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Hope it's not true that his wife teed off on him. He has served as a role model for millions and they recently had another child. That being said...stuff happens.

He is, but of all the super famous overly analysed celebrity/athletes, he has always hidden his personal life/ true persona from view about as well as anyone could.I'm struck with the irony that out of this seeming tranquility/stoisism he ends up plowing into a tree and fire hydrant at home at 2:25 am. I like you don't feel he and his wife are'nt entightled to mix it up,just that it happened in this way,and the usual level...

It is not as easy as it sounds. Just the insurance required is very expensive and good luck with wheels being curbed, clutch going in a couple thousand miles, bottoming out, general abuse the car will receive, etc.

I think the R8 is gorgeous. It MIGHT look like a TT in photos, but in person you would have to be blind to think it is a TT. I do with they gave it a more unique motor in the V8 instead of putting the same motor as the RS4 in there. At least tweak it to 450HP or so. Of course at least it is an RS4 motor and a V8 instead of a Legend V6

Who is John Galt?

to be totally un helpful, they all don't turn off if the culprit is disabled because in the event of a real fire the signaller could get all melted up. To try and find the culprit if you think it might be bad or something it depends on your particular model. It may have flashing codes to tell you what's up. On the firex system only the culprit led flashes in alarm mode.

I'm a big fan of the R8. I think I would pick it over most of the other sub $200k cars out there. Mostly based on my assumption that it's going to be reliable and can hold 200,000+ miles without major issues. Of course I had the same assumption on the Toyota powered Lotus elise and exige and from what I hear they're not reliable at all. People above make a good point though that you could get a used F430 or Lambo for the same...

Quote: Originally Posted by jas303 .... Reliability and costs means next to nothing due to their 7 or 8 digit savings account.......They'll put on 5k miles during the entire ownership, and then trade it in for something faster and better without considering the money they'd lose, simply because they can. It's not so much the $$$ factor, but also the amount of time the car is in the shop or on the side of the road. I like to...

A sad side note: Those 4 contractors from 2004 probably designed and built the bridge that those bastards hung them from. Makes me want to puke!

They all seem to be doing the same thing as far as I can tell. I did find a detector in the basement that I wasn't aware of before and didn't change the battery in or blow the dust out of. I guess I'll start with that and hope they don't go off when my son is in the house.