showtime Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 well after a long time admiring them i finally got my S8 yesterday & spent all afternoon & most of the evening driving it! did a full tank of gas! Ouch well what can i say that probably hasn't been said before! the car is MUCH better than i had imagined it would be after only having a moderate test drive with the seller last weekend, this was mainly just to check everytthing was working & there were no creaks,groans,knocks or bangs etc! after driving for a couple of hundred or so miles yesterday i was able to fully appreciate how good this car really is you can just waft along on barely a whiff of throttle taking in the ambience or kick it down a couple & howl it like a loon the handling is pretty much amazing for a car its size & it just seems to do everything SO well did notice a couple of things though, plenty of nods from fellow Audi owners, which is nice! the way most people see you in their rear view & just pull straight over, nice again! but also the way every large engined BMW driver seems to want to "have it" from the lights or just out on the road! they all seem to want to take a pop at the 8 bit silly i know but i kinda went for it with a Beemer last night & we hooned it from Englfield Green to Camberley where i turned off & imagine my surprise when i pulled up alongside the Beemer at the lights when i looked over & saw an older chap in his 50's with a big grin under his mustache giving me the thumbs up sign was good fun & its always nice when the other driver is sociable about it now for the disclaimer obviously we drove sensibly completey within the posted limits & would not recommend racing or any kind of competing with other cars on the public roads anyway first impressions are of a car that can do it all- Looks nice Comfortable Handles Stops reasonably well Accelerates well Smooth the list could go on & you guys in here alrady know how good they are, suffice it to say i'm smitten with my S8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SneakyMcC Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 Mazal-Tov Showtime! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnss8 Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 Showtime thats why 8 drivers always have that silly grin on there face Nice one mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfer Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 I got Hooked myself on the S8, I have a 4.2TDI V8 A8 on order and that too shifts. Good luck and get yourself a LT400 ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showtime Posted May 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 i'm still loving it its no worse on fuel than the Cosworth i had before BUT because i like driving this i have to keep filling it up! done over 600 miles since i got it at the weekend now & i've been at work all day for the last 3 days! its one of those cars where you get to the end of your road & think "nah, not yet" & drive straight past LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnArtist1 Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Yup! All so very true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trk679 Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 I have to agree I love mine also The S8 what a car and if you are ever over the Slough direction let me know because two going down the road would be special Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 I touched an S8 today in the car park... I'm never gonna wash my hand again Welcome to TSN trk679 your not too far from me. Right thats it I'm only gonna change my car when I've saved enough to buy a black facelift S8 bit like Svens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showtime Posted May 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 i'm in Slough quite often, well once a month or so racing my RC buggy, there is a really good track in Upton Court Park, over by the BMX track backing onto the motorway now they are some 4WD drive cars with an INSANE power to weight ratio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SneakyMcC Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 [ QUOTE ] now they are some 4WD drive cars with an INSANE power to weight ratio [/ QUOTE ] This is the S8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showtime Posted May 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 th S8 is no slouch with around 200 BHP/Ton BUT the buggys like those in my sig banner have something like 875 BHP/Ton couple that with 40,000 Rpm & you got something that really moves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will22 Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 I love my car, the only thing I'm geting fedup with is people saying that the interior is a bit red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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