Both are fun to drive:
- Z is great for overnight road trips because I can get a lot more luggage in it. Lambo has very little storage room.
- Z is easier to maneuver in tight spaces and to park. Lambo is difficult to see to the rear.
- Z does not attract as much attention as the Lambo and I do not worry as much about where I park it. Lambo gets a lot more attention than the Z.
- Both throw you back in the seat when you accelerate.
- Z is an auto tranny and the Lambo is an egear with paddle shifters.
- 10 Cylinder Lambo's exhaust is intoxicating. Z is a six cylinder and sounds good.
- Z is a better daily driver, Lambo not so much.Here are two of my Lambo stories: 1. The Wedding Kid and the ride--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A couple years ago I attended a wedding at the Bilmar Beach Resort in Treasure Island, FL. I had decided to drive the G and called to inquire about the parking situation. I was told that parking in the front of the hotel was limited and that the overflow parking was a lot across the street (A four lane street). About two hours from the hotel my friend, who had arrived a couple hours earlier, called and told me she had worked her charm and talked the hotel front parking lot attendant into reserving a space for me. As I pulled into the lot the attendant directed me to a space next to his station. He said I was an hour late but held the space anyway. I tipped him $5 and thanked him for holding the spot. As I checked in the clerk asked if I was the guy with the Lamborghini? I said: “Yes, how did you know that?” She said: There is a note here about reserving a parking space for you. Then she proceeds to tell me that she only knew of one other guest that he had a yellow Lamborghini. That afternoon the wedding took place on the beach with the bride’s maids in their short gowns and bare feet. It was nice ceremony and you could not have asked for a more beautiful day (See attached photos). That evening, at the reception, the groom brought a 14 year old boy to my table and introduced him to me. The groom said: “The kid loves Lambos” and would I mind showing the kid my Lambo? I said of course, and got up from the table and walked out the door to the parking lot. Somehow I had picked up several other people on the trek to the parking lot who also wanted to see the Lambo. I let the kid sit in the car, started it up and revved the engine. I could see the excitement in his eyes. On the way back to the reception the kid said: “I sure would like a ride”. I said: “I cannot leave the parking space or I will lose it and have to park across the street. A new night parking lot attendant was on duty and I asked him if I could leave my parking spot for five minutes to take the kid for a ride? He of course said he would have to give my space to someone else. The kid then said I could give him a ride in Fort Myers (For some reason he thought I lived in Fort Myers). I told him that would not work. Inside I told the kid that if his mom says it is ok then I will take him for a ride. Almost everyone at the reception was drinking except me and I am thinking that mom is not going to let the kid go for a ride. My back is towards the table where the mom is sitting and my theory is that mom will say: “No”. The next thing I know a guy at my table who had been observing and listening to the conversation says: “Looks like mom says yes”. The kid and I walk back to the parking lot and I see the attendant and tell him I am taking the kid for a ride. The attendant has a change of heart and says: “I will stand right here in front of your space and hold it for five minutes, after that I will have to give it up”. I take the kid around the block and return to the lot and park my car. The attendant tells me that a lady who was hovering to get a space wanted my space. The attendant told her: "I am holding this space for a Lamborghini." The woman gave him a hard time and he told her: “Look lady, if you owned a Lamborghini would you want to park it across the street. I tipped the attendant $5 and returned to the reception. Everyone at the table though it was so cool that I gave the kid a ride. Towards the end of the reception the mom came over and thanked me. Needless to say I made that kid’s day. He sent me a thank you note on facebook and I checked out his wall. He was bragging to all his friends about his “Lambo ride” and how he was thrown back into the seat when I took off – Now I do not remember gunning the G like that.
2. Deputy Sheriff Encounter
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Friday night I was driving around with a friend looking for a Japanese Steak House. The road was not coming up on my GPS. I figured the restaurant must be in one of the shopping centers and turned into an access road. As I was driving I saw a police car approaching me from the opposite direction.
I made a left turn into the shopping center parking lot, went to the end of the row and made another left so I could drive by the front of the stores. No Japanese steak restaurant was found. At the very end of the parking lot I took the last left to go out to the access road I had come in on. Low and behold, as I approached the stop sign the sheriff’s deputy car that I saw made a left turn (Our cars were facing in the opposite directions). There was no traffic as this was at the remote end of the shopping center parking lot. The deputy motioned for me to roll down my window. My lady friend thought he was going to ask if we were lost. Instead he said: “Lamborghinis are my son’s favorite car can I take a picture?” I said sure and we got out of the car. He took a couple of pictures and then helped us find the restaurant for which we were looking. As you guys know there are a lot of people that ask to take pictures of our cars. This is the first time a “Police Officer” stopped and asked. It ended up being a great night. Some great Lambo quotes: 1."Give me a Lamborghini and a weekend in the Sierra Nevadas, and I'll come back with the meaning of life." Inspired by a quote in Car and Driver magazine. 2. "The Lamborghini dances to its own beat, the uncompromising bull that has no place in a China shop.” Unknown 3. "What exactly is the point of flooring it between every single light and stop??" Somebody’s Girlfriend 4. "A ferrari is the nice girl you take home to mom. A lamborghini is the sick hot bitch you keep on the side” Unknown 5. “You buy a Ferrari when you want to be somebody. You buy a Lamborghini when you are somebody." - Frank Sinatra 6. "People have Ferrari's because they cant afford Lamborghini's" Bam Margara Jackass (I think??) 7. “Lamborghinis are hybrid cars, they run on gasoline and money” Unknown 8. The ultimate ''green'' car... as in, ''takes a lot of green to keep it running''.mtmd11 9. Also, from my mtmd11sig: "...but when it comes to making babies smile, kids gawk, women swoon, and men jealous ... there's nothing like a Gallardo. "
kacman 10. “There is, however, an exception to this rule. There is one car that never gets hot, or throws a hissy fit. It's even kind to its tyres. Weirdly, it's the Lamborghini Gallardo.” Jeremy Clarkson 11. "Owning a Lamborghini transcends the banality of economics." - recon40 12. “Whoever said "diamonds are a girl's best friend" never had a Lamborghini” – Carol2020 13. (In reference to the Countach) "if there's a world in which when I'm older I'll be able to drive one of these at will - I'll have won the game." -Dax Shepard 14. (9-year-old girl - a patient of mine, who came in with her mom) - "Dr. Allan, my brother calls your car the batmobile, because it's black. I call it the rainy day car, because I heard mom say to my auntie that it makes her wet." 15. "How do you make a Ferrari disappear? Park it next to a Lamborghini." -Unknown. 16 In reference to pre-owned cars: "You know you are not the first, but do you really care?" Inspired by a bogus Aston Martin ad and a bogus BMW ad. (See attached poster below). 17. "Those who say money don't buy you happiness have not driven a Lambo......" (993turbo) 18. In response to using a scissor door kit to convert a Gallardo's doors to scissor doors "There is an amazing scissor door conversion though, it's a little pricy but the kit is called "The Aventador"". ToofDoc 19. “Where the McLaren is a tad sensible and the Ferrari a bit, well, prancy, the Lambo bellows and charges about.” Jeremy Clarkson Top Gear 20. "When you drive a Lamborghini, there's peace in the middle east, Ethiopian kids eat, Greece pays its bills, Miley Cirus makes her parents proud, Justing Beiber even drives HIS Lamborghini well, Save the world, drive a Lamborghini." Ravill 21. "I eat rice, I do not put it on my Lambo". Unknown 22. "Lamborghini says that the Spyder version of its Gallardo outsells the Coupe variant almost two to one. Which underlines a fact that we all probably suspected: Lamborghini owners really like to show off. Subtlety not required, ability to attract . . . prostitutes with nothing more than a lazy drive-by, an absolute selling point." TopGear.com 23. "If you could choose between world peace and Bill Gates' money . . . . . What color would your Lamborghini be?" Unknown 24. “If you want to be a gentleman buy an Aston Martin. If you want to show off, buy a Ferrari. If you love tech, buy a McLaren. If you need to compensate buy a Porsche. If you want to tell the world you need a straightjacket, go buy a Lamborghini. . . .” Inspired by: 2013 Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Spyder: The Jalopnik Review 5/17/13 Travis Okulski 25. "Now we've been told in this new series, we've got to feature more green cars. So here's one. It's really the greenest car we could find, really" (A bright green Lamborghini Murcielago). Jeremy Clarkson Top Gear. . 26. "Lamborghini, because life's too short to drive a Ferrari". -LamboPower 27. When God drives his Lamborghini, people think He's compensating for something. Ravill 28. “The Gallardo was once described to me by one of Lamborghini's legendary test drivers as ‘The bull with no bulls**t’.” Charlie Turner 01 May 2014, TopGear.com 29. “Enzo Ferrari to Ferruccio Lamborghini: "You're just a silly tractor manufacturer, how could you possibly know anything about sports cars?" Four months later Ferruccio Lamborghini unveiled the Lamborghini 350GTV. Boss.” And the rest is history! supercompressor.com 30. In reference to a Diablo: “Floor mats are also optional, if you can believe it; for this baby, plan on dropping $900. Let me run that by you again: nine hundred bucks for floor mats. "It's not a car," whispered Sweeney. "It's a work of art."” Thrills and chills behind the wheel of one fabulously fast and fancy car"", Baltimoresun.com 31. "Alfred Pennyworth: Will you be wanting the Batpod, sir?
Bruce Wayne: In the middle of the day, Alfred? Not very subtle.
Alfred Pennyworth: The Lamborghini, then. [with deadpan sarcasm]
Alfred Pennyworth: Much more subtle." Warner Brothers 32. “Here's how you get the best audio performance out of your Gallardo Spyder:
Step 1: Turn off radio.
Step 2: Put top down.
Step 3: Press 'Corsa' button.
Step 4: Step on the gas.
Step 5: Have massive orgasm.” Jalopnik - Drive Free or Die 33. “I got twenty inch spinners on my drop.
Nothin' but white and yellow rocks in my watch.
I'm doin' one-fifty so I'm watchin' for the cops.
Since I'm in the lamborghini I ain't gon' stop.”
Lil Flip quotes 34. “[On the success of the 1966 Monte Carlo Grand Prix where he received orders for 17 Miura Lamborghini’s] The publicity alone is worth more to me than I’m getting for the car. Every one I build [will be] like winning a Grand Prix, and people will talk about it for long after they have forgotten who won the race.” Ferruccio Lamborghini 35. “Money can’t buy happiness. But somehow, it’s much more comfortable to cry in a Lamborghini than on a bicycle.” Mediawebapps.com 36. “So you're diving into this corner, right foot glued to the pedal and the pedal plastered to the carpet, and every bone in your body is saying ohhellnopleasegiveup because the car is very loud and obnoxious and feels like exotic cars are supposed to feel, which is to say dangerously unhinged. It scares you a little, this car. It is big and silly and raw. It makes you think in run-on sentences. It wants to eat your young. It is the rolling equivalent of that deep-sea fish you see on National Geographic specials, the one whose entire face is made of nothing but teeth.” “And This Is Why You Buy a Lamborghini” by Sam Smith, And This Is Why You Buy a Lamborghini - MSN Autos 37. “Ferruccio Lamborghini was born on April 28, 1916, into a farming family in the northern Italian province of Emilia-Romagne under the Zodiac sign of Taurus, the Bull.” Lamborghini - The Story 38. “Why haven’t you ever seen a Lamborghini Commercial before?
Because the people that can afford them are not sitting around watching TV.” Lamborghini 39. “If you want to just look at it, buy a poster, otherwise drive it like they were built to be driven!”
roy@catsexotics.com 40. "Ferrari guys download porn, Lamborghini guys drive it." Unknown. 41. “The Countach made a statement. Bright red, no one gave the Testarossa alongside a second glance.”
Lamborghini Countach review (1974-1990) - MSN Cars UK 42. “The Countach may not have felt especially well made and the driving position is old-school Italian, but you instantly know who’s boss. And it isn’t you.”
Lamborghini Countach review (1974-1990) - MSN Cars UK 43. "Lamborghini mercy your girl so thirsty." Mercy lyrics by Kanye West. 44. "Of course, you're not getting a 602 horsepower Italian exotic car because you want to drive slowly but because you want to drive like you're exiting the parking lot of an exploding nuclear power plant. And, yes -- oh, by all the angels in heaven, yes -- the Huracán does go fast. Very, very fast. By Peter Valdes-Dapena
The Italian exotic car maker's latest model is really good. Maybe too good. - Sep. 4, 2014
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