this

 

These cars are vastly different. Honestly when I try to combine them I come up with a 911 turbo s.

 

This is not even a question R8 all day. I daily drove mine in a 6MT and it was a pleasure.

 

Please oh please get the V10 R8 with a 6 speed manual and don't look back...ever!!!!!!!!

 

Even when the new R8 comes out, they're going to have to do something aesthetically amazing to top the one thats out now. It'll be a long while, IMO, for the R8 to look dated. In 10 years from now I would still love the look of it.

 

R8 all the way... even if not a v10, v8 is just good enough!

 

Apples and oranges.

 

ouch

i'm curious, did you not realize that your tranny had no clutch engagement? i mean mine is s-tronic so its almost auto-like smooth (maybe a little too smooth) but i can definitely feel the shifts when driving slowly and taking off

 

ha ha ha... yes of course, I'm well aware the 6 runs a TC, It's my greatest worry... after a few glasses of wine got my terminology messed up, S-tronic, R-tronic, Tiptronic all got a bit much.

I have had mine mapped a la R-tronic... shifts are quicker, change points raised from 6400 to 7200 on Auto changes and free to pull through to the limiter in Sport. Makes a BIG difference over std.

 

RS5 is much more of an everyday car than the R8.