GTP Cool Wall: 2007+ Audi R8
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I really like it. But this isn't the like wall. It's dull, has an uncool rep for being an Audi, is really just a Lamborghini underneath, and only car guys will know it's anything special.
To me, a cool car is one that somebody as blind to car culture as my girlfriend is would give a second look and think it's cool. This would not get a first glance from her, much less a second.
Uncool.
To me, a cool car is one that somebody as blind to car culture as my girlfriend is would give a second look and think it's cool. This would not get a first glance from her, much less a second.
Uncool.
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- bramturismo
It's absolutely hideous, and Audi drivers act in person just as they do behind their wheel. I hate Audi drivers with a passion.
Seriously uncool.
Seriously uncool.
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Cool; don't know a single woman who has frowned upon seeing one, so there's that, and it's possibly the closest thing we have to a modern day version of the original NSX - the everyday supercar.
Yes, it's a supercar, and yes, it's an Audi, but from my experience the drivers aren't like the average Audi drivers around here, and as for the supercar bit; exception to prove the rule
Yes, it's a supercar, and yes, it's an Audi, but from my experience the drivers aren't like the average Audi drivers around here, and as for the supercar bit; exception to prove the rule
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In fairness I qualified my stereotyping of Audi drivers by saying "on the whole." I'm sure they're not all bad eggs, but stereotypes often come about for a reason.
Most people won't buy an R8 because it is an excellent car, they will buy one to rub their wealth in other peoples' faces. As most Audis aren't even special to drive, the same is true with the rest of the range, only more so.
It doesn't require the slightest bit of imagination to buy a new Audi, and the fact that the majority of owners can't see beyond picking a greyscale colour shows that they're quite happy to shun any concept of individual thought.
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If the only way you can pick up a girl is by driving one of these, then either you need to re-evaluate your chat up lines or she isn't the one for you. I ain't sayin' she a gold digger, but, she certainly wouldn't think twice about going home with you in your Accord.
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Makes a great noise in either engine configuration, subverts the usual supercar trope of being difficult to drive/live with, and is almost a Gallardo in a posh suit, yet costs a substantial amount less. Would give it a cool on that basis...
...however, it is still a modern Audi, something which I personally don't see as cool. Also, it doesn't really have the brash looks or lairy touches like the archetypal supercar which would make a passer-by think it was cool either. I've always maintained that it just sort of looks like a widebodied TT. Oh, and I know other cars have probably had them before this, but this is the one that I feel started the whole trend of DRLs on modern cars - something which is so unrelentingly tacky in my opinion.
Still a great car for sure though, so a middle-of-the-road meh from me.
...however, it is still a modern Audi, something which I personally don't see as cool. Also, it doesn't really have the brash looks or lairy touches like the archetypal supercar which would make a passer-by think it was cool either. I've always maintained that it just sort of looks like a widebodied TT. Oh, and I know other cars have probably had them before this, but this is the one that I feel started the whole trend of DRLs on modern cars - something which is so unrelentingly tacky in my opinion.
Still a great car for sure though, so a middle-of-the-road meh from me.
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- ReTyger
These seem to be the working man's supercar in my area, along with the occasional GTR, and they always turn my head. I like the styling and particularly like that V10 (always a little surprised the V8 sells and is not seen as the "poor man's R8" although it is still an excellent car of course) and am surprised to learn that Audis are seen by many as uncool. I'm not an uberfan of the marques by any means, but have never seen them as uncool.
Very solid to upper Cool for me.
Of course as with the GTR prototype, the Le Mans prototype was cleaner and better looking in my opinion:
Very solid to upper Cool for me.
Of course as with the GTR prototype, the Le Mans prototype was cleaner and better looking in my opinion:
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Do you live in Cheshire or something? I didn't know working men could afford any supercars!These seem to be the working man's supercar in my area, along with the occasional GTR, and they always turn my head. I like the styling and particularly like that V10 (always a little surprised the V8 sells and is not seen as the "poor man's R8" although it is still an excellent car of course) and am surprised to learn that Audis are seen by many as uncool. I'm not an uberfan of the marques by any means, but have never seen them as uncool.
Very solid to upper Cool for me.
Of course as with the GTR prototype, the Le Mans prototype was cleaner and better looking in my opinion:
I agree about the concept, it's somehow much cooler than the actual R8. The R8 gets a meh from me, it leaves me too cold. It's not a very special place to be in, either. I've sat in two and apart from the gated shifter the interior is pretty bland.
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The new M3 is a 4-door sedan, the M4 is the coupe, just to clarify.
Anyway, I think it depends on the person and what they think is a sports car: for some, it might be a two-door car with no rear seats, for others, it might be big fast 4-seater GT car.
I think it's just not cool to say "That car isn't a sports car!" like it's a fact - for you, it might not be, for others it is.
Anyway, I think it depends on the person and what they think is a sports car: for some, it might be a two-door car with no rear seats, for others, it might be big fast 4-seater GT car.
I think it's just not cool to say "That car isn't a sports car!" like it's a fact - for you, it might not be, for others it is.
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Not quite that affluent an area lol but I see one or two a month rather than just rarely seeing a Ferrari or Lambo. There is also one I keep seeing local to me (as well as a GTR)
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Yeah don't go into the labyrinth of car shapes and vague terminologies. I think there is a thread about what is supercar, and one about car shapes.
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As for the R8. Sub Zero.
And we discuss the car here, not the drivers behind it. Otherwise the Fiat 500 would be Plutocool (get it ice "drawf" planet
) , just because a lot of hot young italian chicas drive them ?
And you don't need to be filthy rich to own one too. Most people nowadays lease their cars.
Every car marker has douches in their customer ranges. Get over it!
What makes my choice
For me V10. Visco Diff. Good looking, and aging really well in Design. Drivable everyday.
Boring to drive?
Watch Walter Röhrl give it the spurs.
A quattro needs, whether 80's or '14, a special driving line and behavior from the driver. They do behave very safely on normal conditons. And their limit are quite high, but they get nervous around the limit, which is sometime very narrow...
(yeah I own audi's and that affects my choice, but there isn't a cool car I wouldn't want to drive or own, no matter the maker of it, or it's customer base)
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As for the R8. Sub Zero.
And we discuss the car here, not the drivers behind it. Otherwise the Fiat 500 would be Plutocool (get it ice "drawf" planet
) , just because a lot of hot young italian chicas drive them ?And you don't need to be filthy rich to own one too. Most people nowadays lease their cars.
Every car marker has douches in their customer ranges. Get over it!
What makes my choice
For me V10. Visco Diff. Good looking, and aging really well in Design. Drivable everyday.
Boring to drive?
Watch Walter Röhrl give it the spurs.
A quattro needs, whether 80's or '14, a special driving line and behavior from the driver. They do behave very safely on normal conditons. And their limit are quite high, but they get nervous around the limit, which is sometime very narrow...
(yeah I own audi's and that affects my choice, but there isn't a cool car I wouldn't want to drive or own, no matter the maker of it, or it's customer base)
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Uncool. There are quite a few of these running around Colorado. Usually when you encounter one it's because the blonde driver with fake boobs and plastic lips has either cut you off or is tailgating you. This is truly one car where the type of owner has completely ruined its reputation.
