[urq] Saw an R8 today...

[Ti Kan]

Mark J. Besso writes:
> The first time I heard an R8 was shocking.  I expected it to be much =
> quieter....for some stupid reason.  It was at the Monterey Historic Races =
> when Auto Union was the honored marque.  I was lucky (?) enough to be =
> standing directly behind the R8 when they fired it up.  Like I said, I =
> expected those turbochargers would work to partially silence the exhaust =
> note.  Boy-Oh-Boy was I wrong.  I've never been so wrong in my life!  It wa=
> s =
> ear-splitting, pain-inducing, peg-all-the-decibel-meters, kind of loud and =
> I =
> absolutely LOVED IT!!!

The "R8R"s at the 1999 Monterey Historics were the earlier model
that Audi raced in 1999 and quite different than the post-2000 R8.
As for noise, the R8s are actually whisper-quiet compared to other
cars in the LMP class.

-Ti