deja Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 I was driving in the Z up I-85 in Atlanta comfortably cruising at 75 mph, yeah I was speeding but its Atlanta...speed or get run over, . Anyway I look in the mirror and see a car I have never seen coming up on my right. I had no clue what it was other than it looked badass. As it got closer I saw the Audi rings on the front but still had no clue. When he passed me, totally ignoring me BTW, I saw the R8 logo on the rear. Unfortunately I got stuck in traffic, imagine that happening in Atlanta, and he got too far ahead of me to really follow. This is a beautiful car and after looking up the specs I was even more impressed. A longitudinally mounted 420 hp V8 mid engine using Audi's 'trademark' Quattro permanent four wheel drive system. Of course any car costing north of $115K is going to be impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeeboost Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Funny, I just saw one of those for the first time yesterday. I was walking to my truck to leave for work, and I heard a v8 accelerating from the stop light nearby. It was brief, but reminded me of an old-school muscle car note...maybe I was still waking up and disoriented, who knows. Anyways, I looked up to see a white R8 passing by. I stared it down until it sped out of sight. Although I didn't really care for the pictures of it upon its release, after seeing it in person, I agree, it's seriously a cool car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rturbo 930 Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 I saw one at an auto show, and while cool, I didn't really think much of it. Not long ago I saw one on the road for the first time. I too was impressed. Very cool car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike kZ Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 (edited) Here is a pic I saw one of these driving down 985 once ( north of Atlanta ) Edited July 2, 2009 by Mike kZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayAreaZT Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I was driving home from work yesterday with the cruise set at 80 (I know) when I see in my rear view mirror a car coming up on me fast. I see the LED driving lights and big grille and imediately think R8. I move over and when it gets closer I see the S5 badge on the grille. The car looks good in pictures but it's absolutely beautiful on the road. Has a detuned version of the R8's V8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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