Aspiring Audi R8 Owner...Best Option For Me?

[SebringSilver]

Ferrari. Pagani. Zenvo. Koenigsegg. There is an ocean of wealth out there with the luxury to match it.

So true, so true.

[AL3ayali_Dubai]

blow your wad on the R8 then have to garage it indefinately till you can afford the cost of ownership. (insurance will clobber you, tags, fuel, mainteance, etc.)

My son is 16 and really wants a lambo bad. I have told him there is no snoballs chance in hell of me letting him get a car like that till he's 18 and I cant stop him. the reasoning is simple. he's a new driver and at 16 ( I was 16 once too ) you guys just lack the maturity to own something like that. meaning, you have a supercar and your disposal and are out showing off for your friends or just dont stop and think of the consequence of what you are about to do just for a second and next thing you know, you or someone else is in jail, the hospital or worse. Hey, it happens, even to us old guys. But we have a little more experience under our belts to temper our "time and palce" impulses.

Here is how I handled my son.

I allowed him to buy a 45th aniversary camaro as his first car, but only the RS(v6). I told him, drive that till graduation, and have no incidents what so ever. then you can get whatever you want. also keep in mind do you REALLY want to have a car like that in your school parking lot getting door dinged, keyed, drooled on?


Just my two cent. take it for what it is, advice from the father of another 16yr old boy in FL. good luck lil' buddy

true because at age 19 my friend owned a lp640 after leaving his university tried to show off and guess what was the result ..

http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/tr...dents-1.145161

I have also attached a picture of the intact car as well as a picture of the burning Lambo shortly after the accident. "

http://www.lambounfall.de/images/tn49.jpg

http://www.lambounfall.de/images/tn50.jpg

at that time i had my lp560 on the way... after the incident by a couple of days my lambo was in the port .. my father cancelled the order ( that was a big hit for me ) after waiting 6 months ... anyways i believe that anything happens to you is best for you so.. after a year and a half i ordered my r8 v10 ( i was 19 ) and accidents free thank God .. but even when i was trying to act mature while driving the R8 i still did stupid stuff that maybe if it went wrong i would be on a wheel chair.

[Tomato and Egg]

I nearly killed myself a few times when I was in my early 20's in my old vw polo and I wasn't a particularly reckless or aggressive driver. Young men in cars are a hazard, I'd be wary of buying my son a fast car. If I had an r8 at 19 I'd probably be dead.

[doorme]

Sorry about your friend

[Europrice]

AL3ayali_Dubai- Sorry to hear about your friend. I actually have a customer who lives on that same roadway, makes me wonder if he might have known the driver. You may know him as well, owns a blue RS4 which just received some ADV.1 wheels and other mods.

If I had had access to a powerful car before the age of 20-23 I probably wouldn't be here.

[rawg]

Amazed at the response to this post. As a psychiatrist, I have to know when and when not to enable somebody's behavior..it remains a work in progress. I am not anyone's father, however, except to my daughter.