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Audi Selling Gt-r Demo?!?!?!?!

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Its not a demo, it was a customers car who bought it originally from Nissan Werribee. He had an Audi R8 V8 originally, but sold it to buy the V10 version, but changed his mind and bought a new Audi S8 and this GTR was traded in.

Maybe he traded his GTR in for an Audi R8? :P
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Its not a demo, it was a customers car who bought it originally from Nissan Werribee. He had an Audi R8 V8 originally, but sold it to buy the V10 version, but changed his mind and bought a new Audi S8 and this GTR was traded in.

My fault - I misread the ad.

So - this guy ended up with a massive S8 sedan, no GT-R and no R8 or R8 V10 - mmmm, rivetting story.

At least we can guess that his favourite colour is silver, I'm pretty sure I'm correct there :happy:

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R35 GTRs are great cars but dont kid yourselves, they are not very nice as daily drivers around town.

This buyer has obviously been tempted by all the hype & tried it for a little while, but after a month or so

of using it regularly & seeing how little he got to go for it on the freeway or race track & how much of a

compromise it was on the luxury of the R8 (or any other luxury German sports sedan) he has opted out

& gone back to the opulence & style of a European car. 90% of the time he is right. Its hard to say but

unfortunately most people will never understand the pleasure of daily cruising in a $200k+ luxury car.

I was almost there with my BMW 550i ($190k) & a lot of the time I miss it dearly but took the plunge

to buy the R35. I am a bit more hardcore than the average businessman & am prepared to make that

sacrifice for the sake of performance in the hills ( & the odd time I get to destroy someone on the way to

work - I do have the rare pleasure of a nice 90+ zone on the way there with a few 3 lane wide traffic lights

that often turn red just before I get to them!!! Ha Ha.) but for most it is just too much of a pain to live with

& I can understand this guys decision to go for an S8 or similar.

$100k. ??? What the hell are you smoking mate? Must be good. Or maybe you are just trying to get your posts up.

We have been seeing a few of these lately. Keep you hands off the keyboard & back on your ......

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compared to using a worked solid mounted '58 Beetle with no sound deadening as a daily driver for 7 yrs, i recon the 35 GTR would be a limo to drive every day....guess it all depends what your used to and how deep your pockets are to play with choices.

160k is a pretty normal price

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lol this is parked right where I catch the tram to work every day.

took a pic today...

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:P You should have edited in a beam of light from the sky highlighting it instead of the arrows

Whiplash Grand Master

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Its not a demo, it was a customers car who bought it originally from Nissan Werribee. He had an Audi R8 V8 originally, but sold it to buy the V10 version, but changed his mind and bought a new Audi S8 and this GTR was traded in.

His name isn't Ross is it?

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just saw this thread and i am amazed about much i am assuming this guy has ripped up. If he can afford it i say more power to him but at the same time i am glad it is him and not me :):(

all nice cars but giving back an R35....... that would take some will power..

or a smart investment plan and a bloody good accountant.

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