I've had my car for 9 months now. Top speed so far is about 80. I might open her up in a few weeks when I drive her down south through highway 5.

 

I donno Eddy...My R8 does these weird things like I'm driving between cities and I look at the speedo and it says something ridiculous like 90. It feels like 65 or so. You may have set a record for an R8 owner in those 9 months. It would be so tempting...kinda like having the hottest babe on the planet and just taking her to dinner and a movie and drop her off back at her home. Every day for nine months. You are the epitome of restraint.

 

While at BIR track I have been 156 so many times I cannot remember. At Road America 145 mpr so many times I cannot remember.

 

How in the world have you only been 80mph in your R8?

I had mine at about 110mph on the interstate on ramp during my test drive with my salesman in the car with me. He told me to open it up, so I did.

 

330kmh based on my speedo (gen1V10spyder manual)

 

Nutter! Fair play.

I hit 160 and backed off pretty fast. I've only been that fast once.
72 metres per second on a public road is exciting and terrifying at the same time! 205mph must feel like time travel!

 

Legally...tad over 150 MPH

 

Only 180 km/hr in Belgium but have planned a trip to Germany soon…..

 

225 kph (~140 mph) in the R8. Then thought about a deer, coyote crossing the road or some random driver merging from a side road and slowed it down. Didn't want to become a grease spot in the ditch, no matter how unlikely. Did 250 kph (155 mph) in my '94Supra Turbo way back in the day.

 

I don’t quite remember the exact speed but somewhere north of 140-150 at COTA. I’ll have to find my vid to check the speedo.

 

I hit 161 on the COTA back straight, but got it up to 170 MPH on a "Mexican highway."

 

Snappy answers to a question subject to review years later by political rivals and scoundrels:
1. I always obey the speed limit
2. Only on track and then as fast as my ability and safe operation of the vehicle will allow
3. No Comment
4. I'll take the 5th
5. Using the advice of several highway patrolmen "Nine you're fine, ten your mine" (so the fastest I've been is 9 over the posted limited, whatever that is, wherever that is)
6. Whenever I rent the local airport for day, I routine can go (insert max speed of car).

 

180 on a back road in south Teaxs.

 

Sorry Texas..

 

I'll leave my answer at "fast enough." As Ranger points out, certain stuff you'd probably prefer to stay private. The Internet never forgets.

All of that said, I'm far less amused by top speeds these days and even raw acceleration. The R8 has both to spare. What I most enjoy is finding empty, tight, curvy roads where much slower speeds can feel like a rush, and exercising the car's lateral acceleration, cornering, and weight distribution give me a grin ear to ear... no less getting to paddle up and down rapidly through gears, corner to corner, with the small straights allowing for burst moments followed by hard on brakes and into the next corner. The engine and exhaust singing. Windows down. Nice breeze of fresh air. That's my cup of tea these days.

 

i agree

 

As do I, but a LEO could still find that driving reckless.

 

180 here

 

80? Maybe he omitted the “1” As for me I’m going to have to take the 5th on this one

 

Sufficient to see the others in the rear view mirror ?

 

i hit about 150 mph in the canyons, anything faster i start to pee in my pants lol with all the bumpiness. i have never been to the track to experience any higher speed unfortunately

 

I was watching a video of a guy in a Mustang testing a newly installed autoblip device the other day, and as he pulls out onto a California road with American road signs it’s comes up in the screen “A Mexican Highway”.
Haha. Love going to Mexico on the weekends. And it’s right by my house!

Highest I’ve gone on interstate is 125mph. I haven’t been to the track. Yet.

 

Just like the title says , how fast you guys been in your R8 . Here is my top speed

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158mph - Circuit of the Americas, Austin TX

 

Just like the title says , how fast you guys been in your R8 . Here is my View attachment 244705

I’m headed to the Kennedy Space Center in a couple of weeks for the Johnny Bohmer Proving Grounds. They’re giving me 2.7 miles to accelerate...really hoping to be over 200. How many miles did it take for you? I’ve got a ‘17 Plus too.

 

it will go over 200mph easy in 2+ mile distance .I've been 158mph in 1/2 mile . Not sure how long it took as it was on the private airport runway but I'd say we need around 1.5 miles to hit 200mph

 

150 mph at Big Willow...

 

Lets just say when I got my car I was a all about pushing it and I made it much higher than most of you on the street. It could easily have been called involuntary manslaughter....

 

170mph on the back straight at VIR.


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165 mph with the top down needed googles to go faster. 140 mph plus on Sebring track

 

Let me be candid. This car is highly addictive and the way it goes fast is the reason. After owning 4 Corvettes, 3 Vipers, a ZL-1, Hot Rod 66 Mustang 302, etc I finally saw what I used to look like when I got out of one of those cars after wringing it's neck. I recently had the owner of a C7 Z06 demand to race me, so of course I obliged. After reaching 120 I started to put great distance from him as his image got smaller in the rear view. I looked down at the dash and saw it was at 177mph. I looked back up at the road and said to myself "oh my god, this car is sublime at high speed". It was so quiet and smooth I knew it would easily go 200.. After we were done I got out of my car and walked over to my friend who was exiting his Vet. He was drenched with sweat and still trembling from the adrenaline rush, he was rambling about how awesome that just was. I however was as calm as a pond on a windless day. I knew instantly that I have been mistaken about my Vets and Vipers. It dawned on me that you could buy 2 Z06's and one Z51 for the cost of my R8, and the reason becomes very apparent at high speeds. The car is worth every penny of the over 200k cost. As a side note we both were shocked to see that the Z06 had been "lifted" by the high speed run. It looked like it was on a rack, the suspension was lifted like 4". Apparently the MAG ride was malfunctioning and it looked pretty dangerous lifted that high up. Here is the thing...once you have an R8 you realize you could never go back. My wife's Z51 feels like junk when I drive it now. I can't wait (starting next year) to see the streets of America filled from small town to big cities with C8's. While you will almost never see an R8. The thing is you could have 3 wanna B supercar C8's or one Audi R8. LOL. Or you could have a C8 and a small house! For the cost of one R8. As I pull the R8 into the garage and shut it down my thoughts are that I can't wait until I take her out again, my $207,000 supermodel.

 

Oh man....that is too funny. Just for that I'll have to hit 100mph over the weekend.