Do you daily drive your 2nd gen R8?

When I take mine to work, I drive just over 25 miles one way. I also often take mine to Dollar Tree, Walmart, or Home Depot as well.

DaveH said:

I drive mine every single day, 10-15k a year. My wife has a Tesla for things that require more space, but I don’t like having a 3rd car, as then the exotic doesn’t get used.

I’ve always put big miles on all my exotics, 30k/year on my F430, same on the Astons, GT4 and NSX. I find you only lose a little bit more on depreciation, and get a whole lot more enjoyment out of the car.

Someone told me many years ago “you wouldn’t save your wife for the next guy”, and I whole heartedly subscribe to this mentality. If I lose another $10k because I put 20-30k more miles on it, then so be it!

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Totally agree. I won’t buy an exotic unless it can be used as a daily driver. Cars are meant to be driven!!! I actually turned in my ‘19 Vantage for the ‘22 Performance Quattro Coupe because the “hand built” character of the Aston ultimately just meant it was in the shop far too often to be a DD. Final straw was determining that my recurring dash Xmas tree which resulted in all safety mgt. systems being disabled (ABS, traction, slip diff., etc.) was being caused by a wiring harness being pinched between engine and engine mount😵‍💫. I almost laughed when they told me that I was in luck b/c the AM wiring harnesses are a 10 piece unit vs. the single piece harness which ~99% of cars use. Therefore, they only had to deal with one part of it…after they release the v8 from its mounts. Hmmmm….if 99% of cars use a single piece wiring harness, I would guess this is to reduce failure points. Right? I loved the way my Vantage looked and its AMG GT drive train wasn’t bad either; albeit a little rough through the shifts. Unfortunately, all the AM hand build factor just ended up being a major point of quality control failure. Don’t even get me started on the 36 mos. of arguing about the squealing brakes…they ultimately ended up replacing the entire braking systems with a new MY’21 set up. I would love to go back to a DBS some day but for now, the R8 is everything I could want in an exotic DD.

I recently got my R8, I have 3 cars. The other 2 (Lexus and Infiniti) are my Clark Kent and Peter Parker type of cars (gym, grocery, work etc etc). So far, the Superman car comes out mostly on weekends (good weather only) and for specific drives (Ocean trips, I-280, highway 1, winding roads in the SF bayarea). I also go early morning to get the luxury of open freeways. One thing I notice about the R8 is that the Sports seats (Daytons red in mine) are as comfortable as my boat ride Lexus LS except the R8 is on steroids. What a car !! These days, I wake up at 3am , go to the garage and stare at this fast-moving work of art even when it is at a complete standstill . Sometimes, I just blast a couple of adrenaline-pumping songs ( Love the Chicago Bulls theme song from the MJ documentary) with the B&O audio system giving me a cardio workout. Great thing is that I have wall to wall mirrors in my garage gym, so I get to stare at her while working out. Sort of like the Dubai Sheikhs who use an elevator to park their Lambos in their bedroom lol. So far, I have not parked it anywhere in public, I do roundtrips (joyrides only). I don't intend to park it near a curb or in a public parking spot. If any of my friends have a house that matches my car (exotic) and a driveway that my R8 deserves to help enhance their home's curb appeal, maybe I will take it to their homes .

Since I am a new R8 owner, I notice folks taking photos and videos with their phones at intersections from behind me, and cars slowing down on freeways, almost like I am getting air escort in all lanes ( behind me) with traffic piling up behind them, even in the fast lane :-D. LOVE IT !!! Closest to feeling like a celebrity that I will ever come to....lol.