Was A4 seats - now R8 and Sonoma

[George Tur]

On Saturday 10 January 2009 18:43, Mark R wrote:
> 325s!  And here I thought I was all bad-ass with 315 Pilot sport Cups on
> the back of my Z06.   LOL
>
> R8s are cool cars.  Great chassis with AWD.  Just like a Porsche
> twin-turbo.  SO easy to drive.  As an instructor, I've been really
> fortunate to be able to drive a lot of great cars at speed.  The Gallardo
> (which I absolutely can't even close to afford) is one of my favorites.  My
> wife thinks they're ugly, I really like them.  And driving them... feels
> like a higher performance Porsche Turbo... and that's saying a lot.
>
> Like the S5, Audi hit a home-run in the R8.  I just wish for "faster" in
> the R8 (yeah, the Z06 guy likes power... go figure).  I don't need a 2 door
> 2+2, but man if I did.... I'd sell my S4 and figure out a way to afford an
> S5. Simply gorgeous and will always look good.
>
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Have you had a chance to drive a Lotus Esprit or Porsche Cayman, and if so how 
do they compare with the R8 or other high end mid engine cars? I know they 
don't match up in power but do the Esprit and Cayman give you 8 or 9 tenths 
of the performance at a quarter of the price?

By the way I loved driving through Sonoma a couple of years ago. Picked up a 
sandwich and beer in Sonoma and then had a road side picnic further up the 
valley. The view and drive made the cheapo meal a delight. Wish I could 
afford to live in California, just loved driving down route 1 from San 
Francisco. Couldn't believe how many classic sport cars there were on that 
road.