Straight to the point. "Always having to stop for petrol is a complete bollock ache"😂

@campkira

4 жыл бұрын

it about love of the car not about function now.... If you just want to go somewhere... get a plug-in hybrid.... or tesla... but if you just want to feeling... you can not beat a loud fast car with good cornering ablity...

@MrAceekidd

4 жыл бұрын

@@campkira tesla would be even worse for long journeys, having to wait 30 mins for it to charge. I'd rather have more fun and do 2/3 more fuel stops with a super/sports car.

@bensmithkent22

3 жыл бұрын

@@campkira driving from London to scotland and back be more of a bollock ache in a 300 mile range ev. Would consume copious amounts of costa and buy other expensive crap in marks and sparks at the services while passing an hour for it to charge.

@OldSkoolUncleChris

2 жыл бұрын

With the App system it really is a fast operation these days no need to queue once ur at ze pump

The pre-facelift model 11/10. I mean off the scales. Absolutely amazing. Loud and proud. Full of pops and bangs and crackles. Adds to the theatre. Really disappointing that the EU regulations have forced this face lift model to have quiter exhausts

The most fun I've ever had driving was on the Scottish West cost in my MGB GT. I miss that car.

@Zyworski

4 жыл бұрын

Nice little hatchback, with plenty of leg room, a low center of gravity, and a throaty gutless engine.

@Punisher9419

4 жыл бұрын

@tfs2O3 72

Great honest review my man! Hope Audi don’t get too upset with the BMW on your sleeve 😂 Your videos are getting better and better 👏🏽👏🏽 PS. Really enjoyed the chat between you both towards the end. Would like to see more of that in future 👍🏽

I did 2 weeks around the Scottish coastline in an MX5 with a mate. Not one drop of rain. If I didn’t have photos I’d say I dreamt it. Nice BMW shirt in the Audi btw. :)

@MatthewJohnCrittenden

3 жыл бұрын

@axl rose Just a standard 1.6L 1990 NA. Pop up headlights rule. :)

Great honest review, at last someone saying it as they see it.👍🏼

"Sound is a very big part of the Supercar experience" Also true of a hot hatch. I think the PPF's a conspiracy to get us used to silent electric cars.

@Fee.1

4 жыл бұрын

Does ppf remove the option of valved exhausts with loud buttons?

@kreiseltower

4 жыл бұрын

When you're talking about a hot hatch with great sound (from stock) there is no way around an Hyundai i30N. There is nothing that comes close in its category.

@peterwood2633

3 жыл бұрын

OPf? Or paint protection film

@peterwood2633

3 жыл бұрын

@PYXB3 all I know is that combined with twin turbos equals bad sound

@martingetliffe

Жыл бұрын

@@peterwood2633 not at all I’ve a C7 Performance RS6 pre-OPF and it sounds like a spitfire when in Drive. In Sport it sounds like the Devil getting up on a morning and the before he starts with his short trump string, with all the pops, Machine Gun Cracks & bangs as it changes down through the gears….

It's amazing how long they have been out, and yet how few I see. That is always a plus. There is also no mistaking it when you see it, and that is another plus. Still looks and sounds great to me. I was recently asked what would be my first car if I won the lottery. I answered this car because 1) it is a bad ass car. And 2) I could pick one up today. It wouldn't be my only car, but a lot of the cars that come to mind, you have to hunt for, travel for, haggle for, etc. That's all part of the fun I guess, but something to be said about availability and servicing. There are dealers that can get you a Ferrari, Aston, Lambo, McLaren, etc., but you'll have to wait, and they may not know how to work on them. Not a problem with the R8. So yeah, this would be my first of many if that ticket comes through.

Great vid. I respect this car - it’s ability to be seen in an age when no ones looking makes me want to take my Jetta for a spin and smile 😊

Really loving your videos keep up the good work man.

I'm amazed to find how much fun there is to be had in a little old Street Ka that cost me 400 quid and drives remarkably well. Any old bit of twisty road is just fine.

@thorrollosson

4 жыл бұрын

A well sorted lightweight vehicle is absolutely a great way to have fun even without a surplus of power.

@TheBrianp1

2 жыл бұрын

I have a thing for the Echo/Yaris. Rented one to go on a 1200 km trip a few years back and it was pure awesome sauce.

Fantastic video James, properly epic intro 👌

What a great review James. Thanks so much for your take on this car. I also really appreciate the occasional philosophical debate on the car (or the supercar and how it fits in society. I also think a walk around of the accommodations you guys had would have been fun. Brilliant job!

@JayEmmOnCars

4 жыл бұрын

I considered a walk around of the bus, but I wanted to make the video all about the car

Having done Scotland recently in an ateca and had fun, and the weather was beautiful as I passed that castle 😄, done it by bike too I'd like to do it in a well sorted hot hatch one day

I have watched a lot of car videos, and I am listening through stereo speakers. From what I have heard of cars the best sounding one was an older Audi R8, V8 that was straight piped (no turbo, no cat) with a thin wall titanium exhaust, and it was magnificent.

Just done a great road trip in my 991.2 GT3 to roads in and around Dumfries and Galloway. Brilliant. Good video by the way.

@JayEmmOnCars

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. 991.2 GT3 looks mega, never tried one but driven the .1

I dunno, road trip through Europe to Sweden in a nice, fast and comfortable car that you can enjoy the autobahn in without having to zip tie the splitter back on. Hilarious radio comedy is also a plus.

YESS.This is one great piece of a 'proper scientific automotive research'. Congratulations on a good job!

It would be interesting to see if Audi would lend you another car now. I love the look of all the R8s, would love to try out an old manual.

@JayEmmOnCars

4 жыл бұрын

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For my honeymoon we did the NC500 in a VW camper , spent a week wild camping... weather was great, beaches are amazing... best holiday I’ve ever had 🤙

I've got a Gen1 V10 manual and I don't think I'd swap it for one of these. The interior on this one I'm very jealous of though. It's such a shame they have to mute that V10 the way they do too.

Driving a golf GTI with 300 horsepower/350torque is some of the most fun I’ve had on weekend twisty roads. Being able to go through the gears, and having more than enough streetable power is a recipe for a smile on your face. I can’t speak to all of the supercars jay has driven in comparison, but it sure was a riot.

Honest and objective review guys 👍

It's got a samsung tab s6 cover interior. They take a bunch of tab s6 covers and make an interior?

The first few minutes are just epic in every way. This is such a well made channel. Thank you, JayEmm!

"Full of whiskey and porridge"... LOL Keep up the good work and I'm amazing you don't have more subscribers.

Thanks guys nice review....second hand price of the R8 will now skyrocket out of my pocket range!

@andrewnorris5415

4 жыл бұрын

My cousin sold his recently. According to my uncle, he sold it bc the parts prices were very high and it kept needing them.

Nothing boring about it! Brilliant cars! Really nice idea to film your walk around with that great bus in the background, the colors really kind of work out. “As you can see here, just under this...small river....”😂😂😂😂 An excellent critique of the car; another terrific video. Love the conclusion discussion.

I haven’t seen the video yet and I am already how do you dare asking the question! Lol

did you fiddle with the b and o sound system? my dads 2013 A4 S-line has the B and O system and you can greatly improve the sound by reducing the treble and bass (this increases the midrange) and by taking off the Gala setting, as well as adjusting the fade settings.

@JayEmmOnCars

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah we played with it. The speaker placement dooms it

Drove one on a track day recently, was my favourite car of the day and I put down my best time in it.

Through the Alps on the way to my holiday home nr Venice. Yes we need supercars. What else is there to look at and strive for!

Nice BWM shirt! I'm sure Audi appreciated that one :-D

Best review you’ve done this far 👍

Hope you enjoyed it up here, shame about the weather. Maybe the coupe wasn't so bad after all!

Great item, i would go back to the 70s....route 66....roadrunner superbird....and Debbie Harry.

@leviathan5207

4 жыл бұрын

what a road trip, driving around at a blistering 60mph. id fall asleep and die, but you do you. route 66 is such a BAD road, id much rather take a mountain pass. if i have to drive in a straight line for hours on end, give me the autobahn or give me a rope....

@kb9072

Жыл бұрын

Debbie Harry from the 70's, great call.

Great review. I hope Audi take on board some of your suggestions and don't just thow their toys out of the pram. You are (thankfully) very brave. Great car though.

nice low camera angle at the beginning,very dramatic,works well with the music and the sound of that engine,keep up the good work

Ideal road trip... Probably the Austrian/Italian/Swiss Alps in a 1989 Aston Martin V8 Vantage... or something very old-school like a Triumph 2500 PI, V8 SD1, Vauxhall Royale.

@richardharrold9736

Жыл бұрын

That Aston is way too truck-like for the Alps. Triumph fine for British B-roads but I wouldn't take one long distance. SD1 is just tinny and badly built and the ride quality and handling are poor thanks to the live axle. A Senator/Monza/Royale could be a good shout though, underrated cars, shame there are hardly any left.

I had an original V8 R8 which I loved, I don't like the design of this one.... BTW love the fact you have a BMW badged shirt in the Audi R8 :-)

@dash3dot

4 жыл бұрын

The original R8 is the one to have. The truly beautiful one. Every next generation looks like it's redesign was handed over to someone who completely doesn't understand the concept and form of the original car. Thus the absolutely depressing final result which is basically overgrown, uglier Audi TT. Thanks, but no, thanks.

@NigiVlogs

4 жыл бұрын

@@dash3dot I remember when I first saw R8 here in Serbia back in '08, at that time most of the people were driving Yugo's and Punto's, having a new Golf was big thing, but someone bought V8 R8 and I thought it was a Bugatti Veyron when I saw it for the first time speeding through the streets lol

@khuzram

4 жыл бұрын

Actually it looks good rather have this than the old one

@ZDK14

4 жыл бұрын

me too! what color was your R8 ?

@paredding

4 жыл бұрын

Currently have the original (UR :-) R8 V8 2008 but considering upgrading to a 2016 V10 mainly for the S Tronic, slightly sharper styling and better sat nav. You have to want this car as the luggage space is poor, though you can get a good cabin bag in there and then a flat suit carrier on top, no probs. There is also handy space behind the rear seats. Its a great car when you spend time looking at the way its built (I replaced the magride with KW V3 suspension myself) and the engineering is nice. Just need the exhaust rumble to be deeper like my RS6 was...

A very professional review as always. You could easily have a tv show

@JamesCroisdale

2 жыл бұрын

Not with those socks.

Stopping for gas is great because there's nothing to do but walk around and look at it and try hard not to make eye contact with anyone. so fun!

"Be excellent to each other Party on dudes" - Bill & Ted, 1989 "Own a supercar Take it out Be cool to people" - JayEmm, 2019

@GT380man

3 ай бұрын

Nice. Consistent philosophy over 35 years (I know, how the heck did that happen?).

The R8 sounds as if you got a similar mpg as my Astra GTC VXR (2.0L Turbo std) would mid -high 20's depending on the right foot! Great vid, lovin your channel thx.

Absolutely loved that. How was the bus hotel to stay in ?

Would love to get your take on the TT RS - half the engine half the fun?

@chrisdavidson911

4 жыл бұрын

i keep wishing they'd made it mid engined and call it the R4

@Taranisify

4 жыл бұрын

@@chrisdavidson911 Same, but i think R5 would be more fitting

For me a road trip is about driving a classic or something cool and good company and tunes and no assists like modern car just me and the road and me dreaming a black SAAB 900 turbo t16 with whale tail airflow kit and 3 spoke aero wheels

@jameslatimer1432

4 жыл бұрын

Best cars are 900 Saabs and turbos last years unlike new cars

@aaronchamberssaabfan7397

4 жыл бұрын

@@jameslatimer1432 your not wrong

Have done those roads (most of what you filmed looked to be the A835 north of Ullapool?) in a dark grey Quattroporte and have had similar fun and similar reactions from people in the area, and also in an older 996, but feel the ideal car for that journey would be a Ferrari Ff or GTC4lusso in a bright colour and a similar price to your recommendation R8 prefacelift

Nice looking car but I'd rather spend a bit extra on a lambo or a 911, the other thing the 5.2 direct injection engine will probably have lots of carbon build up problems on the inlet valves. Great review tho Jay as always 👍

Looks like you're driving in Wester Ross north of Ullapool. Awesome roads and scenery for sure.

you got 27 mpg in an r8 v10 and 30 mpg in a kia optima 1.6 diesel 7 speed dual clutch. how?

First time I did the West Coast road trip was 1971 in a Singer version of the hillman imp. The whole trip Glasgow Rannoch Moor Glencoe then on to the Isle of skye that was the best 2 weeks I ever had. Next year 50 anniversary will be in my Mercedes E class coupe looking forward to it

That opening scene. Wow. Goosebumps! Then you really started dissing my dream car 😳

I quickly learnt with my gen 2 R8 to wipe the water off the door roofline before opening it after it’s rained. 😂

Wow, magic video. I want an R8 now and a trip up north 😎

@andrewnorris5415

4 жыл бұрын

A Clio 182 and trip up North are great. So many roads on the way up to Scotland, the Peak District, Yorkshire and the Pennines etc.

was this the NC500 route? I did it in my e55 and it was pretty epic

Hi JayEmm love the channel. Talking of road trips forgive me if you have done it but have you driven to German and blasted up the Autobahns? Love to see you take one of your Ferrari's or a loaner supercar and hit 200mph. I'm quite sure it would be a very well viewed video and pay for itself in the long run.

'Ideal' road trip? No restrictions, based on plausibility? Exige S2, converted to central driving position, carbon fibre everything (brakes, panels, wheels, seats, whatever), 543bhp Mezger 997 GT3 4.1l engine tuned by Sharkwerks. Isle of Man for no speed limits; Dolomites if my fantasy can also expunge those.

That awkward moment when audi gives you a R8 to drive and you're driving a BMW shirt 😂

I keep hearing about these particulate filters but cant you just get them removed? probably need to keep it when you sell it but doesnt seem like a big deal

Color is soo important: Driving my black GT3 Touring i get lot's and lot's of grief and angry faces etc. I guess if it would be Vanilla Yellow the reactions could be a little different. ;-)

Ideal road trip: - Best mate - Lotus Exige or NSX R MK2 - Any 500 mile tour of the UK.

@aaa84gt

4 жыл бұрын

MY MAN! NSX-R NA2 👍👍👍👍

Good review

I worked selling top end Hifi for years, B&O were never known for amazing sound quality, as they used Phillips internals so it was always design over sound quality. A decent Bose or Rockford fosgate system would be better ....I like this car a lot but 150k is alot of money when a Huracan is a far better looking car

@freddiejones4598

4 жыл бұрын

Correct b and o have never made a truly amazing soundsystem. In my opinion you cant beat Naim but you'll pay a pretty penny for it.

Quick question: if you had to do the same trip again - would you take the R8 , or the yellow Lotus Evora that you used to own?

@JayEmmOnCars

4 жыл бұрын

Tough call. They both have advantages and disadvantages, the Lotus would have been more fun in the twisties but the R8 was great for the long haul

Yeah good company, some good tunes and some good roads with great scenery.

@greathey1234

4 жыл бұрын

Any suggestions in the UK in January?

@maul_2184

4 жыл бұрын

@@greathey1234 Not so sure in January with weather likely to be wet and cold but there are some great driving roads in Wales and the Lake District some of them might be dicey if there is ice on the road at that time of the year.

@greathey1234

4 жыл бұрын

@@maul_2184 thanks. I like the rain and snow and I took my precautions by hiring a four wheel drive Volvo.

Hoping to do the 500 mile round Scotland trip when I retire, being a keen photographer. Aiming to get an Evora to do it in....

Scotland, particularly the west coast, is wonderful to drive in and through. When my family no longer live there, I will return much more often.

@bensmithkent22

3 жыл бұрын

Haha its a big place unlikely to bump into them oop the highlands.

The fake top air intakes have always been an eyesore for me. It’s so noticeable. For interior, I’ve found the gen3 Audi TT interior more interesting looking, especially if you spec it with a tan leather or something other than black than an R8. The B&O system in the TT is similarly disappointing for the price by the way.

@thorrollosson

4 жыл бұрын

Agree with all of this. I also HATE the trend of fake exhaust notes, just a sad and cringeworthy bit of dishonesty.

great video!

Another great video thanks. And no i don't need supercars, I just want one 😁 I may be a dinosaur on the verge of being extinct with my supercars and bikes, but as Tom cruise said in top gun 2.........."that may well be but, not today" lol😁

The best real world review I’ve seen of the R8. I’m about to trade mine after 3 years and 15kmiles. I agree everything you say. Other than, I found the box far less effective than a PDK. And strangely the electronics and software didn’t seem well sorted. Sometimes it would play music. Sometimes not. Nice car. But couldn’t love it. Massive depreciation. 132k to 65k.

@martingetliffe

Жыл бұрын

Did you get 65k or a bit more? I’m guessing more?

Helsinki to Heraklion in a Forester XT with a GT3076R kit. Epic!

Sounds like a 'Nail!' In-Car Video Recording, still cannot get those particular frequencies, that create the 'Magic!' - They always capture the ones that you don't want!

@JayEmmOnCars

4 жыл бұрын

Actually that metallic rattle was how the car sounded

Let's go best roqd trip windy roads good music and friends.

My ideal roadtrip would be a VW camper of some description, my car mates, a month off work and just tour the national park camp sites and the summer car shows of the UK, barbecues, car shows and beer for my mates (I don't drink).....I don't need supercars or abroad to be happy.

Anywhere and everywhere in either a Porsche Boxster GTS 981 or an Alpina D4 Biturbo F32 👍 I don't want a supercar on my roadtrip, too much worries about finding suitable parking spots.

Fun fact about the Audi R8 that I suspect not many people know: the reason the Audi badge is on the bonnet and not in the grille like every other Audi (except the TT) is because it’s a throwback to the Auto Union Silberpfeil racing cars from the 1930s which had the badge over the grille aswell.

How about a early and current Audi TT comparison test...would love that JayEmm

For me, a roadster where you can drop the top, some great rock tracks and alpine scenery

There are many places more exotic, that would surely make awesome road trips. But with what I know of places I've actually been blessed enough to visit, a trip through the American West, starting in Montana, heading west to the Pacific Northwest, and then a meandering path southbound to San Diego zigzagging between the coastal rainforest, the inland deserts, and the mountain ranges of the Sierra Nevada, well, there are better roads, taller mountains, and more scenic beaches, but there isn't a route that will keep you saturated in great examples for thousands of miles that would rival that. And you will always have a good place to stay and kind people along the way, if my experience is any indicator.

@GT380man

3 ай бұрын

That does sound dreamy. Though my own information is suggestive that much of what made the route & manner of journeying along it so wonderful is disappearing or gone. The extraordinary degree of authoritarianism that’s descended upon pretty much all of The West feels to me like an undeclared coup d’etat. For the first time in my 64 years, I’m frightened of my government and those of most countries I’ve visited in the last four years. I’m not in the slightest concerned about my health. It’s really good & I disregard government’s insistence that my health is their responsibility as well as a right. Everywhere I look in the West, there is an increasingly obvious, yet undisguised, war on the motorist, both cars and motorcycles. People vary, as they always have. Like you, my long run experience of interacting with my fellow humans has been overwhelmingly a positive one. I have the impression, more obvious recently than four years ago, that very many people are preoccupied, anxious and unwell. I hope you got to make your dream road trip!

Dream roadtrip for me is countach london to monaco, passenger would be some nice supermodel 😂

@Will_M600

3 жыл бұрын

@Jason that's why it's a dream road trip 😂 I probably wouldn't actually enjoy driving a countach for that far either

@bensmithkent22

3 жыл бұрын

80s throwback. Who would it be? Sam fox? Linda lusiardi. Or a classier model type?

Great review! Such a shame that the new car is muted.

Original Fiat 500 across Italy or NA MX5 across Wales. With my wife for both, of course! Or... Caterham across the highlands (on my own this time so I can fit a tent in the passenger seat and go sideways a lot).

Ideal road trip? I am planning it: A week and a bit drive through most of the Scottish Highlands, Isle of Skye and the Outer Hebrides in my Toyota MR2 SW20. Totally bad car to spend a long time in and lug a lot of stuff around, but sure as hell a lot of fun to drive on Highlands Roads. Oh, and just one close friends cause two seater car problems.

@JayEmmOnCars

4 жыл бұрын

I think the SW20 is actually a really underrated GT car

I literally thought the original r8 was a movie car just for iron man, never thought it was real, always wondered how those blades made it to production but so many cool concept features have been axed

I got to Drive a Audi RS R8 with all the specs about 15 years ago for QEK Logistics (Upper Heyford). As I was just a short term agency Driver you can imagine my joy. The Thing had 50 miles on it. The only supercar I have driven. Was tempted not to give it back and just keep driving but I like not being in Jail to much.

Epic roadtrip? 3 weeks, over 5000km from Southern France to the far North of Scotland wild camping. Four blokes in a VW T4 California. Total cost 1700€uros (four people, ferry crossing, all fuel and food, no accomodation cost apart from one night on a campsite). It was a blast... And before anyone says but what about the car? It might not be a supercar, but I can cook, eat, sleep and crap in mine 😉. Can you say the same? There's a fridge for the beers too 😁 Edit: great minds think alike for the destination

I like the looks of the old R8 for looks

Another great review Jay. I like the detail you put into each review but think it odd that with your attention to details you chose to wear a BMW shirt......

Great video yes we still need supercars as us blokes have got to have our fun but I wouldn't have an R8 I'd have to have a lamborghini

My first choice for £100k would of been a 911 - but reality this is a better proposition. Another fab video.

For a fun road trip you need a convertible. It makes going slow behind traffic tolerable.

I think the lines flow better on the pre face lift one

@henrysymes

4 жыл бұрын

Ben ben Agreed. The more mature styling of the R8 has always been a big draw over the Huracan and I think that’s been lessened somewhat with the latest facelift.

Fave road trip? 1.The other half. 2.A big engined Mercedes SL from 70's/80's. 3. Across Europe then down to the southern tip of Italy, then hop, skip and jump from Sicily to Sardinia and then onto Corsica before taking the last ferry back to Genoa. From there, Monaco, Nice and Cannes before taking off up into the Alps and back to the UK :-)

How’s your mates Exige 430? No update for a while.

I love your shirt!..BMW!!!

CAn I get the same driving experience with an SL63 Benz? Asking Bc I want a hardtop convertible with power.

@JayEmmOnCars

3 жыл бұрын

It will be a very different feeling

@kmontgomery27

3 жыл бұрын

@@JayEmmOnCars how so? The AMG’s are sporty too

@JayEmmOnCars

3 жыл бұрын

@@kmontgomery27 mid engined vs front engined, high revving V10 vs big displacement V8, the SL is more of a luxury cruiser. I will be reviewing one soon so can give more accurate advice then

@kmontgomery27

3 жыл бұрын

@@JayEmmOnCars thank you. I’m thinking about buying one. Can you feel the difference in suspension btw the standard and plus model?

Jay’s the type of guy to road trip an Audi in a Beamer shirt.

Awesome engine but still think they look like 2 cars joined together