Gallardo?

[Craig]

Anyone on here owned or driven one? What were your thoughts?

[Trawler]

Anyone on here owned or driven one? What were your thoughts?

Only been in passenger seat. Nice acceleration, but interior left me cold. Didn't make me lust after one. Maybe it needs to be driven.

[Craig]

This is what I wonder, looks and noise with an exhaust makes me lust after one... a passenger lap of the 'Ring disappointed me and gave me that "never meet your hero" feeling.

Just wondered are they special to drive, or pretty bland. Might book a driving experience day to sample one, the more I look into them the more I fear I'll be let down.

Maybe a 996 / 997 GT3 or a F355 / F360 may be more up my street for driving involvement and pleasure, only downside with the Italian stallion is unless it has the sports seats I find the F-cars have a poor seating position for me.

[shane@mbtech]

This is what I wonder, looks and noise with an exhaust makes me lust after one... a passenger lap of the 'Ring disappointed me and gave me that "never meet your hero" feeling.

Just wondered are they special to drive, or pretty bland. Might book a driving experience day to sample one, the more I look into them the more I fear I'll be let down.

Maybe a 996 / 997 GT3 or a F355 / F360 may be more up my street for driving involvement and pleasure, only downside with the Italian stallion is unless it has the sports seats I find the F-cars have a poor seating position for me.

Not driven one Craig, but I nearly bought one a few years ago. Running costs put me off all the exotics though.

Let me know your thoughts if you get one.

[Eduardo]

I drove one on track at Oulton with e-gear and felt ok. Felt very safe when it started raining in the afternoon. The inside felt quite solid more than the 360 and 430's

I drove on track a 360 and a 430 , good machines but i always felt on edge if a new noise was there.

Do drive them all before you take the plunge. Those cars are bought more from passion than reason i think

Eduardo.

[mattCSLnut]

Anyone on here owned or driven one? What were your thoughts?

Before buying my Cecil in 2009 I was seriously considering a basic Manual Gallardo Coupe as they were down to the all time lowest (mid to low £40K @ the time) and I actually went to view & test drive one with intention to buy. The V10 engine is an event, even @ idle :smt055... just turning it over gave me goose bumps. The interior was OK, very AUDIesk which is not a bad thing. It drove really well at normal road speeds and exceleration was immense :supz: but... and it's a big but... what really & truly put an end to my Lambo dream was the Servicing/repair bills the previous owner was subjected to :119: that were evident in the Service history file. Even the smallest of them was still in four figures :smt120 Could I have bought it @ the time , Yes... could I have afford to run it for say 6 months to scratch that Super Car itch ? maybe ... could I have afforded it's Servicing/ repair bills... simple answer was NO! Being a boring realist sometimes :wink: and Captain "Tight Wad" I forced myself to walk away If you can realistically stomach the HUGE bills associated with Supercars then I'd say GO FOR IT ! :thumbs: Scratch that itch but unless you have very deep pockets I don't see it as a long term proposition... oh and if you're thinking of Tracking, it forget it ... and aim for Fast Pork instead, which is designed for it :smokin:

Few weeks later I bought my Cecil and never looked back :thumbs: It just gets better every day :smt055 May it continue.

[shane@mbtech]

Before buying my Cecil in 2009 I was seriously considering a basic Manual Gallardo Coupe as they were down to the all time lowest (mid to low £40K @ the time) and I actually went to view & test drive one with intention to buy. The V10 engine is an event, even @ idle :smt055... just turning it over gave me goose bumps. The interior was OK, very AUDIesk which is not a bad thing. It drove really well at normal road speeds and exceleration was immense :supz: but... and it's a big but... what really & truly put an end to my Lambo dream was the Servicing/repair bills the previous owner was subjected to :119: that were evident in the Service history file. Even the smallest of them was still in four figures :smt120 Could I have bought it @ the time , Yes... could I have afford to run it for say 6 months to scratch that Super Car itch ? maybe ... could I have afforded it's Servicing/ repair bills... simple answer was NO! Being a boring realist sometimes :wink: and Captain "Tight Wad" I forced myself to walk away If you can realistically stomach the HUGE bills associated with Supercars then I'd say GO FOR IT ! :thumbs: Scratch that itch but unless you have very deep pockets I don't see it as a long term proposition... oh and if you're thinking of Tracking, it forget it ... and aim for Fast Pork instead, which is designed for it :smokin:

Few weeks later I bought my Cecil and never looked back :thumbs: It just gets better every day :smt055 May it continue.

Exactly the reason why I didnt buy one Matt, Im simply not rich enough. :supz:

[mattCSLnut]

Exactly the reason why I didnt buy one Matt, Im simply not rich enough. :supz:

Join the club Seriously you should have seen the Service/Repair bills :119n the one I saw and wanted to buy.
It was a 2004 MY car with 30 ish K miles on the clock (which "some say" is high mileage for one of these) 2 owners and Full Lambo History. It was priced @ £42 000 ONO and there was a potential for a good deal to be had (Depth of recession Part 1) but when I quickly added up all the invoices, they totalled in the region of the asking price of that car at which point I think I heard my wallet scream.

[Yanto_csl]

I'd love a V10 and thought these looked the nuts when they came out but I don't think they've aged we'll. Version 1 of SL is a rare beast....was having a beer with an ex- owner the other day who exported his to Asia....think the UK numbers are teens or single digits now.

[rstoughy]

A mate of mine had one for a while.

He is a member on here - nigelonich
Fire him a PM and I'm sure he will happily share his experiences.
I'll let him know tomorrow about this thread.

[Craig]

Came close to buying at the same time Matt, the reason I've always not took the plunge is the costs as like you say to buy is one thing, to run is another... a lot of the mechanicals are Audi (body and trim Lambo) so was hoping I could cross reference parts and do a lot of the spanner work myself.

Would a GT3 be a safer bet, or have equally large running costs? I'm in 9,564 different minds as to what to buy it ranges from cheap track fun, to middle of the range sports cars which I can afford to run and drive as I like right through to mental supercars which I would probably always be worried about getting a large bills with.

One thing that's taken my fancy recently, and for those who remember I liked my Exige S and Lotus in general, is this;





Lotus Evora S - Good second hand price, and cost of running should be more manageable I'm just not sure if its right for me as I like a touch of aggression in the styling and these are very smooth lines. I might take one out to see what I really think, least the V6 should give a good noise as opposed to the inline-4 of the Exige.

[Craig]

The list is;

- e46 M3
- e92 M3
- Exige S
- Evora
- 996 GT3
- 997 GT3
- Gallardo

I also like the F355 and F360 but will have to see how comfortable they are to drive, the F355 is pretty basic mechanically and they've been around long enough that certain parts are available at a fraction of the Ferrari cost.

Don't really want to own a car I've had before again, and as much as I love M-car's I think the e92 M3 is too practical to have as a garaged car. I've owned a CSL and an Exige S.

[Yanto_csl]

The list is;

- e46 M3
- e92 M3
- Exige S
- Evora
- 996 GT3
- 997 GT3
- Gallardo

I also like the F355 and F360 but will have to see how comfortable they are to drive, the F355 is pretty basic mechanically and they've been around long enough that certain parts are available at a fraction of the Ferrari cost.

Don't really want to own a car I've had before again, and as much as I love M-car's I think the e92 M3 is too practical to have as a garaged car. I've owned a CSL and an Exige S.

Buy Terryb 996gt3....

[Yanto_csl]

http://www.cslregister.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8902

[Yanto_csl]

Or Dazzas 997 GT3.......

Depends on your track/road use.

355 look ace but getting silly money now.

I was underwhelmed by 360 around Silly.