(Hypothetical) Audi R8 V10 or Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4

In it's simplest terms, you're asking me to choose between an Audi and a Lamborghini.
The R8 is a nice car, but the badge is on the front grille of every other car I pass on the M25 each morning (and the grille of my car for that matter!).
 
Will Gill said:
sadly no, but probably got more chat than her though :p

here she is

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no turbos, no leather seats, no climate control, i sometimes wonder why i invest so much time and money in her she doesnt even return a decent MPG :p
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Thats the picture of her that made me think of the resemblance!

Humour me here, go and get a copy of a film called "The Business" usual Danny Dyer / Tamer Hassan rubbish but it good for a laugh, and check out the character Carley, she is Tamers partners girlfriend in the film. If she dosent facially look like your girl, in that pic i'l eat my car :)
 
I can't think of any circumstance in reality that I'd have either (Including me coming into MASSIVE amounts of money - The Audi screams "poser" to me and I can't help but think Lamborghini went soft after it stopped producing utterly bonkers cars like the Diablo, and as such neither would really fit into my collection) but hypothetically I'd go for the Gallardo for the simple reason that if I were in the position to spend such money on a car, £40,000 wouldn't seem like that much money. Certainly not for the privilege of being able to buy the car that I'd prefer having.

Oh, and I don't like the dash on the R8 (unless they changed it for the V10?)
 
Joshy said:
if I were in the position to spend such money on a car, £40,000 wouldn't seem like that much money.
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I often see comments like this but really... it's almost 50% of the cost of the R8.

It's like saying 'If I could afford a £20k car, I might as well get a £28k car, as the extra £8k isn't that much money'.

It really is a significant amount more and being able to afford a £100k car doesn't necessarily mean you can afford a £140k car without thinking too much about it.
 
If you're focusing purely on the spec sheet then you'll never justify the extra $40k for the Gallardo and go straight out and buy the R8. Then again though, who buys cars based only on specs and performance figures, especially at this kind of money?

Having never driven either I can't give an informed opinion or official verdict, but I believe that the 40 grand premium would be more than justified by the event surrounding each and every drive, and the overall ownership experience. Imagine the thrill you'd get waking up on a morning knowing your very own Lamborghini is there in the garage, waiting to be driven, hard. Imagine the grin on your face every time you open the garage door to see it sat there, decked out in it's completely outrageous hue of paint. Imagine the tingle down your spine you'd get each time you fired up engine, ready to head out into driving nirvana.

The R8, whilst being a fabulous looking machine, and by all accounts just as capable as it's Italian contemporary, just wouldn't stir the above in me, at least nowhere near to the same degree, I believe. Ultimately it would come down to old cliche head versus heart decision, the logical choice being very obviously the R8. In the end though, sometimes, you just have to throw logic and reason to the wind and go with what your heart is screaming at you to do. For me, it would be Gallardo all the way.

Joshy said:
I can't help but think Lamborghini went soft
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Only on OcUK can a company that makes such cars as the Gallardo LP550-2 Balboni, the Murcielago LP670-4 SV and the Reventon be accused of 'going soft'.
 
Joshy said:
I'd still rather have an original Diablo.

492BHP. 2WD. No Traction control. Now THAT'S hard ;).
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By all accounts the early Diablos were indeed hard to drive and commanded a lot of respect. To be fair though, that's not really any different from modern Lambos. Plus, a number of Diablos did have TC and 4WD so it's not the VAG/Murcielago era that ushered driver aids in.

In any case, calling any modern Lambo 'soft' is laughable :)
 
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