As a car to use everyday it All of which it did supremely well. The whole point of the thing really was to look and sound fantastic and go faster than pretty much anything else on the road. The Diablo was an incredible bit of kit - but things like the interior, electronics, fit and finish were a bit hit and miss. The basic Galliardo - if that is not a contradiction - is a revelation to someone who last sat in a Lambo before the Germans took over.
So back to the cars. All fine after some explanations of my cv. Which is fine, except that I'm not nervous and am soon going much faster than the now nervous pro driver thinks is appropriate. So the deal is a professional driver sits alongside as the nervous would be buyer samples 500 brake horsepower around the sinuous curves and ferocious gradients of the alpine handling course.
The occasion was meant really for potential customers - not liggers like me. This guy is so famous that when he "retired" Lamborghini developed a "Valentino Balboni" special edition of the Guillardo - but more of that later. There were a couple of surprises - the first a chance to meet an old friend, Valentino Balboni, Lambo's legendary test driver and the man who developed the racing Diablo SVR I used to race. Thanks to the nice people at Lamborghini, Manchester a pleasant change from eating - driving three latest models from the Audi-owned Italian supercar maker at Millbrook Proving Ground in the Midlands.
So back to the cars. All fine after some explanations of my cv. Which is fine, except that I'm not nervous and am soon going much faster than the now nervous pro driver thinks is appropriate. So the deal is a professional driver sits alongside as the nervous would be buyer samples 500 brake horsepower around the sinuous curves and ferocious gradients of the alpine handling course.
The occasion was meant really for potential customers - not liggers like me. This guy is so famous that when he "retired" Lamborghini developed a "Valentino Balboni" special edition of the Guillardo - but more of that later. There were a couple of surprises - the first a chance to meet an old friend, Valentino Balboni, Lambo's legendary test driver and the man who developed the racing Diablo SVR I used to race. Thanks to the nice people at Lamborghini, Manchester a pleasant change from eating - driving three latest models from the Audi-owned Italian supercar maker at Millbrook Proving Ground in the Midlands.
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