Deposit down on a 2005 Gallardo!

[rdbrooksie]

Hi All, I have been reading up through PistonHeads on Gallardos recently and so I decided to go and have a look at a few. Saw this one, it ticked all the right boxes so took the plunge. It is a 2005 1 owner car, 9000 km in excellent order, FLSH etc. Trouble with buying cars here in Hong Kong is the first registration tax is so high that they seem extortionate price wise to UK! Still, after the test drive today I thought what the heck....... heres hoping for a happy experience....
I attach a few photos, unfortunately the car does need detailing which will be carried out once its all been transferred....

[CIE560]

Beautiful, congratulations. Love that interior.

[Diablos-666]

Where's the custurd?

[wineman02]

Really liking that yellow!

[Stryke]

Nice! you need some carbon fibre on the inside! would look amazing.

[JMP86]

Congrats

lovely looking car, perhaps black wheels to finish it off?

[rdbrooksie]

Thanks all for the comments. Like the custard one.....colour co-ordination and all! I looked at quite a few Gallardos of different colours and specs including an SL and it was the colour that mainly won me (and the wife!) over. Not sure if its just a HK thing, but here there seems to be a majority of black, grey or white ones all with just black interiors for sale so when I saw this one I was bowled over. That coupled the condition and the FSH made it a winner.
I have been reading up on how to drive one from forums on here (a god send especially too the guides on buying), as I have never driven one and luckily enough I have a good friend who has had 4 and will educate me in the ways....!

[toohuge]

rdbrooksie said:

Thanks all for the comments. Like the custard one.....colour co-ordination and all! I looked at quite a few Gallardos of different colours and specs including an SL and it was the colour that mainly won me (and the wife!) over. Not sure if its just a HK thing, but here there seems to be a majority of black, grey or white ones all with just black interiors for sale so when I saw this one I was bowled over. That coupled the condition and the FSH made it a winner.
I have been reading up on how to drive one from forums on here (a god send especially too the guides on buying), as I have never driven one and luckily enough I have a good friend who has had 4 and will educate me in the ways....!

The colour pattern is not just a HK thing. Unfortunately, lots of dealers will advise customers that silver, white and black cars have a better resale value. These buyers are usually those that will sell their car within 1 year or less. Whilst it's true in the short term, long term it hurts residuals as it floods the market with 'boring' examples of a great car.

Chris

[will_]

Did you buy it from Lambo HK?

Where are you going to drive it?!

[rdbrooksie]

I bought it through a guy I know and not through the Lamborghini dealer in HK (who are called Kingsway Cars). They don't seem to like selling second hand cars but concentrate on new ones only.
As for where to drive it, well, will be restricted to the Sunday morning drive meets that normally run to near the airport or out to the country parks. Quite restricted unfortunately!