Owning an Audi R8 V8

Trips

I use FollowMe to track many of my journeys, some of those detected as driven in the R8 are listed here. You can see them all munged together on one map with routes clickable for the detailed view.

ActionsWhenDistanceStepsStarted WhereFinished / Midpoint Where
2023-09-15
14:23→16:40
107.38 km 0 Great Western Way, Ferndale, SN2 1FE, England, United Kingdom Vine Court Chalkpit Lane, RH4 1HA, England, United Kingdom
2023-04-27
11:19→15:11
283.33 km 0 Ty Myrddin Old Station Road, SA31 1LP, Wales, United Kingdom 30 Spring Gardens, RH4 1EE, England, United Kingdom
2023-03-17
12:18→15:20
116.99 km 118 Eden Lodge Westcott Road, RH4 3EA, England, United Kingdom 5 Stourcliffe Avenue, BH6 3PT, England, United Kingdom
2022-09-03
09:21→14:47
365.06 km 292 D416, 68160 Ste.-Marie-aux-Mines 36 Place du Commandant Louis Daudré, 80200 Péronne
2022-09-02
09:25→13:16
188.15 km 191 Rüti 590A, 3824 Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland 27 Rue du Général de Gaulle, 68150 Ribeauvillé
2022-08-31
09:57→14:04
40.81 km 0 46.562349, 8.382007 Beim Pfrundhaus 419C, 3822 Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
2020-10-24
11:19→20:39
47.48 km 91 Nutcombe House Westcott Road, Dorking, RH4 3DT Chawton Car Park Winchester Road, Chawton, GU34 1SE
2020-10-04
07:56→16:40
144.64 km 167 155 High Street, Dorking, RH4 1AQ The White Cottage Givons Grove Roundabout, Leatherhead, KT22 8LY
2020-07-10
09:57→13:12
233.57 km 353 M25, Woking, GU23 6QS B6049, Millers Dale, SK17 8
2020-05-20
15:45→17:49
50.8 km 0 22 Horsham Road, Dorking, RH4 2HZ 268 High Street, Dorking, RH4 1QT
2018-10-08
07:35→16:32
374.97 km 0 Rue de la Gémerie, 72230 Arnage Station Road and Old Char Wharf
2018-10-06
08:30→16:48
374.96 km 0 La Provençale and Échangeur de Nice-Saint-Isidore Rue Jean Bigot, between Rue Maurice Cheminade and Rue Jacques Brel
2018-10-04
07:48→14:32
290.51 km 0 Viale Domenico Vitali and Via Valassina Avenue du Port, 98000 Monaco, Monaco
2018-09-28
06:30→16:45
551.93 km 0 1 Lieu-dit Terminal, 62185 Fréthun Buchäckerring 42, 74906 Bad Rappenau
2018-09-28
03:00→03:53
78.81 km 0 M25, between Pitchfont Lane and Water Lane Passenger Check-in and Freight Departure Road
2018-03-30
11:51→12:44
9.89 km 0 North East Lodge Freeman Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7BS Durham Road and Cowen Gardens
2018-03-29
05:20→09:17
224.69 km 0 A24 and Swanworth Lane Bolsover, GB
2017-06-17
11:16→12:32
50.61 km 0 Avenue de France, 62231 Coquelles Boulevard du Docteur Jules Pouget, between Rue Dorothée and Rue Jean Monnet

Maintenance

  1. Lifting, Jacking onto Axle stands
  2. Removing Sill covers

Tips

  1. I struggled to find a Mobile Phone mount that worked, so I made one myself.
  2. Side Blade Wrap (Matrix digital print)
  3. Mirrored chome green side blade wrap

There are countless bloggers online with views on owning R8s.  I got quite a lot of information from watching YouTube videos, but apart from this being my personal journey it doesn't have the banal "chat" that you have to forward through to find useful facts.

One of the fun things I've done is take photo's of things I've had in the luggage compartment...