[s-cars] LAC: Bond, James Bond - JNR

[Taka Mizutani]

I'm not Teddy- but unless R8s have dropped significantly in price, I'd
rather have a used Gallardo than the R8. Basically the same car, with more
power, a V-10 and the Lambo emblem. :-)

Except for maybe the GT3, none of the new sports cars really has that
rawness that some of the older cars have. Okay, maybe the F430 Scuderia as
well.....

Your 930 is the perfect example of what I'm talking about.

Taka


On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 8:34 AM, <pkrasusky at ups.com> wrote:

>
> Wait a sec - you're saying you'd rather have a GTS than an R8???  While
> I've not yet had the priv. of piloting either yet (gRrrrrrrrrrr!), I'm
> having trouble subscribing to that theory sorry.
>
> My GT2 bud had a GTS and his reviews on it - despite it being 'fast' (until
> like 4,800) - were abysmal from a dynamics standpoint.  And everything said
> about the R8 is stellar.
>
> I'll just have to find out for mesself then 8-).
>
> I hear what you're saying Teddy about the new cars being too videogamesque,
> but I think your analogy is in the extreme.
>
> -Paul
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Theodore Chen [mailto:tedebearp at yahoo.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 20, 2008 2:53 PM
> *To:* Taka Mizutani; Krasusky Paul (WQQ2PXK)
> *Cc:* s-car-list at audifans.com
> *Subject:* Re: [s-cars] LAC: Bond, James Bond - JNR
>
>  what, the audi R8 isn't on that list?
>
> i drove my friend's new R8 with R-tronic a few weeks ago.  i drove it hard,
> at my friend's urging, but he was the one JNR-ing it, not me.  can you say
> 140 mph on the 405 in LA?  to be honest, i loved the R8, but i enjoyed my
> other friend's viper GTS more.  i feel that modern cars are somewhat
> sterile.  they are fast and handle very well, but they are more isolated.
> ABS, traction control, stability control, active steering, dynamic roll
> control, torque vectoring, etc. - modern motoring is becoming more like
> driving a video game.
>
> you guys may think me nuts, but i just passed on a friend's immaculate '03
> jaguar s-type r with 64k miles for $14k.  i just couldn't see myself
> enjoying driving it as much as the UrS4.
>
> -t.
>
>