If you want a go fast Audi you may want to consider either an RS6performance or an S8plus - same engine. I recently purchased the S8plus. It has push your eyeballs back acceleration that can be simultaneously enjoyed by 5 adults.
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A friend of mine ran into
issues with his R8 .. nightmare.
>From his post:
That's a V-10 R8 in case you can't tell. 18k miles. Audi USA and Audi
engineers in Europe cannot figure out what went wrong with it. After
owning it for about 30 days it decided to throw an error that they can't
explain. Audi requires >$8,100 just to take it apart and to attempt
to figure out what the error is. Note that this does $8k does not
guarantee that they will find out what the issue is. It also does not
cover any repairs, parts or re-assembly.
Audi keeps telling me that this is "our flagship car and we will figure
it out", but I am footing the bill for them to learn how to disassemble
and diagnose their own car. They have had VTCs with the engineers in
Germany but cannot explain the issue between the local certified R8
tech, the regional R8 tech or the ones in Germany. They literally told
me that they are recording the disassembly because they want to make
sure they know how to re-assemble it later. Which, you may recall, is
not included in the $8k diagnosis charge.
Good news. The Audi of America HQ dealer just called to tell
me that a bolt deep inside the engine (holding a "spur gear") broke
off. Apparently it was damaged quite a while (and has been doing damage
the entire time), and finally broke off. On the upside, their estimate
is $66,500.00 to repair it, and they can be done roughly 30 days after a
new engine gets shipped to the USA. Nobody at Audi has ever seen it
before, and they can't explain it, so it's super interesting and
exciting for all involved.
Rick
Moseley wrote on 1/22/19 5:44 PM:
Not to mention the problems with the magnetic shocks and
cracked suspension mounts on the unibody. Although, the guys
who don't play the OEM game are having great luck with going to
aftermarket shocks, springs, and modules to kill the suspension
electronic errors. A couple I know actually prefer the
handling at track events over the mag shocks.
Coil packs and ignition parts fail often on the R8s.
Also, no low end torque
on the V10!
Stay away from the R-8 Oil
consumption issues as well as quality control problems When I
was a tech at an independent shop they had 2 of them Always
had check engine lights on If you have to have one Get
a used one and try to get a factory warranty Good luck but I
would rather go to Vegas and find a hooker with the money At
least I know what I was getting Clyde
Romero
If you have no enemies You
have no character !
Scars are tattoos
with better stories! ![]() When
you're out of F-4's you're out of fighters!
Known
issues..... German.
Years to
avoid errr all??
VIVA
ITALIA!!!
:)
"sorry for the voice recognition glitch... I'm just looking
for a feedback on adding either an Audi R8 or a BMW i8 to the
go-fast side of my garage. Any known issues or years to avoid?
Thanks
Mark"
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