Here's what I saw today, mark 3 (don't quote pictures, 24h ban!)

tc20 · 24-09-2018 11:23am

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Oral Surgeon wrote: »

Ferrari looks like a MR2 355!!

it may, but it certainly took off & sounded like the real deal

off to specsavers with me! an MR2 it is..

Skylinehead · 24-09-2018 12:36pm

Alfonso Rapid Skeleton wrote: »

First time having a proper look at the new Q8. Fantastic looking car.

That front end is awful

Back is nice mind.

noelf · 24-09-2018 3:48pm

First I have seen with a Irish reg .. Dundrum today

ION08 · 24-09-2018 8:45pm

noelf wrote: »

First I have seen with a Irish reg .. Dundrum today

Were they actually ever sold in Ireland as an “Opel”?

ION08 · 24-09-2018 8:48pm

Audi S8 “50” TDI

Is it just me or does the “50” badge look aftermarket using those god awful Letters/numbers you'd find in Halfords?

Still a nice car though :P

colm_mcm · 24-09-2018 9:16pm

Was reading up on Audi’s ‘dynamic badging’

Don’t know if this is true

Newton’s second law of physics, which is v=u+at is applied where "a" is acceleration "v" is the final velocity and "u" is the initial velocity and "t" is the time consumed.

Here, t= 8.2 seconds, u=0 km/hr and v=100km/hr= 27.78 m/s
So, 27.78= 0 + ax8.2
a= 3.38 x100/9.81 = 34.53 which is rounded off to 35.
So its gets the Dynamic Badge 35 TDI

Autosport · 24-09-2018 9:38pm

Don’t know if I like it yet

Autosport · 24-09-2018 9:39pm

Front end

Oral Surgeon · 24-09-2018 9:50pm

ION08 wrote: »

Audi S8 “50” TDI

Is it just me or does the “50” badge look aftermarket using those god awful Letters/numbers you'd find in Halfords?

Still a nice car though :P

What's an S8 50Tdi??? Like a M5 520d??

ION08 · 24-09-2018 9:52pm

Oral Surgeon wrote: »

What's an S8 50Tdi??? Like a M5 520d??

More like an M5 530d or maybe the elusive “M7” 730d

Oral Surgeon · 24-09-2018 9:53pm

colm_mcm wrote: »

Was reading up on Audi’s ‘dynamic badging’

Don’t know if this is true

Newton’s second law of physics, which is v=u+at is applied where "a" is acceleration "v" is the final velocity and "u" is the initial velocity and "t" is the time consumed.

Here, t= 8.2 seconds, u=0 km/hr and v=100km/hr= 27.78 m/s
So, 27.78= 0 + ax8.2
a= 3.38 x100/9.81 = 34.53 which is rounded off to 35.
So its gets the Dynamic Badge 35 TDI

Obviously aiming new Audis at the growing mathematician market of buyers!!

everlast75 · 24-09-2018 10:54pm

Oral Surgeon wrote: »

Obviously aiming new Audis at the growing mathematician market of buyers!!

vorsprung durch arithmetic

fancy pigeon · 25-09-2018 8:53am

Oooft! Back after a trip to Nashville & NY. Saw some wonderful cars we clearly don't get here that I will now share with you all

Mark Levinson would be proud

Now, some mundane stuff I'm afraid

MetzgerMeister · 25-09-2018 9:26am

ION08 wrote: »

Audi S8 “50” TDI

Is it just me or does the “50” badge look aftermarket using those god awful Letters/numbers you'd find in Halfords?

Still a nice car though :P

Looks to me that the 50 is Mercedes lettering rather than Halfords.

ION08 · 25-09-2018 9:35am

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Looks to me that the 50 is Mercedes lettering rather than Halfords.

Yeah I think you're right, I couldn't quite put my finger on it but it's definitely after market .. and it looks terrible. (along with the "S8" badge)

Big Nasty · 25-09-2018 9:43am

Imagine some fookwit went out and spent the guts of €100k on a 3.0 TDI A8 then suck a load of halfords badges on it.

Clown

ION08 · 25-09-2018 9:51am

Big Nasty wrote: »

Imagine some fookwit went out and spent the guts of €100k on a 3.0 TDI A8 then suck a load of halfords badges on it.

Clown

Well, to be fair to the current owner, it would appear that he bought it like that

https://www.carsireland.ie/2000099

btkm8unsl0w5r4 · 25-09-2018 9:58am

ION08 wrote: »

Well, to be fair to the current owner, it would appear that he bought it like that

https://www.carsireland.ie/2000099

jozi · 25-09-2018 11:26am

Regardless of what badge it has or shouldn't have, tax is 350 and is for well over 200hp and probably plenty of torque to boot.

Look forward to seeing them drop to affordable levels

ION08 · 25-09-2018 11:29am

jozi wrote: »

Regardless of what badge it has or shouldn't have, tax is 350 and is for well over 200hp and probably plenty of torque to boot.

Look forward to seeing them drop to affordable levels

Yeah true, but I'd be willing to bet that once they drop to affordable levels the tax wont be 350 anymore :P