My 360 has lost its parking spot

My beloved 360 spider in the pic below has lost its parking spot to a new Audi R8. I had been considering either an R8, Aston Vantage, or a Lambo Gallardo. After driving all three, I picked the R8. I really wish I could have bought all three though, but I don't have enough garage space.

Alas, the 360 has not been replaced. It is in the shop and the R8 is only keeping its parking spot warm in the meantime. When it returns, the Bentley will be bumped to my other garage to sit next to my S54 M Roadster, the R8 will take its place, and the 360 will be back where it belongs.

My wife's car, well, she will be parking in the driveway now until I expand the garage in a few years.
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It is a BMW M Roadster with the 315HP S54 engine. The same engine in the E46 M3 (which is 330HP due to longer exhaust routing). Only 1500 or so S54 M Roadsters were built between February 2001 and May 2002. I have one of 200 Imola Red ones, one of 90 with the red/black interior and red top. My favorite car. Almost 10 yrs old with 19k miles and I keep it like new. It has never seen rain. The hard top to it can be seen in the pics behind the 360/R8.

The E46 M3 is my favorite M3 of all time and I have owned 3 (and am M5).

 

Still there. Next to the Bentley as well as the R1. I ain't ever selling either of my BMW's.

 

I will take some more pics and post them.

I was only ever interested in the V8. I drove the V10 on a track at the R8 track school. It was very fast and handled like a dream. But the engine was too smooth. I did not feel the acceleration like I wanted to. It pulled like my Bentley, effortlessly. I want to feel like I am in a fighterjet. If I want smooth acceleration, I got the Bentley for that. I used to have an RS4, same engine as the V8 R8. I loved that car and that engine and the gear ratios, and most of all, the growl it made. The V8 R8 handles like the V10, actually feels more nimble. 0.5 second slower to 60 is worth it to me for the driving excitement. I am glad I went with the V8 even though everybody now wants the V10.

To me it is like comparing a Yamaha R1 to an R6, a 1000cc 180hp rocket to a 600cc 115hp finese bike (I used to race). I own an R1, but raced R6's and wish I had bought an R6 for the street. It has power I can take to the limit and is more exciting to ride than an R1, which has more power than any mortal can tame so you are always riding it in a way to avoid overusing that power. Just not as much fun as a 600.

 

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No. The Gallardo must be geared differently or something despite having the same transmission. It accelerated even more agressively than my 360, but with heavier steering. I don't mean to say it is faster than the V10 R8, just that you feel the accleration more.

 

Dare I say that my R8 drives better than my 360 (not a fair comparison cuz my 360 is a Spyder), but I still prefer my 360, cuz of all those Ferrari intangibles.

Now as a 2 time Ferrari owner, I will be the first to say that nothing can compare with a Ferrari, not an R8, not even a Lambo (which really is a different beast), but that does not mean a comparison can't be funny. Here is an R8 V10 comparing to a . . . Ferrari that I thought was funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rzQI1D1zPI