Jun 27 - Helping a friend taking delivery of his Gallardo!!!

[TT]

Today I had one of the best car related days of my life. I was asked by my new Lambo friend to help him taking delivery of his latest baby, his 5th Lambo, a blue Gallardo Le Mans. It happened Saturday evening and tomorrow at 8 am we took of to drive the 200 km north to the Affolter dealership.
He is such a great guy, I really respect him and he is sooo friendly, so open and cool! Top guy!!
He was so excited! This is actually the 9th Diablo he buys but it was like the first one, I am sure. Also because it was his first E-Gear.
Anyway, the trip was cool, the A4 is a great long distance car, it was an auto so very comfy..
We arrived there at 10:30 or something like that, and the Le Mans was sitting there, outside the dealership. I don't usually like "tuned" Lambos, but in blue it is damn sexy! even with blings rims actually!
It was such a weird experience, even if the car wasn't mine.. totally different than taking delivery of a regular car. The team knows him very well of course and we got a warmn welcome and all. The they started to show him the various controls while I was taking the first pics.

Right away he wanted to see if the sport exhaust was worth the money and guys, IT IS!

Small vid, not even close to be floored, the car having near to 0 km on the clock:
http://rapidshare.de/files/2636828/Mvi_0847.avi.html

The another friend arrived with his orange Diablo SV. He wanted to witness the delivery and drove the 200 km north too. And quickly too!
Anyway noon arrived so we went to a Pizzeria in a village nearby and while a a fourth friend was driving the Audi, I jumped in the SV!



Wicked car, very sporty, fast and loud: impossible to talk. and hard even if you will scream!

the pizzas disposed we drove back to the garage, I was in charge of the A4 this time

And finally after some more details, time it was to come back home with our small Audi/Lambo convoy

He wanted to enjoy the first km solo, but after a while he stopped to take me in the Le Mans and the result is a 100 km passenger dream in a marvellous car. The sport exhaust really improves the experience and it's much louder. The downshifts with the throttle blips are orgasmic and always made me smile, even while following in the A4 with windows closed and air con at full boost!
It's an harsch ride, but not that bad, the seats are kinda comfy. The Audi controls, simple and usefull and the e-gear apparently very very funny!!

What a blast!!

Bored? Are you sleeping? Here are the pics!

Ok, let's start with the car that took us there. A 4500 km old A4 1.8T (the 164 hp version, not the 190 one as I first thought), rented for the occasion.



Now for the Gallardo

As always, click any of them to be taken to the full high-res update, 33 pics in this case

[PureEuroM3]

Thanks and Great pics TT!

[TransAm]

Beautiful.

Racing stripes are fine on cars like this, IMHO. It's just that they look a bit stupid on a Ford Focus! :roll:

I can feel the excitement you experienced just reading your post TT!

[T-Bird]

very nice car I do agree with the wheels though not a big fan but I don't hate them.

What a day!! you lucky sod! to share the experience was so cool of him too it looks so sexy in that colour scheme and i like the way it looks with the rear wing The rims aren't to my taste, but thats nit picking!! BTW i absolutely love these two pics You make it so hard to choose what background to have!!!!

[Jabba]

The quality of those pictures is simply stunning...obviously we have discussed the rest back channel

[TT]

BTW, a point I forgot to discuss in the first post: to be able to have such a long experience is so much different than what I experienced so far.. ok we are talking about Diablo, Murcielago, Enzo and so on, but always quick blasts with ppl I didn't know, official test drivers, owners and such.. it's totally different than beeing in a car for a long moment and with somebody you know! You can really fully appreciate the details!

[chest3r]

WOW !! That car is really cool The sexy color with the racing stripes and the chromed wheels make the Gallardo very sexy. Excelent choice!! But that blue dashboard doesn't look so good IMO :roll:

Pick up a brand new supercar should be an awesome experience, even it isn't the first one 8)

Good luck to your friend with his new ride !

[pharzo]

Damn that's a fine looking beast. Gotta love those station wagons

[ARMAN]

mama.... :faint: Awsome pics, awsome car! Thanx for writingup your experience so we can live it throu(well a little bit) with you

[Darkel]

Argh, wish I could have been there, shitty exams :cry:
Pics and cars are great

[SilviaEvo]

wow! nice car but the rims have to go but if i was there in person i doubt i would have cared!

[dingo]

I'm glad to hear it all worked out as planned, but didn't you tell me you were renting a Passat or did I not listen?

Anyway who cares about an A4 or Passat when you have a Gallardo and SV at your disposal- must have been a sensational experience and as TransAm said you can feel the excitement in your words!

I know it had 0.0km but whats the top speed he got to in the Gallardo, and what about the Diablo?

Thanks again for the story and all the great pics!

[sameerrao]

Looks nice. From the second picture (profile shot) I am reminded of the Pagani Zonda with similar looking wings.

Actually the blue looks so bright, it looks photoshopped or even as if it is from a video game screenshot - see the shot with the G-car ahead of the orange SV. Of course it is real as we trust you TT

[EnzoLover]

Amazing photos and impressive experience