DRIVEN: Is Audi's R8 Spyder The Best Audi Yet?

Oh-kay, let's be real. What's better than an Audi R8? Duh! A Lexus LFA. "Pft!" to the naysayers. But since that costs double the price, let's back to the subject at hand.

An R8 Spyder is better than a standard R8.

And in this hilarious read, Scott Burgess pens about traveling to New Jersey to go to his high school reunion. Slick planning, sir. But the best part about this whole ordeal is that he gets to drive the car on the Turnpike in his home state. Now before you all start trashing my home state, realize one thing: the Turnpike is the closest thing to the American autobahn. If you're going to cane any car and hit top speed, this is the place to do it. It's wide open, straight and it is smoothly paved -- in most parts.

Personally, I have found the highway's best spot right when it runs alongside Newark Airport. Yes that region does have its own unique smell, I will admit, but it is perfectly straight and has an ungodly number of lanes. I don't suggest you go there at 3:00 a.m. and push your car to its limit. That's just illegal.


If you're going to drive down memory lane, do it in a 2011 Audi R8 Spyder.

I was trying to explain just that to an Elizabeth, N.J., police officer who was standing next to the driver's door, his hand casually placed on his pistol while examining my driver's license under the glare of red and blue flashing lights.

"Honest officer, it's my 25th high school reunion in a couple of days," I said.

"And why do you have this car...