RE: PH Heroes: Lamborghini Countach
Discussion
TobyLaRohne said:
VladD said:
That's track 1 on my driving album, which fortunately I have on my phone and am listerning too now while I work (sic).
you have a driving album?...do you keep driving glove in your glove box too? 
It's ok, I'm a bit like that too,(the music not the gloves bit)...cant start a journey in the corvette without Back in Black blasting out
168 mph? in 1985.. I read somewhere that these engines needed some miles on them, a full service and a then a brand new clutch to get the full potential out of them. I am pretty sure I read an article where an anniversary model had topped 185 without the rear wing? 168 seems very tame for such brute power.
The top speed wasn't what we were expecting but, yeah, the car was fairly new and the engine quite tight. We used a stopwatch and the motorway's kilometre posts to keep things honest (oh for a V-Box back then), but the speedo was reading comfortably north of 180mph when a climbing temperature gauge put an end to the fun. It wasn't going to go any faster anyway.
garypotter said:
Every time i See one of these I always think of the lovely 2 ladies driving one at the beginning of Cannon Ball.
Same here. Cannon Ball Run 2. I got it on DVD mainly for that 
I just love all the angles on the body work and the noise! Back in my youth, this was the poster car to have on your wall.
As a child of the 80's this car had a huge impact on me. I remember going to the NEC Motor Show and waiting 15-20 minutes to move to the front of the 7-8 people deep ring of people around the Lambo stand to drool and admire up close.
At one show I was at there was a white Countach that was owned by Alpine Stereos and kitted out with the latest in car HiFi gear to play your C90 tapes on!! The doors were up so you could see the interior but the thing that blew me away was the size of the rear tyres.....massive 345's when, if I remember correctly my dads Capri was on 185's and as a kid I thought they were wide.
So that set my template for owning a super car.
1. Big engine
2. Pop up headlights
3. Single windscreen wiper.
4. Wedge shaped.
I eventually ended up owning 2 TVR Wedges which fitted all the above criteria....not a Lambo Countach, but on my budget near enough and both my Wedges were rarer in production number terms.
Would I like to own one? Would probably have to test drive first to see but then if you could afford one then surely you would mount it on a turntable in your living room just to stare at as a piece of automotive art/porn.
At one show I was at there was a white Countach that was owned by Alpine Stereos and kitted out with the latest in car HiFi gear to play your C90 tapes on!! The doors were up so you could see the interior but the thing that blew me away was the size of the rear tyres.....massive 345's when, if I remember correctly my dads Capri was on 185's and as a kid I thought they were wide.
So that set my template for owning a super car.
1. Big engine
2. Pop up headlights
3. Single windscreen wiper.
4. Wedge shaped.
I eventually ended up owning 2 TVR Wedges which fitted all the above criteria....not a Lambo Countach, but on my budget near enough and both my Wedges were rarer in production number terms.
Would I like to own one? Would probably have to test drive first to see but then if you could afford one then surely you would mount it on a turntable in your living room just to stare at as a piece of automotive art/porn.
Ok, so I've never driven one...
But for some reason, every time I get the chance to play a driving video game with the Countach as an option, I always seem to choose it. Still bloody sensational after all this time.
What's Gandini doing these days anyway? At 76 he should be in his prime by now.
But for some reason, every time I get the chance to play a driving video game with the Countach as an option, I always seem to choose it. Still bloody sensational after all this time.
What's Gandini doing these days anyway? At 76 he should be in his prime by now.
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Never forget that afternoon: epic car and epic soundtrack.
Never forget that afternoon: epic car and epic soundtrack.
Justices said:
Thanks for this. That was my Friday night viewing - haven't seen that film since the early 90s!A bit of a shaky video, but just look at this breathtaking work of art. Absolutely stunning in black with gold rims.
LP400S arriving at show.
LP400S arriving at show.
Drove these back in the day,used to work for a high end hire company at Heathrow and Knightsbridge Lambos,porkers,fezzers as well as mundane stuff inc cossie's .
Loved to look at them ,was a true fan until I drove them !
Like driving a squashed truck ,hated them ,tried to aviod them as much as poss.
Loved to look at them ,was a true fan until I drove them !
Like driving a squashed truck ,hated them ,tried to aviod them as much as poss.
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