transportation/ recommendation and costs
Discussion
70proof said:
surely the best mode of transportation is with you in the seat and your foot on the loud pedal...good luck with the purchase
If it was RHD and in UK then that would be fine,but its in the south of France and i have never drove on the left hand side.Also being a wide car and paying over £200k dont want to take a chance!I've just driven back from southern France myself and am always astonished at the empty fast autoroutes, so there ought not be any cause for concern about driving a new car on these roads
Also, the drive back home in your dream car will be one of your best memories. I vividly remember driving my 911 to the UK from Munich way back in '97 with a huge grin on my face and giggling like an overexcited schoolboy
I don't think you'll have so much fun watching a transporter just roll it off the back into your driveway
You only live once - have fun with it if all goes well with the purchase, whatever you decide
Also, the drive back home in your dream car will be one of your best memories. I vividly remember driving my 911 to the UK from Munich way back in '97 with a huge grin on my face and giggling like an overexcited schoolboy
I don't think you'll have so much fun watching a transporter just roll it off the back into your driveway
You only live once - have fun with it if all goes well with the purchase, whatever you decide
... failing decent weather or even the will power to pack your smallest toothbrush and just a couple of pairs of underpants, there is always the need for a good transport company with the best reputation
... this Diablo GT was transported to and from Sant' Agata for Lamborghini's 40th anniversary celebrations in 2003 by Virginia Water - the then owner of the car is seen here fussing a bit, like he usually preferred to ...
Virginia Water have lots of experience with transporting Lamborghinis especially orange Diablo GTs in recent years - also, they are not very well known for being inexpensive but then you get what you pay for!!
The Virginia Water Motor Company
1 Wellington Avenue, Surrey, GU25 4HU, England
Phone - 01344 844 949
seems like there's no website to be found for them though!
... this Diablo GT was transported to and from Sant' Agata for Lamborghini's 40th anniversary celebrations in 2003 by Virginia Water - the then owner of the car is seen here fussing a bit, like he usually preferred to ...
Virginia Water have lots of experience with transporting Lamborghinis especially orange Diablo GTs in recent years - also, they are not very well known for being inexpensive but then you get what you pay for!!
The Virginia Water Motor Company
1 Wellington Avenue, Surrey, GU25 4HU, England
Phone - 01344 844 949
seems like there's no website to be found for them though!
Edited by XXVIII on Tuesday 15th November 23:09
ted 191 said:
Best place to get used to driving it, if your scared of driving it in France, wait till you get it back over here.
You could always leave it at my place just outside Nice and keep poping down for a spin.
Its not about being scared,its about learning to walk before you can run.You could always leave it at my place just outside Nice and keep poping down for a spin.
XXVIII said:
... failing decent weather or even the will power to pack your smallest toothbrush and just a couple of pairs of underpants, there is always the need for a good transport company with the best reputation
... this Diablo GT was transported to and from Sant' Agata for Lamborghini's 40th anniversary celebrations in 2003 by Virginia Water - the then owner of the car is seen here fussing a bit, like he usually preferred to ...
Virginia Water have lots of experience with transporting Lamborghinis especially orange Diablo GTs in recent years - also, they are not very well known for being inexpensive but then you get what you pay for!!
The Virginia Water Motor Company
1 Wellington Avenue, Surrey, GU25 4HU, England
Phone - 01344 844 949
seems like there's no website to be found for them though!
Thanks for the details,i also found this company,anyone used them?... this Diablo GT was transported to and from Sant' Agata for Lamborghini's 40th anniversary celebrations in 2003 by Virginia Water - the then owner of the car is seen here fussing a bit, like he usually preferred to ...
Virginia Water have lots of experience with transporting Lamborghinis especially orange Diablo GTs in recent years - also, they are not very well known for being inexpensive but then you get what you pay for!!
The Virginia Water Motor Company
1 Wellington Avenue, Surrey, GU25 4HU, England
Phone - 01344 844 949
seems like there's no website to be found for them though!
Edited by XXVIII on Tuesday 15th November 23:09
http://www.carstoeurope.co.uk/
clarkmagpie said:
As said, driving in France is a doddle, honestly you will love the roads and the Lambo would be right at home on them 
Go for it.
again +1. There's no dark art to driving in France. I've never driven a Lambo, but if I had to drive something big, powerful wide and hefty to get used to it, a fantastically smooth French autoroute starting the trip early on a Sunday morning is about the safest place to do it.Go for it.
Also +1 for the feeling of rolling into your driveaway for the first time, stepping out, watching and listening as it colls down at your home for the first time, as opposed to seeing it extricated from a transporter.
Remember, we are actually being sensible here
If we were being hooligans we would have suggested France, but told you to block motorways on the sat nav and take the twisties on the way back 
Of course, if adding that much mileage is not a good idea for whatever reason, then obviously ignore us, we're just assuming it's okay!
Rocco, appreciate what you are saying but as above you will not find a better place to get used to your new car than the french Autoroutes, plenty of stopping points, generally safe parking in a corner somewhere etc etc.
Only downside is that it will cost you approx £400 in juice, £100 in tolls and something like £80 one way eurotunnel, and £50 easyjet so £600 plus to bear in mind with any transport quote.
Personally I would be on the next easyjet to Nice :-)
Only downside is that it will cost you approx £400 in juice, £100 in tolls and something like £80 one way eurotunnel, and £50 easyjet so £600 plus to bear in mind with any transport quote.
Personally I would be on the next easyjet to Nice :-)
So thats sorted then ....
Fly out Thursday am, pick up the car, take the coast road from Nice to cannes and then onto St tropez for lunch, sit in the sun with a glass of rose and some fresh seafood looking out over the harbour, spend the afternoon back on the coast road or up in the hills,find a nice hotel for dinner and a sleep, then up early heading north to the grey UK and home, wash the car off and put to bed, job done.
Or ... pay someone to chuck it in the back of a converted caravan :-)
p.s I have a couple of days holiday spare and a clean license :-)
Fly out Thursday am, pick up the car, take the coast road from Nice to cannes and then onto St tropez for lunch, sit in the sun with a glass of rose and some fresh seafood looking out over the harbour, spend the afternoon back on the coast road or up in the hills,find a nice hotel for dinner and a sleep, then up early heading north to the grey UK and home, wash the car off and put to bed, job done.
Or ... pay someone to chuck it in the back of a converted caravan :-)
p.s I have a couple of days holiday spare and a clean license :-)
TISPKJ said:
So thats sorted then ....
Fly out Thursday am, pick up the car, take the coast road from Nice to cannes and then onto St tropez for lunch, sit in the sun with a glass of rose and some fresh seafood looking out over the harbour, spend the afternoon back on the coast road or up in the hills,find a nice hotel for dinner and a sleep, then up early heading north to the grey UK and home, wash the car off and put to bed, job done.
Or ... pay someone to chuck it in the back of a converted caravan :-)
p.s I have a couple of days holiday spare and a clean license :-)
Just wished i had your confidence,you make it sound so easy.lolFly out Thursday am, pick up the car, take the coast road from Nice to cannes and then onto St tropez for lunch, sit in the sun with a glass of rose and some fresh seafood looking out over the harbour, spend the afternoon back on the coast road or up in the hills,find a nice hotel for dinner and a sleep, then up early heading north to the grey UK and home, wash the car off and put to bed, job done.
Or ... pay someone to chuck it in the back of a converted caravan :-)
p.s I have a couple of days holiday spare and a clean license :-)
just had a quote £1000 + vat from Cannes to London inc insurance
TISPKJ said:
p.s I have a couple of days holiday spare and a clean license :-)
I have too and am utterly sure I am a much, much better and safer driver in every way compared to TISPKJ even though I have no evidence to back it up I'll also throw in washing the car at the end to sweeten the deal ETA: further sweetener, I'll also throw in a drive of my 355
Sesto said:
If you are confident the cars isn't going to give you any trouble on the way I'd drive it back , not sure what happens when you hit the UK though regarding insurance road tax etc , suppose if it's on foreign plates and insured it's ok , wouldn't know really !!
You can insure on the chassis number whilst awaiting the UK reg documents from local DVLAMario149 said:
TISPKJ said:
p.s I have a couple of days holiday spare and a clean license :-)
I have too and am utterly sure I am a much, much better and safer driver in every way compared to TISPKJ even though I have no evidence to back it up I'll also throw in washing the car at the end to sweeten the deal ETA: further sweetener, I'll also throw in a drive of my 355
Right then, can prove extensive track day experiance in own high powered cars and bikes and loads of no claims bonus.
Will offer to Valet the new lambo.
Also throw in a drive in a proper 355 with a roof :-)
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