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gatwick nice and early, and the eyes in the back of nicky's head are still asleep
a quick lap of the cultural delights of bologna
sorry, but this thread may contain a certain amount of silliness
intesting name for a lambo dealership ( lambo bologna )
finally, to the museum
this being italy, it's lunch time, and so to the restaurant opposite
one for the bad parking thread perhaps ?
only my third ever sighting, and it's still growing on me
no cliched museum pictures for us...
...no way !
my second ever spot of a 650
...and my first of this
pictures just don't show how huge this bugger is
i told you there'd by some silliness
still the classiest lambo
fags, butts, a knob, time for a caption competition
some of the lambo merchandise is really taking the piss
think this was the pope, whenever nicky photographed him, he had this divine halo
a driving god : an absolute legend, and that bloke with a beard again
even the taxi driver home had a lambo tie : a perfect day
a quick lap of the cultural delights of bologna
sorry, but this thread may contain a certain amount of silliness
intesting name for a lambo dealership ( lambo bologna )
finally, to the museum
this being italy, it's lunch time, and so to the restaurant opposite
one for the bad parking thread perhaps ?
only my third ever sighting, and it's still growing on me
no cliched museum pictures for us...
...no way !
my second ever spot of a 650
...and my first of this
pictures just don't show how huge this bugger is
i told you there'd by some silliness
still the classiest lambo
fags, butts, a knob, time for a caption competition
some of the lambo merchandise is really taking the piss
think this was the pope, whenever nicky photographed him, he had this divine halo
a driving god : an absolute legend, and that bloke with a beard again
even the taxi driver home had a lambo tie : a perfect day
Sesto said:
Looks like a great adventure , could you post any details regarding route taken , planning , costs , hotels etc . I'd love to do this as I,m sure a few others would too but I don't have any experience in this kind of thing . Thanks . Good Pic's 
We flew with BA from Gatwick to Bologna. Took two hours. Prices totally random.Taxi from Airport to town was c£20.
Stayed at this hotel http://www.nh-hotels.com/nh/en/hotels/italy/bologn... which was OK if a little euro bland. Handily located at the end of the main drag.
Central Bologna was clothes shopping, food and ancient buildings central. Beware that the shops open at random, and never for more than a few hours at a time. This includes the dealership and the Tonino Lamborghini store, neither of which were open when we visited.
Taxi to Sant’Agata was c£45 and took 45 minutes.
Non owners can book a factory tour direct http://www.visit-lamborghini.com/#opening. The only disadvantage of non-ownership is that you get shepherded around in a group, stick more or less to an hour, and are discouraged from stepping over the yellow lines. No photos, owner or not.
“Factory” conjures up images of hammering and welding. What you actually see are assembly areas where components ( engines from down the road, Aventador tubs from next door, Gallardo bits in VW boxes ) are pieced together very slowly in near silence.
Make sure that you see the back yard ( about sixty cars ).
Factory is a strange place, metaphorically and literally huge, but in a nondescript farming village. If someone argued that what you see is just a little too polished, then I wouldn’t disagree.
Newly opened café directly opposite the factory is good for a little lunch. Cheap food, but the passenger ride charges starkly remind you just how expensive using these cars can be !
All the people we met were genuinely enthusiastic and really helpful, if a little laid back.
Museum is open to the general public. As is the tat shop.
We asked Lamborghini to book us a taxi back. Rewarded with a Lambo tie wearing enthusiast who took the ( very ) scenic route to the airport for c£40.
The title of this thread says it all really.
Special thanks to Cristina, Valentino and Stuart.
tomtom said:
Really enjoyed the tour though, so much more relaxed and welcoming than Ferrari were.
whilst we were taking a very long lunch opposite, three ferraris turned up and parked on lamborghini's forecourti'm saying nothing other than that they left a few minutes later and parked up on the verge down the road
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