I've had my R8 for a few months now (MT, Spyder) and absolutely love it - power, steering, feel, shifter, sound, design, etc are all just spot-on. Like many of you, I've had a ton of different cars in my life but the Ferraris are always near the top of the list - with the gt3s, turbos, etc quite a bit further down the fun-to-drive ranking. This is my first R8 (I know, what was I waiting for??) and I knew I would like it but never thought I could like it as much as the 458 - but I absolutely do. It's not quite an equal comparison since the R8 is a convertible (my 458 is a coupe) and it has that beautiful gated shifter with those perfectly spaced 3 pedals, but regardless, I've started to lean towards the R8 each morning R8 is just sick!!"