To me the LP640 is a shark. And this was sold after I left.
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I love how the lambo's look, but I allways found it somewhat distressing that the used one's I'd see for sale, invariably had the phrase "Engine freshly rebuilt at 25,000 miles" and/or "Transmission freshly rebuilt" and almost allways right around 25,000 miles. At the price they sell them for, I would have thought they would be a bit longer lasting than that in the drivetrain department.
Well most people that buy a Lambo do not have it for 25,000 miles. Plus they are 4th or 5th cars so they don't get driven much. But the Gallardo is more durable. Plus they are really high strung engines, that tend to kill themselves, my friend's Gallardo Spider decided to burn itself up.
That certainly puts things into perspective... I mean, I have a mustang gt that I've had for 2 and a half years and it's already got over 80k miles on it.. I keep forgetting that little thing known as wealth... when you have a car like a galardo, you don't have JUST THAT one car and you don't take it to the grocery store... :)
Actually the Gallardo was his daily driver, but it was because he was 18 and the Gallardo was a graduation present. But there are not too many 18 year old Lamborghini drivers. But my 1999 Honda Accord has 173,000 miles on it, and that's with 2 owners (one me and the other being my stepfather) and it is hard to wrap your head around.
Yeah. WOW.. a Gallardo as a graduation present.. that's.. pretty damn wild. But I see an opportunity here to MAYBE get a question answered that I've always wondered about... does being born into that kind of wealth skew your friends appreciation for what it takes to 'live' in this world? ie.. what does he think of folks who have issues paying their rent or getting enough hours on their job to make ends meet? I've always been pretty curious about that.
Yeah, it's one of them things where I just wonder how well equipped someone like that is to cope with the "real world" should they suddenly find themselves disconnected from the wealth they grew up with. That must have been mighty strange, showing up to his friend's parties driving a lambo. :)
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