want one. It’s interesting to see what the 1% get to drive, though. That V-10 does sound sweet - it’s like Michelle Mouton and Hannu Mikkola coming together down the road in five-cylinder rally Quattros.
Brilliant quoting of The Gurge!! And I agree, the older ones look better. I know it’s not a sensible buy, but I do have a soft spot for the R8, amazing looking thing and that V10 sound (although if money was no limit the V10 I’d want would be the LFA - Yamaha tuning the sound of that engine was sheer brilliance)
Great video. I'm lucky enough to be in the UK with our incredibly depressed car market, and I've started to see early V8s being bought by people in Australia since they are so much cheaper and plentiful. I wouldn't be surprised if this accelerates when V10s meet the import guidlines.
Aside from the shorts cars this week, scroll back and you’ll see recently it’s been Triton, BT-50, RAV4, Mazda 3, Toyota Prado and Golf. Plenty of normal cars coming up too
with regards to brakes use surface transform carbon ceramics they are less expensive then OEM by a huge margin and perform better then OEM plus its reusable ohh and no squeaks with pagid racing pads
You guys need to do a review on the R35 GT-R now and see how they compare. Only fitting, they’re roughly the same price and very on par performance wise. The 35 might be quicker if I’m not mistaken though.
Oh and the single clutch auto Type 42 (Gen 1) sucks. It’s like driving a 308 Holden with a 5000rpm stall converter, the way it rides up the rev range before shifting gear. I mean it’ll punch thru the gears way faster if you mat the accelerator, but who drives like that on our roads? 😂 Get a Manuel or later dual clutch transmission
The R-tronic is better than people give it credit for. The issue is that people try to drive them like autos/DCTs, but to get the most out of them you need to drive them like they're manuals. Let's not forget the best R8 made, the gen1 GT, is R-tronic.
The steering must have been hydraulic, possibly? Thus better steering feel as opposed to newer ones which likely have electric steering re: the 2019 press car you were driving not having any feel to it.
Enjoying your clips,,,, but honestly frustrating when you say "expensive" "bloody expensive" etc for replacement parts/maintence . Would be awesome if you can say 10,10's,100's or thousands of dollars as a guide!
great video. supercars also deserved a look after some miles to see if we one day we get the chance for a dream cars for it to be that reliable and too costly?.. Now am waiting for the ultimate video. the Gtr r35. 😢.. sweating in advance.
Love mine (I like the first gen better as the styling is more refined)... After 5-7 years (can't remember exactly) I finally hit 30k miles. Maintenance and repairs have been minimal - pretty much just the coolant overflow bottle so far (and it had the reinforcement strap) but that was cheap and easy to replace - I think it was $100USD or so for the part and 30 min to swap out. Also had a couple plastic pieces I needed to replace and that wasn't expensive. Even shocks are no big deal - if you can afford this car, changing the shocks should also be no big deal. I'll probably replace my mag rides in a year or two with Ohlins. New set of brake rotors is the only thing that will be pretty pricey for what it is, but I'm a fair long way before I need to replace them. I don't care about the infotainment at all - I bought it to drive, not to fuss with the radio. All in all, it still feels as special as the day I bought it. Advice to potential owners; Don't modify it. It just gets less special, looks like you are trying to hard and lowers its value too. For the money I can't think of a better buy that makes you feel special every time you get in it.
This looks like what a car would look like if drawn by a preschooler lol and I have to disagree with Adam on the looks as the newer looks slightly better than the older but as he said it's ok to be wrong 😂. The fact that the V10 is getting the same fuel economy as the 350Z and the 997 is pretty bloody impressive considering the others have smaller engines. Just wondering if Adam had to change his pants after driving it with the expression he made? 🤣 Did any of you need an ambo after getting the quotes for parts for this video with the prices they're slugging? Congrats too guys on breaking 260k subscribers. Looks like you'll hit the big 1m in next to no time at this rate 🎉👏 Bloody good video guys and as always keep up the good work and look forward to next week's videos as per usual 👍.
If I wanted something like this, I’d just go the safer bet with a Lexus LC500 hardtop V8 🤷♂️ VW vs Toyota … Toyota all day every day (I know the Lexus power plant is located in the front!)
I remember my father trying to explain to me how his audi gearbox shuddered and was all but undriveable at low speeds. before it was towed away for about the 10th time and he bought a lexus.
For what it's worth, used V8 engines are incredibly expensive. That's generally indicative of the fact that catastrophic failures are somewhat common. If you do some googling you will find a lot of people with dead engines, although I've never seen a specific culprit listed.
I think you're overestimating the financial security of some people who buy fancy cars. As these become more 'affordable' (120k for the cheaper first-gen R8s), people would see them as more attainable, not knowing many of the running costs, parts and maintenance charge huge premiums.
The problem is, this channel is gonna start appealing to less people with all these luxury cars on the channel. Can yous review some more humble cars? Maybe covering some more year models of cars you’ve already reviewed.
With the utmost respect, and ignoring the two sports cars we featured this weekend, recently we featured the niche but still humble Nissan 350Z, Toyota Corolla, Mitsubishi Triton, Mazda BT50, VW Golf, Mazda 3, Toyota Prado and Toyota RAV4. That feels to us like a fairly humble line up of cars. In any case, you’ll be pleased to know the upcoming weeks will feature the Toyota Camry, Honda Civic, VW Golf Mk7, Mitsubishi Challenger and Nissan Cube.
Rarely. No one in the R8 Club here has had one break. Overseas some higher mileage UK cars have broken the plastic tensioner and the pieces end up in the bottom of the front engine cover.