The Audi R8 is the Sweet & Sour Chicken of Exotic Cars

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  • Опубліковано 17 сер 2023
  • Full review and test drive of a 2011 Audi R8 Spyder
    Review by Bill of Curious Cars
    Vehicle provided by Dave the Wholesaler
    Check out the Curious Cars "X" (Twitter) account:
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  • @mattgee5609
    @mattgee5609 9 місяців тому +126

    Bill's back, life makes sense again

    • @danielknepper6884
      @danielknepper6884 9 місяців тому +18

      I love it when he screams and yells about liberal snowflakes.😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

    • @treedeblue
      @treedeblue 9 місяців тому +4

      Take a strong shot of the whiskey 🥃

    • @richardmorris7063
      @richardmorris7063 9 місяців тому +4

      My favorite part!

  • @rickstevens1479
    @rickstevens1479 9 місяців тому +38

    'Everything changed for the worse .". Bill's explanation of life .

    • @RustyZipper
      @RustyZipper 9 місяців тому +3

      The there is no course correction…. Just hope for a glancing blow to the iceberg

  • @quirksandfeatures3215
    @quirksandfeatures3215 9 місяців тому +67

    Bill the kind of guy who flicks his cigarette butts at traffic cops.

    • @ICECREAMAN1701
      @ICECREAMAN1701 9 місяців тому +19

      Bill the kind of guy who offers the state trooper a swig of his anti-Soviet whiskey.

    • @RustyZipper
      @RustyZipper 9 місяців тому +12

      Bill - the kind of guy to get the cop to smoke a cigarette and take a sip of his whiskey 🥃

    • @BUEAU
      @BUEAU 9 місяців тому +3

      ...and that's 3 cigarette butts at a time

  • @usmcplu
    @usmcplu 9 місяців тому +24

    The poor soul doesn't realize the cars are only a quarter of the reason we follow. I'd love to have more "a day in the life of Bill" videos. I want to know more about this Mahi and how he prepared it. I want more videos of Bill driving around, bitching and roasting people like the 'Bob Marley keychain whip guy'. Bill's like the guy that HAS to show up to a party with something or he won't show at all. You don't need a car to make a good video Bill. We love you with or without one.

    • @lobsterwhisperer7932
      @lobsterwhisperer7932 9 місяців тому +6

      Bill could talk about paint drying on a wall for all I care.

    • @mankind8088
      @mankind8088 9 місяців тому +1

      1000000000%

    • @user-qr2vj6zc6s
      @user-qr2vj6zc6s 9 місяців тому +1

      @@lobsterwhisperer7932If Bill did a video about paint drying, the best part would be the explanation of how the paint was plotting to get him.

  • @egold2071
    @egold2071 9 місяців тому +50

    After suffering a muggy, miserable 2 weeks without a fresh piece, you really treated us well with this one! A near 40-minute gem on a fine German exotic. Thanks Bill. Enjoy the Mahi! 🤟

    • @michaelwhite2823
      @michaelwhite2823 9 місяців тому +3

      Fresh piece?
      How vulgar!

    • @RustyZipper
      @RustyZipper 9 місяців тому +3

      @@michaelwhite2823- I agree! Don’t worry, I already reported him!

    • @egold2071
      @egold2071 9 місяців тому

      @@michaelwhite2823 Vulgarity is a core value here at Bill's Auto/Avian/Weather Review Channel.

    • @JollyGreen79
      @JollyGreen79 9 місяців тому +1

      If y'all have watched many of Bill's videos you'd know he calls cars "pieces". So get your mind out of the gutter and find something better to do than go looking for problems. Fug outta here!

    • @sixdegreesofgaming4719
      @sixdegreesofgaming4719 9 місяців тому +1

      ​@@RustyZipperwhat the hell are you talkin about? Didn't do anything???

  • @thethomasj1795
    @thethomasj1795 9 місяців тому +15

    Bill was in rare form today. Angry Bill is the best Bill! LET YOUR HATRED FLOW!

  • @wstlndiesel
    @wstlndiesel 9 місяців тому +10

    YES!!!! You know it's a great day when you hear Bill say "Good Morning!!! ❤❤❤

  • @jonwinship9099
    @jonwinship9099 9 місяців тому +13

    For some strange reason, I'm more interested in the fate of Dalton than Bill's next vehicle review.

  • @JZ_Cars
    @JZ_Cars 9 місяців тому +15

    That’s a pretty sick ride Uncle Bill sir! Thanks for sharing and as always hope you are doing well! These videos on Fridays are always something we look forward to, it seems to make the weekend that much more enjoyable.

  • @davidh7398
    @davidh7398 9 місяців тому +22

    Love your animal and weather reports. Hilarious. My favorite part of the videos. 😂

    • @donnypacker4145
      @donnypacker4145 9 місяців тому +1

      Same! Even my wife sits in on the first few minutes before he actually gets into the cars. She a Bill fan too!

  • @christopherkraft1327
    @christopherkraft1327 9 місяців тому +11

    Hey Bill, sorry about the shitty muggy weather, it is what it is!!! Thanks for the report on your fishing trip, I'm glad that you weren't eaten by a shark!!! This Audi is stunning!!! Thanks for helping me get the weekend started right!!! 👍🥃🥃

  • @josephvaldora49
    @josephvaldora49 9 місяців тому +5

    Bill, you’re a weirdo?! That’s actually one of the reasons we all love you! Normalcy ain’t all it’s cracked up to be!

  • @roguewave1060
    @roguewave1060 9 місяців тому +6

    Is that a Austrian Pinzgauer in the opening shot with the cat? Greetings from Luxembourg! 👍🏻

  • @AMSillje
    @AMSillje 9 місяців тому +5

    What a treat! Thank you Bill, hang in there with all the muggy weather, I hope cooler weather is on it's way..

  • @paulie-Gualtieri.
    @paulie-Gualtieri. 9 місяців тому +8

    How's it going Bill, hope you've had a good week, my friend.

    • @paulie-Gualtieri.
      @paulie-Gualtieri. 9 місяців тому +4

      ​@@ChesterJLampwick78
      Lost my car and a shoe

  • @eduardosantana9809
    @eduardosantana9809 9 місяців тому +2

    More of the 40 to 50 min videos please. We love these Bill. Thanks so much.

  • @olikat8
    @olikat8 9 місяців тому +9

    If you ever get the chance, drive an A8 4L TT with the ARP turbos, tune & intercooler set up. Flies "Under the radar"
    Exotic cars are now more mass-produced than ever, so they aren't so "Exotic"

  • @mikemoxley9477
    @mikemoxley9477 9 місяців тому +6

    Another GREAT video and car selection

  • @johncornell3665
    @johncornell3665 9 місяців тому +6

    Great to have you back, Bill. Keep em comin please!

  • @chrisd5610
    @chrisd5610 9 місяців тому +4

    I like the sweet n sour chicken analogy. highly appropriate.

  • @PremierAutoMan86
    @PremierAutoMan86 9 місяців тому +4

    Bill's back! Nice to see some Euro metal.

  • @vintage76vipergreenBeetle
    @vintage76vipergreenBeetle 9 місяців тому +5

    R8, is my favorite exotic car.

  • @matthewholt5477
    @matthewholt5477 9 місяців тому +4

    Damnit I love Bill's rants.. 😂

  • @ronmccullock1407
    @ronmccullock1407 9 місяців тому +2

    Good evening Bill nice to see you are fit and on top form. It is cold and wet here in Manchester England UK

  • @watchingitallhere
    @watchingitallhere 9 місяців тому +3

    I love how this guy describes his misery with complete accuracy.

  • @mikek5633
    @mikek5633 9 місяців тому +1

    Love the "on-road" comments... You're a blast to watch and listen to Bill. Cheers from Canada ...

  • @stoneylonesome4062
    @stoneylonesome4062 9 місяців тому +18

    Audi has such a complicated History, it might as well have been a British Car marque. It’s like trying to explain the history of Leyland, Talbot or Rootes.

    • @egold2071
      @egold2071 9 місяців тому +4

      Ha! You reminded me of Bill's greatest line once said about Audi. How they began as a grouping of several companies... 'It's more confusing than Father's Day at Wilt Chamberlain's or Mick Jagger's house.' 🤣

  • @tripyramidpictures9224
    @tripyramidpictures9224 9 місяців тому +3

    I’d like to see you get an Acura NSX’s from the 90’s. That would be a treat!

  • @Sevenfeet0
    @Sevenfeet0 9 місяців тому +1

    My wife and I have been to Beech Mountain every summer for the last three years. I'm surprised you returned to Naples. It is bliss there.

  • @nornibres
    @nornibres 9 місяців тому +2

    lol, I love hearing Bill complain about the weather in Naples.

  • @krislarson7538
    @krislarson7538 9 місяців тому +6

    Keep em coming

  • @thethomasj1795
    @thethomasj1795 9 місяців тому +3

    Those Audi 5000's were tanks, but their 5 cyl engines had no pick-up from a dead stop.

  • @ljfire100
    @ljfire100 9 місяців тому +6

    it aged well.

  • @Future-Classic-Comics
    @Future-Classic-Comics 9 місяців тому +3

    When the MK1 R8 V12 has hit the bottom of the bottom of the depreciation curve- especially in Manual it will be a future bonefied investment that will appreciate in respective values.

    • @PaulTC777
      @PaulTC777 9 місяців тому

      yeah but the V8 one is painfully slow

  • @mattattack5205
    @mattattack5205 9 місяців тому +1

    Great ride and content Bill! Glad you got some reprieve in North Carolina. Hope you can get the RV road worthy and do some road tripping soon.

  • @curtiszzzchicago
    @curtiszzzchicago 9 місяців тому +4

    Nice dirty "I'm here to Bully" idle there.
    Grrrr.

  • @waters1801
    @waters1801 9 місяців тому +3

    great stuff billy boy

  • @donnypacker4145
    @donnypacker4145 9 місяців тому +4

    Great video, Bill, as always! Even my wife loves your weather & wildlife updates! Dalton really mailed it in on this one huh? I’ve seen cleaner windshields from a homeless man using his dirty handkerchief while asking for spare change! 😂

    • @MarinCipollina
      @MarinCipollina 9 місяців тому +1

      Looks like the end of the road for Dalton.

  • @narrowhwy114
    @narrowhwy114 9 місяців тому +1

    Really need to do that Roadway Etiquette video as mentioned before. Maybe a truly long video, by Bill standards, review of a vehicle on a long drive to some other FL town or state, featuring clips about the car and clips of interesting driving, vehicles, etc. along the way!
    Thoroughly enjoyed this latest video and was really missing the latest FL weather report!

  • @FryChicken
    @FryChicken 9 місяців тому +2

    6:00 I bet you're only saying that b/c it's moderated by the ADL

  • @mikenelson9245
    @mikenelson9245 9 місяців тому +1

    Hell yea last day of work for a week and there’s a Bill video!!!

  • @danieltaft6864
    @danieltaft6864 9 місяців тому +2

    I needed this today

  • @stoneylonesome4062
    @stoneylonesome4062 9 місяців тому +4

    I was just thinking about you, you old bastard. About time we had another Rear-Mid-engine super car. My Citroën SM and Isuzu Impulse are always up for offer to review next time you’re in NC. Same for my Grandfathers Maserati Khamsin or ALFA Romeo Montreal.

  • @edwartvonfectonia4362
    @edwartvonfectonia4362 9 місяців тому +3

    AUDI R8 mk1 has far better looking design than later versions.

  • @johnplovanich9564
    @johnplovanich9564 9 місяців тому

    Glad your back.I was having dt's

  • @JoJoJoker
    @JoJoJoker 9 місяців тому +5

    The facelifted gen. 1 R8 (2012-15) is tough to beat as a “beater” daily super car. The tough choice is deciding between the manual V8 or a DCT V10.

  • @alanmorrison3598
    @alanmorrison3598 9 місяців тому +2

    Bill I have to admit I've never seen this car until now and I just love it!! Wish it was something I could seriously consider.

  • @onaciam
    @onaciam 9 місяців тому

    Thanks glad to see you back awesome video

  • @brucebelitz3451
    @brucebelitz3451 9 місяців тому +1

    Nice, I don't think I've ever seen a spyder! Didn't know they made one until now. Thanks Bill for sharing!

  • @joegarcia54
    @joegarcia54 9 місяців тому

    Great to have you back

  • @johnmills2134
    @johnmills2134 9 місяців тому +2

    " Monocock construction for structural rigidity " - puritanical poetry.
    At the end there you got slowed down by the idiot hanging out in the passing lane, just when I was getting into the thing!

  • @oonwing
    @oonwing 9 місяців тому

    Missed this one!!!
    Gotta check more often!!

  • @BEGGARWOOD1
    @BEGGARWOOD1 9 місяців тому +2

    Oooh now I wasn’t expecting that !

  • @donswier
    @donswier 9 місяців тому +1

    Bill - Setting the record straight on "Unintended Acceleration"!
    Amazing how ignorant the public is about how things work.
    Toyota suffered the same hysteria a decade ago.

  • @ohnoohyeah3205
    @ohnoohyeah3205 9 місяців тому +1

    Indeed William, it's gonna be illegal to disagree with some people in some places.
    Grabbed the first rod I saw.
    That's what she said.

  • @reedburke7762
    @reedburke7762 9 місяців тому +1

    Hello Bill! Come on to Houston where it’s been 104 degrees with lots of humidity for the last couple of months (or so)! South Florida sounds pretty good to me.

    • @ulflei
      @ulflei 9 місяців тому +1

      yes ,we have up to 108

  • @robertvance1873
    @robertvance1873 9 місяців тому +3

    Cool Car good to see a highway run haven't seen one in a while Thanks Bill and your right the windshield visibility Sucks 😂 Thanks Dalton 😂

    • @donnypacker4145
      @donnypacker4145 9 місяців тому

      I was thinking that as well. Windshield looks worse than ever!

  • @toguro1009
    @toguro1009 9 місяців тому

    “Too many deers around”
    I miss you, Bill.
    Love the weather report.

  • @wstlndiesel
    @wstlndiesel 7 місяців тому

    Great review!

  • @MarinCipollina
    @MarinCipollina 9 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for this one, BIll.. Looks like a great time in the Keys !! I'm still in Los Angeles, where we're dealing with an actual TROPICAL STORM WARNING, the first for Los Angeles County, well.. ever.. I'm typing this on a Saturday evening at about 7:30 PM.. Last hurricane to pass nearby here was in 1939. We weren't naming hurricanes back then.. This one is hurricane 'HILARY'.. Of course it is.. Decent ride, but you're right.. this is for the angry suburban well off housewives.. Does have a nice engine sound though, and I'm with you on those 'manu-matic' transmissions.. kind of 'meh' at best. Robotic and soulless, like nearly everything else these days.

  • @richardmorris7063
    @richardmorris7063 9 місяців тому +1

    A nice short throw shifter would've been nice,I'm with you on that rinky/dink shifter.

  • @richardelson3261
    @richardelson3261 9 місяців тому +1

    You’re wrong. I’m never going on Twitter. A time sink and a wind up I expect
    And that car is fabulous and in my wheelhouse.

  • @normalizedaudio2481
    @normalizedaudio2481 9 місяців тому +5

    For this one, you want to drive someone else's Audi.

  • @chrismaedel9346
    @chrismaedel9346 9 місяців тому

    Welcome back Bill!

  • @juliuscaesar2792
    @juliuscaesar2792 9 місяців тому +3

    Flippity flips

  • @kevinrung4178
    @kevinrung4178 5 місяців тому +1

    Bill, if the curious cars thing doesn't work out, I can get you a job as the narrator for The Nature Conservancy.

  • @johnde2754
    @johnde2754 9 місяців тому +4

    Hey Bill, that "sudden acceleration" turmoil that came perilously close to sinking Audi got the attention of 60 Minutes. The reporter Ed Bradley excoriated the vehicles after a guy working in a state inspection station drove in a phriggin' ditch during the brake test. Evidently, this inspector missed the damn brake pedal also. After this, the damage to Audi's reputation was magnified. The fact that this car company came roaring back to profitability after all of that bad publicity was quite frankly impressive. Many Thanks Yo ! 🚘🔍. 🤔

    • @garthhancock3373
      @garthhancock3373 9 місяців тому +1

      Shit like that is what I despise about sensationlist journalism.

  • @timetowakeup6302
    @timetowakeup6302 9 місяців тому

    Great video as always, Bill thank you. One thing I wanted to mention about eating deer meat is that before consuming, you should always have your meat tested first for chronic wasting disease. It has spread throughout most of the country and is especially common in deer. ❤

  • @johnhenrymcmahon6878
    @johnhenrymcmahon6878 9 місяців тому

    This is sweet and sour chicken done right and super yummy, guys-think Shun Lee off Broadway by Lincoln Center in NYC. I love these 1st gen R8's-super sexy in a Marlene Dietrich kinda way, and I guess that was the point ;). And I agree about The Cars, Bill, I love them too. Our big Rock n' Roll brothers Ben Orr and Rick Ocasek (RIP both) right there, man. No doubt. Thanks for this great review and ride, JV Johnny 😜⚾

  • @dtruth5769
    @dtruth5769 9 місяців тому +6

    HE'S ALWAYS HONEST! APPRECIATE THAT!

  • @egold2071
    @egold2071 9 місяців тому +1

    @ 38:00 - Naples, Florida: Where normal, middle lane cruising speed is 95 mph. 🙃

  • @benscampers1818
    @benscampers1818 9 місяців тому +2

    A fine piece for an evening cruise to Asian massage.

  • @GordonWishart
    @GordonWishart 9 місяців тому

    I couldn’t stand the humidity in Southern Florida. It sounds like you had a great time in the mountains. Fishing wow what a size of fish. Great exercise and cooler no doubt. It’s a pity you can’t do the trading in a cooler climate. I lived in Oman where summer would get up to 50 Celsius and 200% humidity, dreadful. I’m glad you’re back. The Audi is a nice car but I prefer those classic American cars. From Gordon in New Zealand

  • @mikefleissner4415
    @mikefleissner4415 9 місяців тому +1

    Thanks Bill.i missed you for a.week

  • @tripyramidpictures9224
    @tripyramidpictures9224 9 місяців тому

    I love “The Cars” too!

  • @danv8717
    @danv8717 9 місяців тому +1

    The R8 with the 4.2 V8 and the gated manual shifter was a great combination!

    • @BuzzLOLOL
      @BuzzLOLOL 9 місяців тому

      Foreign cars seem strange to Americans when you have to redline the tach to get to 30 MPH...

  • @davidcooks5265
    @davidcooks5265 9 місяців тому

    Hello bill 👏 what is your favourite time of the year in Florida?

  • @USroute1
    @USroute1 9 місяців тому +1

    Deer dinner? Meat walking around? You're a funny guy!

  • @danielknepper6884
    @danielknepper6884 9 місяців тому +1

    Audi 5000 G. That's where the hip-hop term came from. You would say Audi 5000 when you were leaving

  • @R0adsterr0land
    @R0adsterr0land 9 місяців тому +1

    I'm guessing Bill is the most accomplished left hand shifter with two arms.

  • @terrywellborn3194
    @terrywellborn3194 9 місяців тому +1

    That’s it ime ordering sweet and sour chicken 🐔 for dinner! Cheers Bill !

  • @Future-Classic-Comics
    @Future-Classic-Comics 9 місяців тому +2

    Venison burger is the best Burger I've ever had- just saying bruh...

  • @JacksonTownsend-nh8gg
    @JacksonTownsend-nh8gg 9 місяців тому +2

    Nice video as usual Bill! Isn't it great to be Bill & not Dalton?

  • @BeauQuillen
    @BeauQuillen 9 місяців тому +12

    JEFFREY EPSTEIN IS MY HERO.

  • @5amH45lam
    @5amH45lam 9 місяців тому

    I love how I can hear you - a man north of 50 years of age - smirk when you say the word _monoCOCK._ 😁

  • @jefferyepstein9210
    @jefferyepstein9210 9 місяців тому +1

    It has been miserable here in Naples for over a month now.

  • @craigadams4143
    @craigadams4143 9 місяців тому +1

    ...with misty blanket of misery you have the makings of a country song..you should keep going with that...🤠🐴🎸

  • @glennmarley6989
    @glennmarley6989 9 місяців тому

    Any car video he produces I will watch.

  • @vinnybobby4015
    @vinnybobby4015 9 місяців тому

    Thanks Bill awesome car

  • @mattdirks7896
    @mattdirks7896 8 місяців тому +1

    I much prefer this inital R8 to its successors styling wise.

  • @jamesparker6017
    @jamesparker6017 9 місяців тому

    Coral Gables 🌴🇺🇸 Cool car 👌 Summering in Vermilion Ohio on Lake Erie we see deer in our yard. GOOD eating ! 🏄

  • @jasonmccord2880
    @jasonmccord2880 9 місяців тому

    W 12.. was available in the VW Phaeton not V12.. love your videos . We see the world the same way

  • @markmaiello9180
    @markmaiello9180 9 місяців тому

    It was nice to Audi (to listen) to Bill again…

  • @michaelwhite2823
    @michaelwhite2823 9 місяців тому +7

    I don't really care about cars made in this century, but I always enjoy hearing about Bill's life and counting his disgusted sighs.

  • @jacquesc3166
    @jacquesc3166 9 місяців тому

    GHEE-yar-doh. 😂 Only Bill can make the letter A sound like "ee". Multiple times too!

  • @EightLivesLeft
    @EightLivesLeft 9 місяців тому

    good job bill !

  • @Yankee_Redneck6698
    @Yankee_Redneck6698 9 місяців тому +1

    Looks like the same model Tony Stark was driving in ironman2.

  • @cmans79tr7
    @cmans79tr7 9 місяців тому

    32:57 - "Living in the Past..."? Me too😪. And I dunno, 38:06 looks like either the speedometer might be off, or you are pacing a VW econo-box and a Tractor-Trailer at 90+ MPH in the slow lane🤔. And yes, i know modern VW econo-boxes are easily capable of 90+, but a Tractor-Trailer?

  • @treedeblue
    @treedeblue 9 місяців тому +1

    That Audi sounds amazing, Bill did Dalton get out of jail yet???

  • @EdD-ym6le
    @EdD-ym6le 9 місяців тому +1

    Kinda explains depressing brake to put it gear from park .