Hello my old friends....been a long time

[91 X]

Long time no see my friends!!! glad to see this place is back and doing well after some dark times when it looked like Prime was dying on the vine....as many of you might know I sold my last NSX in the summer of 2019 and instantly regretted it...like every NSX I ever sold.
I thought the newer "better" 981 Cayman with PDK would be a great jump up, and technically it was a much better performing car, but it just never had my heart...
Then I jumped to the newer 718 version with a manual trans for a much better fun factor, but it still lacked the feeling I had with my old Na1 NSX's....So I sold that one recently and ended up lucking out into a low mile minty mint 2010 Audi R8 with gated manual transmission that I couldn't pass up....
I have long lusted after the gen 1 R8 and finally feel that "dream car" feeling I had with my three previous NSX's. I have barely put a 100 miles on her but already know she is a keeper. I always felt the R8 is what the NSX should have evolved into and coincidentally it debuted shortly after Honda killed off the NSX in 2005.
If I'm lucky enough I will get back into a NA1 NSX someday, but until then I am going to count my lucky stars that I'm blessed enough to once again have a "dream car" back in my garage

introducing my new to me 2010 Audi R8 V8 w/gated manual with only 18K miles on the clock

 

[Miner]

Good to hear from you, I remember your enthusiasm when you got your Caymen. Hopefully you will find your next NSX sooner than later. Are you still in Temecula?

 

[MexiRicer]

Congrats Mark! She’s a beaut!

 

[nis350]

congrat, such a beautiful car... please be sure to share your experience down the road. I'm curious about how reliable it is, and the cost of maintenance/repair. I was told that the automatic transmission is quite problematic and very expensive to repair.

 

[91 X]

congrat, such a beautiful car... please be sure to share your experience down the road. I'm curious about how reliable it is, and the cost of maintenance/repair. I was told that the automatic transmission is quite problematic and very expensive to repair.

Thanks, the auto's aren't problematic, but the early R-tronic transmission is a bit clunky and you have to kinda learn how to drive it properly..they went to a S-tronic trans in 2014 that is a modern dual clutch style auto.

Maintenance wise, these are very reliable cars with only two issues to look for, the mag ride suspension usually goes bad and is expensive to replace, but most people just move onto a coilover set up once the mag rides start to leak and the other known issue is the AC compressor is an expensive fix due to the engine out procedure to replce it.
Luckily for me the previous owner just did those two major jobs about a year ago.

So far so good, it is an amazing car and the gated shifter is an experience in itself ...it is much more of an event taking it out around town than the Porsche was that is for sure.

Did a few changes to it with some OEM silver wheels. and carbon fiber rear spoiler recently...