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After 20 years I finally got the Gallardo from my childhood poster
When I was 8 years old, I spent countless hours playing Need for Speed: Most Wanted. Although I wasn't very good and it took me a very long time over the summer—One of my favorite memories was beating Ming and winning his Lamborghini Gallardo. Unfortunately the very next day my Playstation 2 memory card got corrupted and I never got to actually use it.
Around that same time, I bought a poster from the Scholastic Book Fair featuring the Gallardo in the stunning color Arancio Borealis. My mom wasn't happy I'd chosen a poster over a book, but that car was the epitome of cool to me.
Fast forward to today, and I finally have my own Lamborghini Gallardo, in the same spec as the poster + with a gated manual.
I've driven newer supercars, (e.g. the Huracan) and while they're incredible cars, they don't have the same raw appeal. The Gallardo comes from the last era when supercars still meant compromise, uncomfortable, loud, and impracticality. But that's exactly what I wanted.
With 14,022 Gallardos produced and less than 1000 specced with gated manuals and my strict requirements. This was a hard car to find and required lots of waiting.
After digging into the data it appears there are less than 100 examples of this exact car worldwide. Once you factor in USA only cars, with more than 10,000 miles, not poorly modded or maintained, no twin turbo cars, no branded titles... It's got to be less than 50 or even less.
The 5.0 engine sounds so much better (imo) than the 5.2. The gated shifter makes all the right noises. It's the perfect amount of speed to really wind out and not be doing excessive speeds. It feels like it revs forever. Going for a drive feels like an event.
Extremely lucky and privileged to cross another dream car off the list.
Pics of the car + poster - https://imgur.com/a/5PdANwR
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When I was 8 years old, I spent countless hours playing Need for Speed: Most Wanted. Although I wasn't very good and it took me a very long time over the summer—One of my favorite memories was beating Ming and winning his Lamborghini Gallardo. Unfortunately the very next day my Playstation 2 memory card got corrupted and I never got to actually use it.
Around that same time, I bought a poster from the Scholastic Book Fair featuring the Gallardo in the stunning color Arancio Borealis. My mom wasn't happy I'd chosen a poster over a book, but that car was the epitome of cool to me.
Fast forward to today, and I finally have my own Lamborghini Gallardo, in the same spec as the poster + with a gated manual.
I've driven newer supercars, (e.g. the Huracan) and while they're incredible cars, they don't have the same raw appeal. The Gallardo comes from the last era when supercars still meant compromise, uncomfortable, loud, and impracticality. But that's exactly what I wanted.
With 14,022 Gallardos produced and less than 1000 specced with gated manuals and my strict requirements. This was a hard car to find and required lots of waiting.
After digging into the data it appears there are less than 100 examples of this exact car worldwide. Once you factor in USA only cars, with more than 10,000 miles, not poorly modded or maintained, no twin turbo cars, no branded titles... It's got to be less than 50 or even less.
The 5.0 engine sounds so much better (imo) than the 5.2. The gated shifter makes all the right noises. It's the perfect amount of speed to really wind out and not be doing excessive speeds. It feels like it revs forever. Going for a drive feels like an event.
Extremely lucky and privileged to cross another dream car off the list.
Pics of the car + poster - https://imgur.com/a/5PdANwR
#cars
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