Black vs White: A pair of Audi R8 Spyders

Kinja'd!!! "Audi For Life" (audiforlife)
07/19/2014 at 16:10 • Filed to: cars and coffee, audi, r8 spyder

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So... there were two Audi R8 Spyders at Portland Cars and Coffee this morning.

A white R8 V10 Spyder...

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And a black R8 GT Spyder.

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Which would you choose? :)


DISCUSSION (24)


Kinja'd!!! Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Audi For Life
07/19/2014 at 16:13

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White one, because red leather interior.


Kinja'd!!! TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Audi For Life
07/19/2014 at 16:14

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Once you go black...

But black looks better in person. IMO


Kinja'd!!! Audi For Life > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
07/19/2014 at 16:18

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Well, I've gone black and I probably won't go back. I don't have a place to park or maintain a car with black (or really dark paint). Plus, I'm more of a blue kind of guy.


Kinja'd!!! Audi For Life > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
07/19/2014 at 16:19

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The red interior definitely made that R8 Spyder stand out.


Kinja'd!!! m2m, apex detective > Audi For Life
07/19/2014 at 16:40

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I don't prefer black in general, but I'd go for the GT ... which is black.


Kinja'd!!! Conan > Audi For Life
07/19/2014 at 16:44

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I'm all about black R8s.


Kinja'd!!! TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Audi For Life
07/19/2014 at 16:51

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Yea hard to keep it clean. But when it is clean it looks amazing


Kinja'd!!! JDIGGS > Audi For Life
07/19/2014 at 16:59

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white looks really nice with the cf


Kinja'd!!! Dsscats > Audi For Life
07/19/2014 at 17:18

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Which ever one is manual. If both or neither are, the GT because rarity and it's the newer model which has a dual clutch 7 speed rather than a single clutch floppy paddle 6 speed.


Kinja'd!!! sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Audi For Life
07/19/2014 at 17:24

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I think the white one looks better.

3..2..1..


Kinja'd!!! sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Audi For Life
07/19/2014 at 17:25

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Gumball car?


Kinja'd!!! Audi For Life > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
07/19/2014 at 17:54

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Yeppers.


Kinja'd!!! Audi For Life > Dsscats
07/19/2014 at 17:55

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All of the R8 GTs use the R Tronic single-clutch automated manual. I can't remember what the white R8 V10 Spyder had as I was trying to catch up to another car :)


Kinja'd!!! Dsscats > Audi For Life
07/19/2014 at 18:06

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Why the single clutch? They have the double clutch system in the regular R8 V10


Kinja'd!!! Audi For Life > Dsscats
07/19/2014 at 19:19

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Because the original R8 only had either a 6-speed manual or a 6-speed single-clutch automated manual R Tronic. It was not until the updated R8 (new LED head and taillights) that it received the 7-speed dual-clutch S Tronic.


Kinja'd!!! Dsscats > Audi For Life
07/19/2014 at 19:22

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No, the GT, not the white one.


Kinja'd!!! Audi For Life > Dsscats
07/19/2014 at 19:39

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The white one is not the updated R8 V10. The GT came out before the updated R8, thus single-clutch automated manual.

Old V10 (6MT or 6AMT)

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R8 GT (6AMT only)

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New V10 (6MT or 6DCT)

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Kinja'd!!! Dsscats > Audi For Life
07/19/2014 at 19:43

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Ah, I thought the GT came out after the update. The updated car has a dual clutch 7 speed


Kinja'd!!! Audi For Life > Dsscats
07/19/2014 at 19:54

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Yeah, the GT came out at the tail end of the original batch of R8s. I did mention that the updated R8s received the 7-speed S Tronic.


Kinja'd!!! Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ > Audi For Life
07/19/2014 at 21:37

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There was a black hardtop R8 there as well. Still had a good laugh at the camo wrapped Drophead coupe while I was there.


Kinja'd!!! twinturbobmw > Audi For Life
07/19/2014 at 22:56

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The white V10 was a manual.


Kinja'd!!! twinturbobmw > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
07/19/2014 at 22:56

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Close. Gold Rush Rally.


Kinja'd!!! twinturbobmw > Audi For Life
07/19/2014 at 22:57

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I spy me.


Kinja'd!!! Audi For Life > Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ
07/19/2014 at 23:18

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Yeah, that camo wrapped Drophead was really a head-turner and facepalm combined :)