gallardo advice
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e11

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229 months

Friday 11th May 2007
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Hey,

Been following the forum for a while now, and thought i would finally post and get some advice.

Im looking to buy a gallardo very soon.

One on Auto Trader just came up today

"Manual, 6,500 miles, 06/55 Reg, Arancio Borealis with Arancio/Nero dual Leather, Sports Pack, Callisto Rims, Glass Engine Bonnet, Reversing Camera, Navigation, Branding & Journey Package, 6500 Miles, 1 of only 14 U.K Suppled. £119,995. O.V.N.O"

Does this look a fair price?

I definately want orange (only other colour i would consider is white) glass engine cover, black/orange interior, branding pack and fairly low mileage. I hadn't considered the SE until i saw this one come available, does anyone know how many orange SE' there are in the UK?

I am actually not that fussed about it being SE but it has all the options i was after, however do you think i would be best waiting for a non-SE similarly specced to become available? Any ideas on what price it would be?

Also it is private sale, would this put anyone off? Ideally i wanted to buy through a garage. How would i go about it getting checked over? Also i will be financing this, is balloon finance available on private sales? Does anyone have any good finance contacts? I can cover repayments comfortably but my credit history is not great! Although if the worst comes to worst i will get my parents to take on the finance and pay it through them as i do on my current car (M3).

One last question! The SE's seem to have taken a big hit depreciation wise from new, are they now likely to hold their value more than the standard gallardo?

Thanks and any replies welcome!