R8, F430, Gallardo
 

From these cars which would you pick?

08 Audi r8
05/06 Ferrari F430 coupe
06/07 Gallardo coupe


Strengths/weaknesses of each
Btw I'm helping friend with this choice. Thanks

Can't go wrong with any of these really. I haven't been lucky enough to drive any of them but I'd go with the G simply because it's the prettiest and the V10 sounds better than the V8s.

Tell your friend to get whichever makes his blood pump the fastest.

I agree with above. At this level of "sports car" and with the money involved it has to be a passion thing. The Gallardo is a hell of a deal used and the V10 sounds amazing while the F430 is, of course, one of the best sports cars in the world. The R8 is stunning to look at and the the interior is fanastic, plus its the newest of all of the above and I would assume has lower operating cost than the other two.

F430. Gallardo second.

I don't think I would get the Lambo. It would be a toss between the Audi and Ferrari. I am just not a huge Lambo styling fan really. It is sort of over the top and gaudy for my taste. I think Ferrari is much more stylish, and functional even. I prefer the styling of either the R8 or the Ferrari. If he can wait, I believe there is a higher performance version of the R8 coming...

^ which has the same v10 as the lambo iirc... id get the lambo personally

The R8 seems to be the best car to own and drive on a regular basis. The F430 and Gallardo are a tad on the extreme side for DD.

R8 -- you could actually DD that car.

2007 Gallardo all the way. Great sounding, great looking, AWD for the occasional unavoidable shower of rain, and arguably the best looking.

The Ferrari is marginally quicker but harsher. I'd expect higher maintenance costs as well. It is no doubt the sportiest and most responsive of the bunch but that's not really worth it to me. I'd probably never drive one of these to their full potential, even on a track.

The R8 is much slower and not really worth talking about in that group unless you're talking about the new one with the V10. It looks great and is daily driveable but I'd expect this to be a weekend car.

If the car is to be daily driven, Audi R8 all the way. Like the NSX, it is supposedly very easy to drive all the time.

Audi R8. It is so different!

Gallardo. Well built, v10 awd.

F430, torquey v8, expensive to maintain compared to the other 2

r8. r8 regular would be boring compared to the other 2. R8v10 would be so expensive the other 2 would be worth buying.

at the end of the day I'd get the Gallardo. I know a lot about Gallardo's and they can be daily driven unlike the ferrari.

The F430 has the least amount of torque out of the bunch or so I thought? :confused:

You could be right. I've not driven one, a friend has and he told me it was like the s2000 but with Torque.

neither of them. get an rx7. with some overnight parts from japan it will decimate all.

I know, better cancel your F450 pre-order!!

I took delivery of it this weekend!! It's getting a widebody kit put on right now and NOS!

a white gallardo...

Somebody BOOOO this man! :LOL:

I am to inherit the Gallardo, so I will stick with that.

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.ph...age&img=632642

Tan :)

I think he was speaking in relative terms meaning it is high reving like an S2k.

Though 383 pound ft of torque is still good. :cool:

I will mention this to my friend. He was leaning towards the F430 and kept saying they were pretty reliable.

Can you elaborate more thank you

Awsome cars! Wish I had any of them. But if I had the money... I would want to get the Lambo. I like the way it looks the best. Then the Audi, and last the F430. Not to say the F430 is bad, as it is my favorite Ferrari. Just my thoughts...

Tell your friend Good Luck! I hope he has fun dropping over 100 grand on a car!

430's as a modern ferrari are better designed as to service, yet not designed to be easy to service so maintainence is expensive. Also every mile you put on one is a huge drop in price. Also apparently the engines are not well built and I forget which item, but there is a major problem with the engine blocks that a friend who was looking at getting one found through his research.

Gallardo's have lost a lot of value as of late and I believe the current prices are pretty good. Even the lp560 at times can be found for 180k. They are solid cars.



Tan, that g looks SICK!

430, because it's the only one with the prancing horse logo :)

dont let you know who see that!


:LOL:


G car for sure. Raging bull or prancing horse? Yeah, thought so.

For the price of any of these I could have a few seasons of driving a race car. Why blow it on something that isn't as fast around a track?

F430, BTW.

F430

Reasons:

-Its a FERRARI!
-It is the culmination of 60+ years of racing pedigree.
-Its RWD
-I think it sounds the best (subjective), most like an F1 car, mostly due to the superior
-Gearbox
-Probably best resale value.
-Its a FERRARI!

.02

-Dino

/\/\

Listen to this man. He's driven them.

Personally, I'd want to drive the Ferrari more than the other two, but only if I could afford to put 15-20k miles a year on it. And I know I can't. If I had way too much money, I'd pick it.

So I'd probably go with the Lamborghini, as the Audi R8 just doesn't strike me as an exotic like the Italians. Better than an expensive AMG, but similarly, it just doesn't have the same passion...

The Raging Bull.

F430. It's the passion and fun behind the wheel that seperates it from the Lambo. Buy a real car, not an image.

I would choose the 430 hands down; from the heritage to the styling. The beautiful sound that engine makes at WOT!

[QUOTE=thebig33tuna,Jun 29 2009, 01:58 PM]^ which has the same v10 as the lambo iirc...

For me, F430 > Gallardo > R8.

another dumb thread. :thumbdn: you will never have any chance to own any of them in your entire life. so stop dreamming.

This is Car Talk and we're talking about cars. Stop being a dick! :thumbdn:

[QUOTE=Yellow_S,Jun 29 2009, 04:40 PM] This is Car Talk and we're talking about cars.

[QUOTE=Brownergy,Jun 29 2009, 06:07 PM]F430.

You're a dick. Part of Car Talk is talking about cars and people's opinions of them, regardless of affordability. Take your ass back to NSXPrime! :D

P.S. Are you a Korean? You talk like one who's just immigrated to the U.S. :LOL:

One is built by a company with an unmatched racing pedigree and the others are not.

I'd want such a car for how it drives. It's impact on the curb monkeys and other such people I don't know is only a very, very small consideration. Therefore I'd want to drive each car and pick the one that I felt the strongest connection with, and stirred my soul the most. (They're all very beautiful and I'd have no objection to any of them based on looks.)

LOL

either the bull or horse. I would take a GT2 over the R8.

I agree. I would prefer the high revving boy racer Ferrari over the G....higher propensity to stand the hair on the back of your neck up when nailing it. Although unlikely, I can see getting tired of the Gallardo quicker than the 430. The R8 is far, far more boring compared to the other two in my opinion. I drove one for 2 hours and it started to feel like a 'normal' car by then. Sound is a huge factor, so the 430 gets the nod again.

i just realized a cheap ass driving a 07 yellow S. a CHEAP car to buy without a loan. can't afford something faster or still making monthly payment on it? maybe that's why you dream a F430. LMAO.

i bet you are just one of the idiots in rsportscars.com forum. they posting a lot of dumb supercar comparsion threads. enjoy your time there, poor racist ass.

id take the R8 because its the only one that might be attainable (assuming somebody wants to sell theirs in like 5~6 years)

money no object i think you would have to be crazy to pass up an F430

Ever heard of the Audi race cars?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_R10_TDI

Dude why are you so angry? What's wrong with the comparison? It's all a matter of opinion. When I joined s2ki I could barely afford an s2000, now I'm making a deal on a murcielago....

It's just about talking about people's preferences.

take the Gallardo out of the mix and replace it with a GT3. :) i'd choose between the F430 and R8 otherwise.

:blah: :LOL: I have no idea what you wrote, so here's a

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When you're able to construct a proper paragraph, then I will read it carefully. As I've said previously, this is Car Talk and people have the right to talk about cars, regardless of affordability. If you don't like it, get the hell out of the thread or even forum!

also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_R15_TDI

Gallardo FTW by the way. Why? Prettiest, coolest, best sounding, can be daily driven. Audi reliability in a lambo.

/thread.

I'm not sure Audi actually made the R10 and R15. Ferrari certainly does make their race cars. They are probably the only company to actually make both the chassis and engine in house.

Edit:
The R10 chassis is made by Dallara, the same company that does the IRL cars.
http://www.mulsannescorner.com/audir10.html

It's worth noting that "made by" and "designed by" can be two different things.

"All design work for the R10 is done at Audi Sport though Audi routinely subcontracts some design and drafting duties to an in-house consultancy called BTZ."

Damn. Three very sweet cars. Too tough of a choice.

Beat me to it! They were also big in Rally Racing as well for years with that Quatro AWD.

I'd want an F430 if I could also afford to take it to the track. Otherwise, probably an R8 because it seems more conservative and more likely to not draw too much attention from people who could confuse it with a TT. And the Gallardo just doesn't do it for me.

That still puts them behind Ferrari who can for the most part do the whole job in house.

With a 100 grand under the hood you don't want to be messing it! Lol, good stuff.


Anyway, my nuts say the lambo, my heart says the ferrari, my brain says the audi. Hope that helps.

Do the parts from Japan include really ill fitting body panels?

Do you contend that invalidates Audi's racing pedigree?

Audi has a commendable Le Mans record, but it can't hold a candle to Ferrari's racing history.

When people are claiming it maters, yes. Does that make it a bad car, no. If it's a better car than the competition should I hold the lesser racing pedigree against it, no.

The 430 was his first choice and he thought reliability on these cars was much better than previous Ferraris. For example he tells me there's no belt service like you have to do with the 360 since there are chains? But now he's still concerned b/c the car is out of warranty.
Perhaps an extended warranty?

But I tell him you have to pay to play.

The gallardo was pretty fun he says, but he found the steering and eGear of the 04 he drove to be a little numb and not as connected as the 430. Has anyone driven the 06 and above?


The r8 of course if the cheapest of the three and still has a warranty. Certainly has the looks, but then he talks about how it has less power

The 06 plus is a vast improvement over the 04 in the Gallardo. The egear is improved as well as the gearing is shorter. There is a little more horsepower and the steering was changed.

I know both Ferrari and Lamborghini have CPO programs if he needs coverage.

do it like raj and get the Murci.

but no i would probably get the Gallardo then the Ferrari lastly, the R8

Perhaps, you could also pray to the car gods for some titanium valve springs.