About to buy Gallardo Spyder -advice please

[bakes]

Hi,
I'm looking to buy a Gallardo and wondered if there are any colour combos to avoid or to snap up if they are good?
There's an orange SE at £79k...will the SE hold value better than a Spyder?
Plenty of Black spyders with low miles for £85k.... O ne with tan interior...is that a bad thing...is black on black safer for resale?

I change cars every 6 months so need to buy at the right price and haven't been following G prices...

Is lifting gear essential too?


Any advice gratefully received!

[Sarnie]

I'd go for Orange over black if your going to want to get out of it quickly in 6 months time. But, £79k for an 05 SE is a lot in my opinion as I don't think anyone really values the SE as a rare car like the 08 SL's.........

[propaganda]

Not sure a Tan interior would be a good idea. Fine if you really like it, but if you are buying for a quick exit then I would avoid.

Lifting gear is essential only if you need to negotiate multistorey parking garages with steep down ramps, or steep driveways, otherwise nice but not essential.

[franki68]

If you go for a Spyder,buy in the next few months and sell April/may ,depreciation should not be too bad.

[kryten22uk]

Aren't all Spyders effectively SE's anyway, as they have all the updates that were introduced on the SE?

[70proof]

you could say the se was a trial run for an early mechanical upgrade, so yes, after the se all MY06 cars incorporated the same changes... but the se has unique trim features, the best being the nero noctis roof and engine cover/spoiler/wings....

more comments here... in a duplicate thread...
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[andrew]

without lifting gear i would not be able to drive beyond the ramp outside next door's house

possibly the quickest way to half your potential resale market is to buy a car without lifting gear

[sa_20v]

andrew said:

without lifting gear i would not be able to drive beyond the ramp outside next door's house

possibly the quickest way to half your potential resale market is to buy a car without lifting gear

It's a 'nice to have' but not something I've needed or even wanted - multi-stories have been accessible and Ealing's giant speed humps haven't been an issue without it. A radio on the other-hand is a necessity!

[70proof]

sa_20v said:

A radio on the other-hand is a necessity!

haven;t turned mine on yet in 11 months of ownership......

[bakes]

Thanks guys, good advice...just about to push the button on a spyder at Amari and found out its a 4 owner car - 2007, 9,000 miles - I will probably be selling it within 6 months making it a 5 owner car... kind of put me off - what are the thoughts on this?

[andrew]

sa_20v said:

It's a 'nice to have'

no it's not. chocolate, beer, lambos and blondes are nice to have. nobody ever says how lovely it would be to have some lifting gear !

sa_20v said:

but not something I've needed or even wanted

that's because your car's got a funny false nose. fitted upside-down probably

sa_20v said:

multi-stories have been accessible

you take your lambo into the library ???

sa_20v said:

and Ealing's giant speed humps haven't been an issue without it.

well something stopped you getting to wilton !

sa_20v said:

A radio on the other-hand is a necessity!

only to cover the scraping sounds from under the car

hth

[andrew]

70proof said:

sa_20v said:

A radio on the other-hand is a necessity!

haven;t turned mine on yet in 11 months of ownership......

yes, but be honest, that's because you haven't figured-out how to

[andrew]

bakes said:

Thanks guys, good advice...just about to push the button on a spyder at Amari and found out its a 4 owner car - 2007, 9,000 miles - I will probably be selling it within 6 months making it a 5 owner car... kind of put me off - what are the thoughts on this?

if i have the correct 2007 car, then this would trouble me :

Service History
1st Service @ 2085 Miles 06/03/2009 Lamborghini Manchester

2nd Service @ 6975 Miles 06/04/2011 Service Amari

Next Service Due @ 13975 Miles

[70proof]

andrew said:

70proof said:

sa_20v said:

A radio on the other-hand is a necessity!

haven;t turned mine on yet in 11 months of ownership......

yes, but be honest, that's because you haven't figured-out how to

hmm, good point, maybe i should start a thread.....

[70proof]

bakes said:

Thanks guys, good advice...just about to push the button on a spyder at Amari and found out its a 4 owner car - 2007, 9,000 miles - I will probably be selling it within 6 months making it a 5 owner car... kind of put me off - what are the thoughts on this?

he has another black car with only 4k more miles and two fewer owners.... and titanium callisto's which look the dogs..... a yellow spyder has also just appeared in the classifieds...

[sa_20v]

andrew said:

hth

You wouldn't be saying that if you couldn't hide behind that speed hump of yours!

Serious question, but what happened to the glove-box your car should have received? Do you use it as a bread-bin?

[andrew]

sa_20v said:

andrew said:

hth

You wouldn't be saying that if you couldn't hide behind that speed hump of yours!

Serious question, but what happened to the glove-box your car should have received? Do you use it as a bread-bin?

glove box was an optional extra : i tried to resist spec'ing the car back towards superpesante

[sa_20v]

andrew said:

glove box was an optional extra : i tried to resist spec'ing the car back towards superpesante

Does a glove box weigh more than a lifting kit?

[andrew]

sa_20v said:

andrew said:

glove box was an optional extra : i tried to resist spec'ing the car back towards superpesante

Does a glove box weigh more than a lifting kit?

the amount of crap that nicky dumps into such spaces ? YES !

[sa_20v]

andrew said:

the amount of crap that nicky dumps into such spaces ? YES !

Good point well made.