Why I love my Huracan Part II
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Despite the danger of this becoming like the tedious round robin letter in the Christmas card from your pretentious distant friends, I thought I would risk giving an update on my Huracan ownership experience this year...
Let's start with 'out with the old and in with the new'. This rather lovely Spyder was up for sale at a private dealership for 6 months before I bought it. A little research had shown poor after sales performance and I was reluctant to get involved. The price kept dropping and dropping until I was actually salivating at the prospect of ownership. I finally had the bright idea of contacting Andy Canning at Lambo Edinburgh. I told him what I was willing to pay including trading in my coupe and could he buy it in and do a deal? Hats off to him, he brought the deal in several thousand below my expectations and I was the proud owner of a pukka used Lambo:
It was such a good deal even my dog approved, you can see him grinning in this pic.
The year has followed a predictable pattern of several charity events to share the experience of a V10 Lambo at full chat when road, or track, conditions allow. Buttercup, as she is known and please don't ask, proved to be very, very popular with the disadvantaged/poorly kids in particular:
It has been such a wonderful summer my decision to buy a Spyder has seemed to be twice blessed, I have been able to use it on so many occasions. She had a run up to Aberdeen, where I continued to work, and I was able to take out several of my petrolhead friends and their kids, including a fantastic journey up the Lecht to Tomintoul, thanks to advice from fellow PHer Justin! The sound of that V10 bouncing off the stone walls, trees and buildings is truly addictive and of course with the roof down even more accessible.
A visit to Goodwood was kindly arranged by Lambo Edinburgh so it was another run out from North Yorks, any excuse, and a great day culminating with a brilliant display from the Red Arrows. I had a slightly disconcerting feeling of it being 'the end of an era' though. Fastest car was electric and there was jet man doing his party trick up and down the main straight, brilliant to see but does this mark the beginning of the end for internal combustion engines?
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Next came the driving highlight of my year, a long awaited and overdue blast around Europe. Newcastle to Amsterdam, Baden-Baden, Grindelwald, 3 Alpine passes to Andermatt, Lake Garda, Florence, St Paul de Vence, Montreux, Cochem, Amsterdam to Newcastle and finally home. 2,900 miles, slightly disappointing top speed achieved of only 162mph, the roads were busy, and an average of 21.8mpg. [I have finally worked out where to get the info by pressing lots of buttons] Half a litre of oil and a small road tanker of petrol. Scariest by far was not the passes, but arriving in Florence at 4pm and having the satnav throw a hissy fit, whilst trying to get to our hotel, took an hour in time but probably several years off my life expectancy.
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Cheeky!
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So October arrived, the Sottozeros went back on and time for the autumn tour, last year was Scotland so this year was Wales in the company of a rather nice GT3, the AM was traded in from last year.
I've just had enough time recently to take out my chimney sweep, he's a PHer too, and scare him to death, I promised to fit a brake pedal in the passenger side for next time out!
So this year has exceeded all possible expectations, last year I did 6,000 miles, this year I have done over 7,000 miles of absolute pleasure. There are loads of threads on here about depreciation etc. and I'm not going to pontificate about this. However, what I would say is that the true value comes from driving them as the engineers intended. I'm in my 50's now and as someone said to me a few years ago, it's later than you think...
Enjoy your driving in good health and a very Merry Christmas to all.
Let's start with 'out with the old and in with the new'. This rather lovely Spyder was up for sale at a private dealership for 6 months before I bought it. A little research had shown poor after sales performance and I was reluctant to get involved. The price kept dropping and dropping until I was actually salivating at the prospect of ownership. I finally had the bright idea of contacting Andy Canning at Lambo Edinburgh. I told him what I was willing to pay including trading in my coupe and could he buy it in and do a deal? Hats off to him, he brought the deal in several thousand below my expectations and I was the proud owner of a pukka used Lambo:
It was such a good deal even my dog approved, you can see him grinning in this pic.
The year has followed a predictable pattern of several charity events to share the experience of a V10 Lambo at full chat when road, or track, conditions allow. Buttercup, as she is known and please don't ask, proved to be very, very popular with the disadvantaged/poorly kids in particular:
It has been such a wonderful summer my decision to buy a Spyder has seemed to be twice blessed, I have been able to use it on so many occasions. She had a run up to Aberdeen, where I continued to work, and I was able to take out several of my petrolhead friends and their kids, including a fantastic journey up the Lecht to Tomintoul, thanks to advice from fellow PHer Justin! The sound of that V10 bouncing off the stone walls, trees and buildings is truly addictive and of course with the roof down even more accessible.
A visit to Goodwood was kindly arranged by Lambo Edinburgh so it was another run out from North Yorks, any excuse, and a great day culminating with a brilliant display from the Red Arrows. I had a slightly disconcerting feeling of it being 'the end of an era' though. Fastest car was electric and there was jet man doing his party trick up and down the main straight, brilliant to see but does this mark the beginning of the end for internal combustion engines?
|https://thumbsnap.com/0se9lmel[/url]Next came the driving highlight of my year, a long awaited and overdue blast around Europe. Newcastle to Amsterdam, Baden-Baden, Grindelwald, 3 Alpine passes to Andermatt, Lake Garda, Florence, St Paul de Vence, Montreux, Cochem, Amsterdam to Newcastle and finally home. 2,900 miles, slightly disappointing top speed achieved of only 162mph, the roads were busy, and an average of 21.8mpg. [I have finally worked out where to get the info by pressing lots of buttons] Half a litre of oil and a small road tanker of petrol. Scariest by far was not the passes, but arriving in Florence at 4pm and having the satnav throw a hissy fit, whilst trying to get to our hotel, took an hour in time but probably several years off my life expectancy.
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|https://thumbsnap.com/POxcb62v[/url]So October arrived, the Sottozeros went back on and time for the autumn tour, last year was Scotland so this year was Wales in the company of a rather nice GT3, the AM was traded in from last year.
I've just had enough time recently to take out my chimney sweep, he's a PHer too, and scare him to death, I promised to fit a brake pedal in the passenger side for next time out!
So this year has exceeded all possible expectations, last year I did 6,000 miles, this year I have done over 7,000 miles of absolute pleasure. There are loads of threads on here about depreciation etc. and I'm not going to pontificate about this. However, what I would say is that the true value comes from driving them as the engineers intended. I'm in my 50's now and as someone said to me a few years ago, it's later than you think...
Enjoy your driving in good health and a very Merry Christmas to all.
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