So I Saw A Real Lamborghini The Other Day...

terpkristin · 12-26-2005, 08:02 PM

...as its owner/driver was driving it in the parking lot of the Safeway in the Fair Oaks area of Fairfax, VA.

First one I've ever seen, aside from those I've seen in pictures or tv or movies.

Seems like an impractical car to take to a grocery store...

It was a new model, though. I can't remember what it looked like enough to tell which it was, but I'm guessing (based on availability) it was a Gallardo.

How friggin crazy is that???

/tk

oliegirl · 12-26-2005, 08:05 PM

I agree! There is someone around us who has a ferrari and I see it out every now and then, I have seen it 2 or 3 times coming out of the Wal Mart shopping center closest to our house. There is NO way you can go more than 45 or 50 on a good traffic day, most of the time it's stop and go on that street...I don't understand the point of driving that car to the Wal Mart, I am assuming he is an attention whore and laugh at him when I see the car.

And yes, I know it's a guy b/c I've seen him getting into it before.

vex · 12-26-2005, 08:08 PM

If I had a Ferrari/Lamborghini I'd drive it everywhere.

Eaglesfan27 · 12-26-2005, 08:10 PM

Back when I was a valet at a casino, some guy was crazy enough to have me valet park his Lamborghini. It was an amazing drive.

oliegirl · 12-26-2005, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by vexroid

If I had a Ferrari/Lamborghini I'd drive it everywhere.

Why? What is the point of driving a car like that, with that much power and performance, in traffic where it's going to suck gas like crazy and not be any better of a ride than your average Honda? I would take it somewhere remote and open it up, not waste it in traffic!

Karlifornia · 12-26-2005, 08:13 PM

When I lived in Los Altos and Los Gatos, I used see quite a few Ferraris (by quite a few I mean about a different one every month or so), but I only saw one Lamborghini. It was a yellow one that would often be parked in front the post office next to my house. There's a Maserati dealership on El Camino in...Redwood City. That's where the single women should be hanging out at.

cthomer5000 · 12-26-2005, 08:14 PM

is it a little cat-y in here, or is it just me?

Karlifornia · 12-26-2005, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by oliegirl

Why? What is the point of driving a car like that, with that much power and performance, in traffic where it's going to suck gas like crazy and not be any better of a ride than your average Honda? I would take it somewhere remote and open it up, not waste it in traffic!

If you can afford a Ferrari/Lambo, then I don't think gas costs are going to be too much of a concern for you. Oh, and if I had one of those cars, I would take it everywhere, too. That's probably the best pick-up line there is: "WHOA! Better not forget to lock up MY FERRARI!! DID YOU HEAR THAT LADIES!?!? I ALMOST FORGOT TO LOCK UP MY FERRARI."

terpkristin · 12-26-2005, 08:17 PM

Not being cat-y (at least, not trying to be), but it does seem like a silly place to take a Lamborghini...I mean, there's NO trunk space in it, if I'm not mistaken. Plus, I'd be freaked about getting it damaged from a shopping cart or something.

I mean, I *should* know that my area (Ashburn, VA) is somewhat upper-class. The directions to go from my apartment to my work include "pass the Ferrari and Maserati dealership," but it's one thing to know that the dealership is there, another to see a Lamborghini being driven someplace completely mundane...

/tk

vex · 12-26-2005, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by oliegirl

Why? What is the point of driving a car like that

Because you can.

oliegirl · 12-26-2005, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by RadioFriendlyUnitShifter

If you can afford a Ferrari/Lambo, then I don't think gas costs are going to be too much of a concern for you. Oh, and if I had one of those cars, I would take it everywhere, too. That's probably the best pick-up line there is: "WHOA! Better not forget to lock up MY FERRARI!! DID YOU HEAR THAT LADIES!?!? I ALMOST FORGOT TO LOCK UP MY FERRARI."

And we'd laugh at you and think "What a loser!"...so really nothing much would change for you, except you'd be broke from paying the mortgage on your car

Zippo · 12-26-2005, 08:22 PM

sexy!

Karlifornia · 12-26-2005, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by oliegirl

And we'd laugh at you and think "What a loser!"...so really nothing much would change for you, except you'd be broke from paying the mortgage on your car

Well, if Ric Ocasek can get Paulina Porizkova..........

cthomer5000 · 12-26-2005, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by oliegirl

And we'd laugh at you and think "What a loser!".

Maybe you would, but many other chicks wouldn't. Trust me - cars have gotten many guys laid.

Airhog · 12-26-2005, 08:57 PM

I have seen a lamborghini at a 4th of july parade here in edmond one year. There is also a group of ferarri collecters in norman I believe. I have seen them on the interstate before. most of them were earlier models from the great era's of cars but they were still sweet.

Galaxy · 12-26-2005, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by oliegirl

I agree! There is someone around us who has a ferrari and I see it out every now and then, I have seen it 2 or 3 times coming out of the Wal Mart shopping center closest to our house. There is NO way you can go more than 45 or 50 on a good traffic day, most of the time it's stop and go on that street...I don't understand the point of driving that car to the Wal Mart, I am assuming he is an attention whore and laugh at him when I see the car.

And yes, I know it's a guy b/c I've seen him getting into it before.

Maybe people enjoy things they worked hard for. As for why people having the need for nice things, why do woman "need" jewelry or 50 purses or sandals? You sound a bit jealous that the person has a high-end car. Porsches, MB, are expensive, Hummers and SUV's are gas guzzlers, ect.

Toddzilla · 12-26-2005, 09:21 PM

Dude, living in Northern Virginia in the late 80's, early 90's when the dot com boom was in full swing, there were Ferrari's, Lamborghini's, and all kinds of exotic cars all over the place, especially near Dulles and the AOL main campus. Most of those cars got sold/reposessed when the market died, however....

panerd · 12-26-2005, 09:27 PM

I have met a few people who own pretty sweet muscle cars (and drive them everywhere) and they tend to be extremely cheap in every other aspect of their lives. (Understand that I am not talking about billionaires, but regular guys that drive Corvettes and Porsches on about a $75-100K income.) One guy drove me to the airport in his Porsche and parked in airport parking! Then in Vegas when we met our group of friends he would skip more upscale dinners for Burger King, strip clubs for free music acts, and heavy gambling for slots. The fucker never once paid for a taxi either. I really think the only reason he drove to the airport is so that he could tell people that he did that. They probably are at Safeway to feed their 10-year old Ramon noodles and his wife Safeway Cola so he can make his insurance payment.

oliegirl · 12-26-2005, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Galaxy

Maybe people enjoy things they worked hard for. As for why people having the need for nice things, why do woman "need" jewelry or 50 purses or sandals? You sound a bit jealous that the person has a high-end car. Porsches, MB, are expensive, Hummers and SUV's are gas guzzlers, ect.

Not jealous at all. I don't think you can compare a car to nice jewelry, that is an investment that keeps it's value or appreciates over time - cars loose value the minute you drive them off the lot. I don't think there is anything wrong with someone buying a hummer, luxury SUV, or any luxury car/expensive car...and I have no problem with the guy that has the ferrari. But I do think it's ridiculous to drive that kind of car around in traffic, and from my experience, the kind of guys that drive those cars are the ones who need those kinds of possessions to "validate" their life.

Disclaimer - I am NOT saying this guy is one of those guys. I am just saying that in MY opinion, it's kind of silly to make such a spectacle of yourself in such an obvious and ostentatious way...I think the same thing of women who wear crazy jewelry to the grocery store or something, it's not just directed at men...

Galaxy · 12-26-2005, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by oliegirl

Not jealous at all. I don't think you can compare a car to nice jewelry, that is an investment that keeps it's value or appreciates over time - cars loose value the minute you drive them off the lot. I don't think there is anything wrong with someone buying a hummer, luxury SUV, or any luxury car/expensive car...and I have no problem with the guy that has the ferrari. But I do think it's ridiculous to drive that kind of car around in traffic, and from my experience, the kind of guys that drive those cars are the ones who need those kinds of possessions to "validate" their life.

Disclaimer - I am NOT saying this guy is one of those guys. I am just saying that in MY opinion, it's kind of silly to make such a spectacle of yourself in such an obvious and ostentatious way...I think the same thing of women who wear crazy jewelry to the grocery store or something, it's not just directed at men...

Jewelry is an investment?

Karlifornia · 12-26-2005, 09:38 PM

I drive a '92 Ford Probe (blue book value is probably around $1,500) with almost 140,000 miles on it. If someone is driving a Lexus priced @$45,000, can I accuse them of being outlandish, since someone driving a $100,000 car could be a target of someone in a $45,000 car?

oliegirl · 12-26-2005, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Galaxy

Jewelry is an investment?

Yes. If it holds value or appreciates, and is easily converted to cash, then it's an investment - at least to me and most of the women I know, and some men...

Dekanth · 12-26-2005, 09:48 PM

These types of cars are actually an investment. I happen to be in a business where I meet a lot of people who own expensive cars, as well as classic or antique cars. Most people who own these cars (obviously not this guy here) do see them as an investment. They put as few miles as possible on them, and keep them forever. Its crazy to me, but it is a hobby like any other, just on a slightly more expensive scale.

When you are talking ferrari, lamborghini, etc... these cars are not losing value off the showroom floor. They only make so many of these things and years down the road, one in mint condition with low mileage will be worth more than new (from what I am told).

sabotai · 12-26-2005, 09:49 PM

If you have to ask "Why?'.....you just don't get men.

oliegirl · 12-26-2005, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by sabotai

If you have to ask "Why?'.....you just don't get men.

I am willing to accept that

cthomer5000 · 12-26-2005, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by oliegirl

Yes. If it holds value or appreciates, and is easily converted to cash, then it's an investment - at least to me and most of the women I know, and some men...

Oh yeah. Most those "investments" really pay off at the pawn shop.

oliegirl · 12-26-2005, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by cthomer5000

Oh yeah. Most those "investments" really pay off at the pawn shop.

Nothing holds up at the pawn shop...the point is, if someone has valuable jewelry and needs cash, it's fairly easy to find reputable jewelers to buy it for a fair price. If something is old enough, it's "vintage" and worth alot...if needed, it can become liquid pretty easily and without getting completely scammed.

I see where the same argument can be made for certain cars like dekanth said above...but back to my original point, if someone is driving this car around town, it's not going to have low mileage and thusly, would probably be losing value.

JeffR · 12-26-2005, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by sabotai

If you have to ask "Why?'.....you just don't get men.

Ah, it's not like we're that complicated:

Purpose of car like that? Attract women.
Place where you're likely to find many single women? Grocery store.

I'm more disturbed by the Ferrari oliegirl's seen at Walmart. I've never seen a Walmart parking lot that wasn't cratered worse than the surface of the moon. That poor, abused car.

JeffNights · 12-26-2005, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by oliegirl

Not jealous at all. I don't think you can compare a car to nice jewelry, that is an investment that keeps it's value or appreciates over time - cars loose value the minute you drive them off the lot. I don't think there is anything wrong with someone buying a hummer, luxury SUV, or any luxury car/expensive car...and I have no problem with the guy that has the ferrari. But I do think it's ridiculous to drive that kind of car around in traffic, and from my experience, the kind of guys that drive those cars are the ones who need those kinds of possessions to "validate" their life.

Disclaimer - I am NOT saying this guy is one of those guys. I am just saying that in MY opinion, it's kind of silly to make such a spectacle of yourself in such an obvious and ostentatious way...I think the same thing of women who wear crazy jewelry to the grocery store or something, it's not just directed at men...

you sound jealous enough to me. Also, as previosuly stated, high end automobiles like that dont really lose thier value, they are in limited production. and check around to find the "used" Lambo market, oh there isnt much of one now is there. If the guy can afford the car, I seriosuly doubt he has to worry about his mortgage.....what a little hissy of a post.

Rizon · 12-26-2005, 10:22 PM

They have cars in Virginia?

sachmo71 · 12-26-2005, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by terpkristin

...as its owner/driver was driving it in the parking lot of the Safeway in the Fair Oaks area of Fairfax, VA.

First one I've ever seen, aside from those I've seen in pictures or tv or movies.

Seems like an impractical car to take to a grocery store...

It was a new model, though. I can't remember what it looked like enough to tell which it was, but I'm guessing (based on availability) it was a Gallardo.

How friggin crazy is that???

/tk

I once drove to a Tom Thumb as a passenger in a Ferrari. GB rich fathers of ex-girlfriends. It was nice.

FrogMan · 12-26-2005, 10:38 PM

I would love to see a Lamborghini on the street in a typical snowstorm around here

FM

JonInMiddleGA · 12-26-2005, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by terpkristin

Seems like an impractical car to take to a grocery store...

I won't disagree on the surface, but "seems" may be the most operative word there.

For all you know (unless you saw what he was buying or whatever), the guy may have had to dash in to pick up one item -- from diapers to cough medicine to wine for an unexpected visitor to toilet paper -- and he happened to be driving that car when he remembered/got a call from home/whatever AND he was 3 minutes from the store when he got the call. Or whatever.

Point being, it does seem kind of impractical but it might very well have been extremely practical. Based on what we've got here, I don't see any way to know.

Grammaticus · 12-26-2005, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by oliegirl

Nothing holds up at the pawn shop...the point is, if someone has valuable jewelry and needs cash, it's fairly easy to find reputable jewelers to buy it for a fair price. If something is old enough, it's "vintage" and worth alot...if needed, it can become liquid pretty easily and without getting completely scammed.

I see where the same argument can be made for certain cars like dekanth said above...but back to my original point, if someone is driving this car around town, it's not going to have low mileage and thusly, would probably be losing value.

Have you ever tried to sell a diamond to a reputable jeweler? To start with they probably will not buy it, period. It depreciates faster than any automobile. Diamonds as an investment are like buying stock in Enron (today). I bet you could not get a quarter of the value out of your engagement ring if you tried to sell it today. Either way, it does not appreciate. Now, other gem stones may be a decent way to convert and transport cash, but not really a good investment.

Gem stones and jewelry are pretty much good for impressing girls. While cars on the other hand impress everyone, with a few exceptions noted (yourself being one).

Dekanth · 12-26-2005, 11:49 PM

DeBeers loves olliegirl and everyone else who believes diamonds are an investment.

Fidatelo · 12-26-2005, 11:53 PM

The owner of the company I work for lives in rural Manitoba, and has a Lamborghini. He brings it by our office every once in awhile and we all "ooh" and "ahh". It's a really cool car, but it is definately at the peak of impracticality, especially when you consider our climate.

Galaxy · 12-27-2005, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by oliegirl

Disclaimer - I am NOT saying this guy is one of those guys. I am just saying that in MY opinion, it's kind of silly to make such a spectacle of yourself in such an obvious and ostentatious way

Sorry, I may be a little too over-the-top in my response. Surgery on Thrusday, out of the hospital Saturday, and stuck in a hotel in beantown until Wednesday. That a few days of rough recovery, you get a grumpy guy.

Galaxy · 12-27-2005, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Grammaticus

Have you ever tried to sell a diamond to a reputable jeweler? To start with they probably will not buy it, period. It depreciates faster than any automobile. Diamonds as an investment are like buying stock in Enron (today). I bet you could not get a quarter of the value out of your engagement ring if you tried to sell it today. Either way, it does not appreciate. Now, other gem stones may be a decent way to convert and transport cash, but not really a good investment.

Gem stones and jewelry are pretty much good for impressing girls. While cars on the other hand impress everyone, with a few exceptions noted (yourself being one).

Diamonds are usually overvalued when you buy them in the first place.

Noop · 12-27-2005, 12:15 AM

Cars make women more open to 3 somes and gang bangs. Having a Lamborghini will just have them soaking in their collective panties will giving the driver of the car a blow job.

Desmond · 12-27-2005, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Noop

Cars make women more open to 3 somes and gang bangs. Having a Lamborghini will just have them soaking in their collective panties will giving the driver of the car a blow job.

Its my experience that women open to 3some and gangbangs can be wooed by a lot less than a nice car, and thank god for that.

Cringer · 12-27-2005, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Noop

Cars make women more open to 3 somes and gang bangs. Having a Lamborghini will just have them soaking in their collective panties will giving the driver of the car a blow job.

Which leads me to why he was going to a Safeway. To grab some Trojan Mint condoms and the 18 year old check out girl.

Karlifornia · 12-27-2005, 01:07 AM

They have Safeway's across the country nowadays? Come Peter Magowan, soak some of that cash into the Giants batting order!!!

nilodor · 12-27-2005, 01:19 AM

We have a friend of the family who owns a Diablo and he drives the thing everywhere. I asked him once why he would drive it around during rush hour and in the city and not just use it as a weekend car. He told me that he drove it everywhere because it made him happy. He grew up with very little, food stamps and the whole bit and he worked his ass off to get where he is today (VP at an exploration company). He used to drive his first car around all of the time (beat up pinto) because he thought it would remind him of his roots but one day he realized that it frankly didn't make him happy, so he went out and got him something that did. Now it symbolizes the hard work he put in. Also he said the look on the guys face at the car dealership was priceless when he rolled up in a pinto and placed the order for the diablo.

Marc Vaughan · 12-27-2005, 07:32 AM

I don't see why people are so negative about someone having a nice car - heck its their life, let em live it ... if they're happy that way and it doesn't hurt you so what.

They might be impractical for everyday shopping but if they enjoy doing it let em imho ...

(never been able to drive or afford a Porsche - but I went through a stage in my early twenties of importing Italian motorbikes (mainly Cagiva's and Apprilia's), nothing to do with pulling ladies I'm afraid (was too busy working to have a girl-friend back them) ..... I just enjoyed riding them faster then I really should have

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Galaxy · 12-27-2005, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Marc Vaughan

I don't see why people are so negative about someone having a nice car - heck its their life, let em live it ... if they're happy that way and it doesn't hurt you so what.

They might be impractical for everyday shopping but if they enjoy doing it let em imho ...

(never been able to drive or afford a Porsche - but I went through a stage in my early twenties of importing Italian motorbikes (mainly Cagiva's and Apprilia's), nothing to do with pulling ladies I'm afraid (was too busy working to have a girl-friend back them) ..... I just enjoyed riding them faster then I really should have

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I always been curious, is Porsche said silently with the e, or is it included?
Anyone see the new Simpsons eposide a few weeks ago with the the "Lamborghini"-like trip to Italy?

Marc Vaughan · 12-27-2005, 09:17 AM

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I always been curious, is Porsche said silently with the e, or is it included?

Silent as far as I'm aware - but it could be pronounced differently by region .... (hedges bets

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GreenMonster · 12-27-2005, 09:58 AM

Being a valet during college at some of the hottest spots in the ATL I drove everything. Lambo's are at the top of the food chain along with Ferrari's although, I have driven many, many more Ferrari's than Lambo's because the upkeep is much harder on those. I can't imagine driving a Lambo everywhere, but Ferrari's are much more streetable. Another reason you don't see as many Lambo's are the crazy other cars you can afford for much less. A SL-65 Mercedes convertible comes with 604hp and 738lbs of torque stock. So for about 10-20k more than a Lambo you can get a convertible car, that you can actually drive and has a trunk. You can also blow the doors of just about everything in that Benz. Many view the Gallardo as kind of a weak Lambo because of the crappy specs and relative low cost (170k).

GreenMonster · 12-27-2005, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Marc Vaughan

Silent as far as I'm aware - but it could be pronounced differently by region .... (hedges bets

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dola,
Only because Americans butchered it for years and years...

Galaxy · 12-27-2005, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by GreenMonster

Being a valet during college at some of the hottest spots in the ATL I drove everything. Lambo's are at the top of the food chain along with Ferrari's although, I have driven many, many more Ferrari's than Lambo's because the upkeep is much harder on those. I can't imagine driving a Lambo everywhere, but Ferrari's are much more streetable. Another reason you don't see as many Lambo's are the crazy other cars you can afford for much less. A SL-65 Mercedes convertible comes with 604hp and 738lbs of torque stock. So for about 10-20k more than a Lambo you can get a convertible car, that you can actually drive and has a trunk. You can also blow the doors of just about everything in that Benz. Many view the Gallardo as kind of a weak Lambo because of the crappy specs and relative low cost (170k).

Lamborghinis (owned by Audi), Bentley (BMW ownership), Aston Martin (Ford), and the other brothers are becoming more friendly to drive everyday with the shared technologoy and resources of the wealthy companies that owned them now. $170,000 is still not cheap.

sterlingice · 12-27-2005, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by vexroid

If I had a Ferrari/Lamborghini I'd drive it everywhere.

Damn straight.

SI

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terpkristin Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ashburn, VA	Not being cat-y (at least, not trying to be), but it does seem like a silly place to take a Lamborghini...I mean, there's NO trunk space in it, if I'm not mistaken. Plus, I'd be freaked about getting it damaged from a shopping cart or something. I mean, I should know that my area (Ashburn, VA) is somewhat upper-class. The directions to go from my apartment to my work include "pass the Ferrari and Maserati dealership," but it's one thing to know that the dealership is there, another to see a Lamborghini being driven someplace completely mundane... /tk __________________ GO TERPS! https://www.flickr.com/photos/terpkristin https://twitter.com/terpkristin

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Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	I have seen a lamborghini at a 4th of july parade here in edmond one year. There is also a group of ferarri collecters in norman I believe. I have seen them on the interstate before. most of them were earlier models from the great era's of cars but they were still sweet. __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

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vex Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tulsa	If I had a Ferrari/Lamborghini I'd drive it everywhere.

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Toddzilla Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Burke, VA	Dude, living in Northern Virginia in the late 80's, early 90's when the dot com boom was in full swing, there were Ferrari's, Lamborghini's, and all kinds of exotic cars all over the place, especially near Dulles and the AOL main campus. Most of those cars got sold/reposessed when the market died, however....

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panerd Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: St. Louis	I have met a few people who own pretty sweet muscle cars (and drive them everywhere) and they tend to be extremely cheap in every other aspect of their lives. (Understand that I am not talking about billionaires, but regular guys that drive Corvettes and Porsches on about a $75-100K income.) One guy drove me to the airport in his Porsche and parked in airport parking! Then in Vegas when we met our group of friends he would skip more upscale dinners for Burger King, strip clubs for free music acts, and heavy gambling for slots. The fucker never once paid for a taxi either. I really think the only reason he drove to the airport is so that he could tell people that he did that. They probably are at Safeway to feed their 10-year old Ramon noodles and his wife Safeway Cola so he can make his insurance payment.

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Dekanth Mascot Join Date: Sep 2005	These types of cars are actually an investment. I happen to be in a business where I meet a lot of people who own expensive cars, as well as classic or antique cars. Most people who own these cars (obviously not this guy here) do see them as an investment. They put as few miles as possible on them, and keep them forever. Its crazy to me, but it is a hobby like any other, just on a slightly more expensive scale. When you are talking ferrari, lamborghini, etc... these cars are not losing value off the showroom floor. They only make so many of these things and years down the road, one in mint condition with low mileage will be worth more than new (from what I am told).

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Dekanth Mascot Join Date: Sep 2005	DeBeers loves olliegirl and everyone else who believes diamonds are an investment.

12-26-2005, 11:53 PM	#36
Fidatelo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB	The owner of the company I work for lives in rural Manitoba, and has a Lamborghini. He brings it by our office every once in awhile and we all "ooh" and "ahh". It's a really cool car, but it is definately at the peak of impracticality, especially when you consider our climate. __________________ "Breakfast? Breakfast schmekfast, look at the score for God's sake. It's only the second period and I'm winning 12-2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver maybe once or twice in a lifetime."

12-27-2005, 12:15 AM	#39
Noop Bonafide Seminole Fan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Florida	Cars make women more open to 3 somes and gang bangs. Having a Lamborghini will just have them soaking in their collective panties will giving the driver of the car a blow job. __________________ Living in an Oligarchy.

12-27-2005, 01:07 AM	#42
Karlifornia Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: San Jose, CA	They have Safeway's across the country nowadays? Come Peter Magowan, soak some of that cash into the Giants batting order!!! __________________ Look into the mind of a crazy man (NSFW) http://www.whitepowerupdate.wordpress.com

12-27-2005, 01:19 AM	#43
nilodor College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: calgary, AB	We have a friend of the family who owns a Diablo and he drives the thing everywhere. I asked him once why he would drive it around during rush hour and in the city and not just use it as a weekend car. He told me that he drove it everywhere because it made him happy. He grew up with very little, food stamps and the whole bit and he worked his ass off to get where he is today (VP at an exploration company). He used to drive his first car around all of the time (beat up pinto) because he thought it would remind him of his roots but one day he realized that it frankly didn't make him happy, so he went out and got him something that did. Now it symbolizes the hard work he put in. Also he said the look on the guys face at the car dealership was priceless when he rolled up in a pinto and placed the order for the diablo.

12-27-2005, 07:32 AM	#44
Marc Vaughan SI Games Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Melbourne, FL	I don't see why people are so negative about someone having a nice car - heck its their life, let em live it ... if they're happy that way and it doesn't hurt you so what. They might be impractical for everyday shopping but if they enjoy doing it let em imho ... (never been able to drive or afford a Porsche - but I went through a stage in my early twenties of importing Italian motorbikes (mainly Cagiva's and Apprilia's), nothing to do with pulling ladies I'm afraid (was too busy working to have a girl-friend back them) ..... I just enjoyed riding them faster then I really should have )

12-27-2005, 09:58 AM	#47
GreenMonster High School Varsity Join Date: Mar 2005	Being a valet during college at some of the hottest spots in the ATL I drove everything. Lambo's are at the top of the food chain along with Ferrari's although, I have driven many, many more Ferrari's than Lambo's because the upkeep is much harder on those. I can't imagine driving a Lambo everywhere, but Ferrari's are much more streetable. Another reason you don't see as many Lambo's are the crazy other cars you can afford for much less. A SL-65 Mercedes convertible comes with 604hp and 738lbs of torque stock. So for about 10-20k more than a Lambo you can get a convertible car, that you can actually drive and has a trunk. You can also blow the doors of just about everything in that Benz. Many view the Gallardo as kind of a weak Lambo because of the crappy specs and relative low cost (170k).

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