I’ve owned a V10 Plus for three years. You didn’t XPEL (ppf) protect, you aren’t putting premium fuel in, and you are under valuing an average of 17MPG on a V10. You should launch in sport, not performance. Performance mode takes traction control off. The carbon ceramics grind at slow speeds. If you clean it, the surface needs to be properly lubricated or you will scratch it. Most of your complaints are your errors (respectfully). I replaced my paddles with carbon fiber ones, but agree with the plastic paddles. The reverse camera is garbage, agree. You are putting S class expectations on an entry level super car. Love your spec (mine is Nardo). I wish you’d actually read this.

@marko_M2003

Ай бұрын

Hi, r8 V10 plus (2nd gen) is my dream car and I'm seriously considering owning it one day. Do you think this car is worth that much money? Do you have any advice? Tnx

@AvocadoAtrocity

Ай бұрын

HE DIDNT USE PREMIUM? WTAF 😂😂😂

@oskarskalski2982

Ай бұрын

I bet he didn't ppf it, or put premium gas just because it wasn't his, so he didn't want to add his own money that wouldn't come back. If this was his I think he would do all those things.

@MitchellS46

Ай бұрын

You say you owned the car and I do no think Mat owns these cars. Correct me if I am wrong. Some people want to own a car and some people just want to drive a car. There is also a difference in how people take care of a car and when you have to "give it back" you obviously care less. Same as if you own a house or if you rent one if you ask me. Noneless I own my car and fill it up with E5. I bett my car costs as much as one R8 brake disc.

@AvocadoAtrocity

Ай бұрын

@@MitchellS46 He's a car reviewer. He should be treating these cars like gold to get the most out of them for our sake.

So, in short, you don't R8 this car very high? 🥁

@purwantiallan5089

Ай бұрын

Lotus Europa S.2 1968 also has better sound than this Audi R8 Spyder.

@gabriel3192

Ай бұрын

Bruh what the damn video, he said that he loved it

@shakedlevi5686

Ай бұрын

You R8!

@0Y02USH

Ай бұрын

Ba-dum tiss...

@j_k_rz

Ай бұрын

This makes me ir8 (irate) 😡😆

That low rumble is what I always loved in the old 6.2L NA AMGs. Ever since I was a kid I liked that kind of sound way more than the high revving, high-pitched Ferarri kind of sound.

youve launched the car in manual mode every race, then it forced itself to shift, unlike the launches that worked the dash said M1S which means the gearbox is in sport, in the launches that have bugged you it was in M1(you need to shift the car) and then when you redlined it the gearbox shifted itself to M2S

@simondale3980

Ай бұрын

Agreed that is what it looked like to me too. Short shifted into second, probably because all four wheels span up.

@purwantiallan5089

Ай бұрын

​@@simondale3980did he short shifted it into 4th gear straightaway?

@dsung7986

Ай бұрын

yup, the green "shift up arrow", which would only appear in manual mode is right there, what other cues are needed? he's done this with other cars as well in previous videos, they all magically "get bogged down" in a drag race...

@lalinisatoryt

Ай бұрын

Yep, I agree. Seems like it

7:55 well Matt maybe if you put the 'good stuff' in when you fill up it might actually perform up to spec when launching!

@Taylor___

Ай бұрын

I reckon you'd lose a minimum of 30 horsepower running E10 vs Shell V power.

@purwantiallan5089

Ай бұрын

​@@Taylor___30bhp? Thats quite few then man.

@ethop8273

Ай бұрын

The bad launches seem to be an issue with the gearbox shifting too early or late. the "good stuff" does not have a noticeable impact on how the car performs. it does aid in engine health especially in bigger engines like these as it lowers the risk of engine knocking so he should still be buying it.

@robinnautica9773

Ай бұрын

That's to expensive it's not his car and you can tell

@dobermankd

Ай бұрын

It’s a press car loaned by Audi.

These cheap shiftpaddels confuse me. Audi has original full aluminium paddels in the RS6 and RS7 part number is 4K0951523F and i retrofitted them into my 2.0 tdi a4 :D And they would just work plug and play in the R8...

Put E10 in that car ...

@shizz7le489

Ай бұрын

It's probably why its not launching correctly

@RWoody1995

Ай бұрын

@@shizz7le489 Guarantee it has nothing whatsoever to do with it, not just because you can clearly tell it's 100% down to the car automatically shifting to 2nd 1000RPM early because the wheels spun up and it thinks he's forgotten to shift but also because E10 has the same octane rating as regular fuel had before it went from E5 to E10 and all modern cars are designed to run on regular just fine, not only that but the car's designed to run on E10 anyway, it will just get slightly lower MPG (usually a smaller drop than the difference in cost between the two) because the ethanol has a lower energy density than pure petrol

@zanthony1286

Ай бұрын

@@RWoody1995 Well actually you need to run 98 octane without ethanol for max performance.

Loses a race to a Lamborghini, badly. Two weeks later...

@yog-sothoth37

Ай бұрын

It wasn't the loss, it was how it happened. I haven't seen Matt so angry, ever.

@rhino69420

Ай бұрын

he wasnt lauching it correctly anyways

@radiotrancegaming4089

Ай бұрын

​@rhinorl2934 you launched that car??

@rhino69420

Ай бұрын

@@radiotrancegaming4089 i have a friend who does, he says if traction control is off the car bogs. also, I noticed that Matt launched it manual and then the car redlined and shifted into the next gear prematurely.

@NabiL_Lam

Ай бұрын

I was very disappointed with how it performed that day

Your audi R8 was my faveroute of your daily drivers oh i loved it but the only problem was the soft limiter ❤

@purwantiallan5089

Ай бұрын

Did Lotus Elise 2011 has soft limiter too??

@gullible119

Ай бұрын

⁠@@purwantiallan5089stop meat riding your lotus

@ralphkbauer

Ай бұрын

The soft limiter turns off, as soon as you do what the car is build for, driving and not disturbing your environment.

@rasherbasher8203

Ай бұрын

@@gullible119 it's not got one. It's a bot I think. Messages/comments complete and utter nonsense .

@v-klasse9448

Ай бұрын

*Favourite

Haven't thought of this before, but this video made me think how much the different octane fuel impacts the drag races. Especially in turbocharged cars, that can make quite a difference.

You're Mat Watson and I'm watching Carwow 😂🔥

What long-term car is next, if at all?🤔 Love Audi’s and this R8 looks and sounds great. Not sure about the colour but it’s good. Good review.👍👍👍

The magnetic paddles I installed on mine are so satisfying… and only cost £100.

@purwantiallan5089

Ай бұрын

£100? Wow. Thats very cheap. Its also on par with ECU tuning parts.

@R8FKL

Ай бұрын

@@purwantiallan5089 ECU tuning parts for £100? Where from? People charge upwards of £200 for copy-paste remaps.

@rayhan4502

Ай бұрын

@@purwantiallan5089 no it's not on par

@beccagrace99

Ай бұрын

Details?

My Golf convertible does the same heater trick. When you lower the roof, it remembers the last heater settings you had with it down, hot or cold! Brilliant. 👍👍

@purwantiallan5089

Ай бұрын

Is the Elise 111R 2004 has the same heater trick?

@rayhan4502

Ай бұрын

@@purwantiallan5089 No it doesnt, even the heater quality is sub par

Mat expects us to believe that he pays for his own petrol 😂

@shakers4u

Ай бұрын

I like the way he still thinks like someone on an average salary.

Mat's impression on how the R8 launches is top notch😂😂

@user-jq1uz8ei7x

Ай бұрын

I think becose that he sold tha car

(1st) nice audi r8 sadly it got out of production but I did see 3 in my 10 years of car spotting (2008,2020,and another 2020)

@dieselhead999

Ай бұрын

Bro ur 6

The R8 is such a special thing. Perfect combination of understated design with an absolute gem of an engine. It'll be sorely missed. As for a new daily driver, if it's another convertible, probably either a Mercedes-AMG SL 63 or an Aston Martin DB12 Volante.

Wonder where that scratch came from, 7:07 maybe something to do with just wiping the dirt off to stick a GoPro on it😂

Saw this coming after you lost those drag races last week 😂😂😂

Mat you chose the best spec for that R8

@WPD77

Ай бұрын

Is it Mat's or a long term loan from Audi.

@vladislavdimitrov4646

Ай бұрын

​@@WPD77Long term

I’ve had a Gen 2 for 7yrs and it’s been a perfect car. Didn’t kerb mine either, hard to see how that could be dragged into a negative about the car

I just love the noise of that engine ❤

@purwantiallan5089

Ай бұрын

The noise of that engine reminded me a lot to Audi Le Mans Quattro and BMW M3 GTR.

@rayhan4502

Ай бұрын

@@purwantiallan5089It is the same car as Audi Le Mans Quattro bruh

I love the AA wireless, my car only has wired Android Auto and I have to leave the phone on the car seat while using this feature. Thanks for the heads up on this device Matt.

I wonder how our us mere mortals without adaptive cruise and matrix lights manage our day to day lives. Glad the car helps you out after your long shift at Carwow 😂😂

@mddah01

Ай бұрын

I have ACC on my Hyundai and have to travel long motorway distances for work. I could not live with a car that doesnt have it. The R* engine sounds great but this is not a daily driver in my world

I hope Mat is getting another green 💚Audi

Laughed so hard at the segment where you were describing how you damaged the car! Great video.

The click of those GT3 paddle shifters seemed quite, er, very gratifying. And I absolutely love that green, but many do not.

6:30 Jo, Mat spent all of the holiday money on petrol. 😂😂😂

@purwantiallan5089

Ай бұрын

Or perhaps on V6 TDI Petrol engine.

@rasherbasher8203

Ай бұрын

​@@purwantiallan5089tdi petrol engine.. you come out with some utter shit😂

@timfagan816

Ай бұрын

​@@rasherbasher8203 😂😂😂😂😂

@rayhan4502

Ай бұрын

@@purwantiallan5089 What do you mean spent money on an engine

Roof down and the sound alone must be a satisfying experience.

What a great video! Agree 100% Non-adaptive cruise control is worthless - rarely use mine. Ah, memories of the Audi engine bogging down - about the most irritated I've seen you in video.

Thanks, just ordered the AA wireless 🎉

Its keyless so keep the key in your pocket or man bag!

“Its an old car now” 😂

Magnetic dampers (adaptive dampers) are indeed available for the R8 V10 Performance

Shoot I didn't know about the ISOFIX being removed. I didn't check my 2023 before storing it and had planned to take my 4 year old for her first spin after winter is over. I wonder if they removed them from Canadian models also. Agreed with all the good and the bad. Have an RWD and have thought about switching to an AWD, but I have enjoyed the RWD and can barely find enough open road to put the power down as it is, lol.

Nice

I think it's an amazing car and I owned three different R8 for a total of almost 3 years. I didnt like the understeer especially at high speeds but other than that its a pretty solid car

@hassyg4083

Ай бұрын

lease years , you rented it not owned it

@Thatcardude207

Ай бұрын

@@hassyg4083 No I bought all three. had to return the second one as the warranty was voided due to prior owner putting a tune on it and the dealer didnt disclose it to me. I dont lease cars.

@Thatcardude207

Ай бұрын

@@hassyg4083 I dont lease cars its a bad idea. No all three were purchased. all three of them are on my channel. I had to return the second one though as the warranty was voided due to the prior owner putting a tune on it and the Audi Dealer didnt disclose it to me.

@hassyg4083

Ай бұрын

@@Thatcardude207 how much did you loose after 3 years?

@Thatcardude207

Ай бұрын

@@hassyg4083 I never kept the car 3 years. the first one ownership was about 9 months. The second one was just a month and returned it to the dealership. The third one (ara blue) I kept for 2 years. so the Ara blue one I put 5K miles on it and kept it for 2 years but during this time due to COVID the prices went up so I actually made 13.5K dollars but if you consider the cost of PPF film and tax it was a 4K loss.

Great review ❤

I understand that you will regret the V10 (awesome) the quattro transmission . Your configuration green car , gold or bronze wheels and the full interior in habana leather is amazing .

me and my friends, whenever we see this shade of green. We just call it Mat Watson green with Mat Watson brown interior :D

@purwantiallan5089

Ай бұрын

Or Matt Watson Black Interior. :D

@rasherbasher8203

Ай бұрын

@@purwantiallan5089 what the f#ck are you on about 🤔

@rayhan4502

Ай бұрын

@@purwantiallan5089 It's brown not black

@sarielle85

Ай бұрын

Cognac colored

Yeah, funny this. I've literally just sold mine this morning back to the dealership. I was amazed that they took it back. I've had it for 2 years and the last 6 months. It was nothing but a problem build ECU Lights Tyre pressures always going funny engine not working properly during cold start, turning itself off. And I think the one that ignored me the most of the paintwork, constantly getting chips and scratches. And you thinking to yourself? Wearing Earth a vacant from I know. The car is low, but it shouldn't be that bad on the front end..

FYI there are two settings for the temperature one for when the roof is up and one for when the roof is down whatever you make those settings at that's what they'll be at

The variable temperature climate based on the roof being up or down seems to be a VAG feature, Wife's 2013 Beetle Cabriolet had it aswell.

cool vid

@purwantiallan5089

Ай бұрын

10/10 in fact.

It's skipping a gear in launch control. The display says it's in 2nd, but the drop to 3000 rpm says it's actually in 3rd. My guess is the gearbox firmware is immediately short shifting as a safety measure to prevent overtorque, and the dash display doesn't get updated when it does this. Software update required?

That's cool. You should do a Seat/ Cupra generation drag race.

Can’t go wrong with an R8 really. Brilliant car 🚀

Every time i see this video it changes its thumbnail

His complaints that it’s got no adaptive cruise control for (long journeys) and it’s not comfortable enough. It’s a supercar it’s not made for that. That’s your fault if you drive it as a daily driver

if i see mat roaming around in France i WILL say hello to him, love that man

try to tune it , will work much better with a stage 1 on engine and gearbox!

The loaner is going back so sad since Audi have discontinued the R8

@chefkoch7342

Ай бұрын

The e-tron GT is a worthy replacement for it so don't worry

@ericship8383

Ай бұрын

Evs are trash and unreliable kid

Next can you do aston Martin or rolls Royce spector

@purwantiallan5089

Ай бұрын

Or TVR TAMORA.

@v-klasse9448

Ай бұрын

Spectre*********

Hate Adaptive cruise in my rsq3 but love it in hgv.

Show us ur private cars, Mat.

@NabilAhmed-dm5bu

Ай бұрын

He does. On his own channel.

Original hurricane

10:35 it's called magnetic f1 shifter paddles. You can even buy it for a golf.

We expect you to compare the performance of the S63 with its counterparts. You are amazing, good luck 🙏🏻

I don't think having non-adaptive cruise control is that bad. You have more control of the car. When you need to slow down because someone is infront of you, just use the throttle pedal.

@ChronicBintX

Ай бұрын

That's entirely the point of it, adaptative cruise is awesome. 😅

It's hugely disrespectful not to put premium fuel into a supercar you were lent and at no cost to yourself.

@RWoody1995

Ай бұрын

why? it's not going to do it any harm the car is literally designed to run on E10 just fine. No one builds cars that wont operate perfectly within their design intended limits on the lowest quality fuel available in the UK, it's not the 90's anymore.

@BiRRdYYChannel

Ай бұрын

Actually some manufacturers explicitly recommend using premium fuel for their sports cars. Just because it can run on lesser fuel, does not mean it should

@theusefulchannel

Ай бұрын

@@BiRRdYYChannel Exactly.

👌 video! Make me want a R8 I wish I met you in down town Denver when you were here. Mat which watch are you wearing 20:19? IWC ?

Considering Audi discontinued the R8, it would've gone up in value if you held on to it couple years more

The best coupe❤

@petershowergaming3782

Ай бұрын

@@the_art_of_perfectionIt’s a Spyder

@purwantiallan5089

Ай бұрын

Its R8 Spyder Prototype.

He's selling his audi after losing to that lambo 😭😭😭

@hassyg4083

Ай бұрын

it has to go back to Audi

@Keplaves

Ай бұрын

Not selling it is a loaner.

@DanielHernandez-uq4dw

Ай бұрын

@@hassyg4083get a life

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm assuming that he didn't get this car PPF'ed? I get that getting PPF can be costly, but it does wonders since seeing all the scratches on this beautiful exterior spec hurts my soul. xD

@1:27 careless driver mate haha 😜 Can you do an updated review on a C238

Well it's not his car, just a press car.

@dobermankd

Ай бұрын

Funny how he doesn’t mention it, makes it seem like it’s his personal car.

@booyaahJay

Ай бұрын

Is it not his personal car?

@badgasaurus4211

Ай бұрын

@@booyaahJayNo

Audi gets worse every year

@Trinny1751

Ай бұрын

Agree about worse that everything is becoming electric and discontinued some great cars. Disagree about performance.

@whoisthis5723

Ай бұрын

Yeah but nowhere as much as BMW

@hassyg4083

Ай бұрын

Japanese ,Tesla, Chinese and Korean coming back strong now. Germans can't make good EV's

@sumirat6888

Ай бұрын

Stfu… until they go 100% EV

@Does_it_come_in_black

Ай бұрын

RS7 is looking at this comment like 🤨

R8 coupe for me Like that green paint though ❤

That steering wheel is stunning 🤩

@purwantiallan5089

Ай бұрын

The steering wheel layout is very similar also to Opel Kadett.

@rasherbasher8203

Ай бұрын

@@purwantiallan5089 What? You're comparing the steering wheel to one from the 80s by a different maker🤔 are you on drugs.

@rayhan4502

Ай бұрын

@@purwantiallan5089 No it's not similar at all, it's very different

Only 176 view in one minute bro really fell off

@landrover5386

Ай бұрын

Their last video got almost 300k

@hassyg4083

Ай бұрын

people saw through the German sales

I had the opportunity to drive one a few weeks ago. So glad I did. Bucket list item for me weirdly. I own an RS3 because of the engine. My friend let me drive his R8 and the sound of both my car and his, identical, but his is wayyy better haha!

I reckon you should do a drag race with all the ford focus models including the standard all the way to the rs models

So Matt convertible 911gts or v10 spyder which one would you pick ?

Jesus Matt even my old Mk2 TT roadster does that with the temperature! 😂😂

2:56 v1 flash-back intensify

11:20 "Anyway, that brings onto what has been great about livinK with this Audi R8."

Lovely colour combo. Gentleman spec

After that last race, I knew you would sell this one. :)

Adaptive dampers on the R8 seem to have been problematic, perhaps becoming the most common fault and a very very very costly repair, so much so that many people that have the MAG ride installed end up converting them to static (although adjustable shocks) and installing MAG-Delete resistors to fool the car into thinking that the MAG ride shocks are still installed.

Damn!!! Well after that drag race i think everyone would have expected to see this car for sale

Petrol in the UK is so cheap. In the Netherlands we pay roadtax per quarter what you pay per year in the UK and the petrol is 2,20 euro a liter

Amazing.... for the 2 weeks in the uk a year you can actually get it to hook up.

Awesome video, thanks👍

Matt. are you made a review for the Beautiful little 308?! or not yet??? am waiting to see the video about it. and about the launch system in the R8. you should talk with Audi about it. maybe something wrong with it!!

Surely, you figured out how to make the exhaust crackle and pop!!!

That noise was just like the Sukhoi SU 57 aircraft noise. 😂😂

I was honestly waiting for him to say I sold it through Carwow! 😂

Audi's are cars that in general you will like / love until you reach certain time / mileage where the car starts failing or breaks badly, you spend tons of money and then you start hating it (my personal story with my A4 that had a big engine failure at 60k miles)

That heating thing... My 2010 A3 does the same. So I guess it is the same on all convertible Audis. ;)

it was bogging because it prematurely upshifted to 2nd after hitting the rev limiter. probably could be fixed by flashing the trans to remove the auto upshift feature in manual mode

Offtopic!Mat im curious,would you by a hyunda i10 if you needed a city runner?

Cool car

Regarding the curbing of the wheels, when getting our 2021 S580 i spec'd it for my dad and modified it for him and everything. At the dealership they offered us a wheel protection plan worth $3500. You could bring your car in whenever you curbed the wheels and they would fix them. I said we planned on getting aftermarket wheels immediately and had her check the fine print to see if it covered aftermarket wheels and miraculously they do. So now whenever he curbs his $10,000 Avante Garde SR06 wheels (which is a lot, hes in his 70s and not the best driver) mercedes makes them look new again. The service has already paid for itself. Audi might offer something similar for these stock wheels

Also use E5 for better performance you pull away much better Come on matt Fuel octane is what make the engine better

A few episodes ago when he was embarrassed in the drag race I commented to sell it on car wow. I even quoted him by saying “IT’S COMPLETELY FREE!” 😂.

No adaptive cruise control is absolutely bizarre for a premium convertible.

Matt who is the face of a 9m subscriber youtube channel: I get constant attention and people get level to wave hi on the motorway. Because of the car!

Hi carwow!