The Z06 is sold!! What to get next??
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silent E
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Remember that you have to hang with the exotix guys...some of them are real pricks as much as i love them. They were my main crowd in NYC. They realllllly have that attitude, make sure you can stomache it. Some are cool, but for the most part they are prestige/exclusivity whores. They buy the car bc of how long the waiting list is, etc.
Nice cars. But if i had to pick a car based on the company i would keep, i would go for domestic. The cool thing is, that it IS "a chevy" imho.
Its a Butter Ass :lol:
have heard 700hp for the ss :secret: student rumors tho
MxRacerCam
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Its us fucking Lightning owners you have to be worried about. Whats worse than losing to a TRUCK in your LAMBO?
losing to a neon? :dontknow: :lol:
I wouldn't hang out with these kinds of people. believe me, if I were to get one, I would still be loving hanging out with my friends that don't drive these cars. I CAN'T STAND the kind of people you are talking about!!
Its us fucking Lightning owners you have to be worried about. Whats worse than losing to a TRUCK in your LAMBO?
EXACTLY my point. if I was in a Lambo and this happend, i think I would be PISSED!
So just get the SS, right? Ya, but then this picture comes to mind..:eek5:
silent E
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yeah they are eye catchingSo just get the SS, right? Ya, but then this picture comes to mind..:eek5:
yep, i'm not suggesting for a second that you'd jump ship, but you'd want to be somewhat accustomed with that group for stuff like exhaust suggestions, other recs etc. Heard the rumors about the rs4 v8 gallardo? I'm watching that with interest.
2L8IWIN
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Fadi, whats up brutha!
That Lambo, to me, is hideous. I mean...it certainly is different and i suppose that is why so many people enjoy them...because the attention it brings to them by it's difference.
But your not that type of guy. You enjoy showing off you ride, no doubt, but you also RACE it. I'm not sure what the repair costs are associated with that car but i can tell you that it is not meant to be beat on like a Z06 or SS is. I dont think youll be happy with it...because of it's performance and because of its maintenaince.
it's more of a wine and cheeese crowd car...but perhaps you are enjoying your Chardonnay as of late?
That Lambo, to me, is hideous. I mean...it certainly is different and i suppose that is why so many people enjoy them...because the attention it brings to them by it's difference.
But your not that type of guy. You enjoy showing off you ride, no doubt, but you also RACE it. I'm not sure what the repair costs are associated with that car but i can tell you that it is not meant to be beat on like a Z06 or SS is. I dont think youll be happy with it...because of it's performance and because of its maintenaince.
it's more of a wine and cheeese crowd car...but perhaps you are enjoying your Chardonnay as of late?
benk
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Word...i'm thinking a GTS with a Twin Turbo Kit
That would be badass!:rockwoot:
DBK
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I drove an 06 G Spyder, which has considerably more aggressive gearing in 1st and 2nd and more power for about 2000 miles, and it is simply not a fast car. Regardless of what any Lambo Power person rationalizes, an 05 will feel about as fast as a C5 Z06, even a little slower, and it's not a car you beat on. The 06 absolutely fell on it's face after 130 and the speedo was waaaaaay optimistic. I know what 170 feels, and more importantly looks, like from inside a car and that car was way off at speed. On the same road, shit was a blur at 170 in another car. Feel might fool you, but how fast stuff passes won't.
The clutch will most likely wear out inside 10k miles. The seats are not good either. They look nice, but lumbar support is substandard if you're going to drive it for any long period of time. I hung out with Jason Heffner a couple times this week (who came out here to party and ended up being talked into buying himself an 05 G as a shop car by Lambo OC. Absolutely smoking deal too.) and he put Carrera GT seats in one and said they stock G seat weighed over 60lbs. If you get an e-gear, prepare for idiosyncrasies. For no particular reason, it'd get stuck in neutral, the downshift paddle would stop working, or the downshift paddle would start to upshift. I have multiple friends with the car who have the same issue. Shit will go wrong with it, and you will pay alot to fix it. Price of admission for an italian exotic.
Those are the major minuses. On the plus side, it's sounds like a fucking animal, has a ton of grip, feels really good at the limit, starts to feel better the harder you push it, looks good, did I mention sounds good, and will probably be significantly more fun to drive than the Vette unless you are drag racing. Stuff that doesn't show up in an objective numerical comparison like steering feel, stability, driver feedback will most likely be better in the G. You cannot put a price on the sound that thing makes, but youd have to get an exhaust because the 06 opens to straight pipes at 3800rpm. I've done some insane roads in a Gallardo, going hard, at the limit, and even though it's not that fast, it's got so much grip, sounds so good, and feels so sorted with its steering and handling that the speed is irrelevant. You can carry retarded speeds into corners with that thing.
At a certain level of performance, it's all academic, and how a car feels and interacts is way more important than what it turns on a stat sheet, if you intend on really driving it. I've driven a lot of shit in the last year and you can't quantify the difference in feel between cars like a G, GT3 or 430 and cars like a Corvette or even more so a Viper (which are both faster, but feel a whole lot less involving. I drove an 08 Viper and while it's really fuckin fast, it's not even in the ballpark of a Gallardo). You can chase certain performance metrics forever and there will always be something on the horizon to trump it. But you can't outdate a car that feels phenomenal from behind the wheel.
The clutch will most likely wear out inside 10k miles. The seats are not good either. They look nice, but lumbar support is substandard if you're going to drive it for any long period of time. I hung out with Jason Heffner a couple times this week (who came out here to party and ended up being talked into buying himself an 05 G as a shop car by Lambo OC. Absolutely smoking deal too.) and he put Carrera GT seats in one and said they stock G seat weighed over 60lbs. If you get an e-gear, prepare for idiosyncrasies. For no particular reason, it'd get stuck in neutral, the downshift paddle would stop working, or the downshift paddle would start to upshift. I have multiple friends with the car who have the same issue. Shit will go wrong with it, and you will pay alot to fix it. Price of admission for an italian exotic.
Those are the major minuses. On the plus side, it's sounds like a fucking animal, has a ton of grip, feels really good at the limit, starts to feel better the harder you push it, looks good, did I mention sounds good, and will probably be significantly more fun to drive than the Vette unless you are drag racing. Stuff that doesn't show up in an objective numerical comparison like steering feel, stability, driver feedback will most likely be better in the G. You cannot put a price on the sound that thing makes, but youd have to get an exhaust because the 06 opens to straight pipes at 3800rpm. I've done some insane roads in a Gallardo, going hard, at the limit, and even though it's not that fast, it's got so much grip, sounds so good, and feels so sorted with its steering and handling that the speed is irrelevant. You can carry retarded speeds into corners with that thing.
At a certain level of performance, it's all academic, and how a car feels and interacts is way more important than what it turns on a stat sheet, if you intend on really driving it. I've driven a lot of shit in the last year and you can't quantify the difference in feel between cars like a G, GT3 or 430 and cars like a Corvette or even more so a Viper (which are both faster, but feel a whole lot less involving. I drove an 08 Viper and while it's really fuckin fast, it's not even in the ballpark of a Gallardo). You can chase certain performance metrics forever and there will always be something on the horizon to trump it. But you can't outdate a car that feels phenomenal from behind the wheel.
DBK
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p.s, the Lambo will get a shitload of attention in Detroit. We had it out mainly in Laguna Beach and Hollywood and nobody batted an eye. I seriously saw at least a dozen the first day we got it. That said, you walk into the garage and see some shit like that, and it'll make you sigh. Who cares if other people give it too much attention? You can either fuck a hot chick because you want to, or you can go with an average chick because you get sick of other guys ogling her. Not a hard decision.
00Z28SS
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JScottGT
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Amen... If I were in that kind of $$ ballpark for a car I would be looking at F430's. Talk about music from the tailpipes... you can't beat a Ferrari.
Fadi, whats up brutha!
That Lambo, to me, is hideous. I mean...it certainly is different and i suppose that is why so many people enjoy them...because the attention it brings to them by it's difference.
But your not that type of guy. You enjoy showing off you ride, no doubt, but you also RACE it. I'm not sure what the repair costs are associated with that car but i can tell you that it is not meant to be beat on like a Z06 or SS is. I dont think youll be happy with it...because of it's performance and because of its maintenaince.
it's more of a wine and cheeese crowd car...but perhaps you are enjoying your Chardonnay as of late?
Hey brutha, good to hear from you.
Thanks for your reply and frankly, what you stated is what my friends are telling me."Fadi, it is just not you" and "Fadi, you love speed, you wont enjoy this car" and lastly, "Fadi, you aren't the kind of guy that is an attention whore", etc.
So ya, I have heard this before and it is starting to make a print in my head, lol. Thanks man.