A regular visitor of Autogespot is Raul from Prague. Raul is a true car fanatic and he managed to make his dreams come true. A while ago, he was an active spotter with the name Zhubanov. Meanwhile, he owns a Lamborghini Gallardo. He wanted to share his story with you, together with some photos of this dream car. Raul made his dream come true, what's your dream?
As far as I remember myself of dreaming about cars - it was always about a Lamborghini, especially a Gallardo. Those lines which you can find on this model are just lovely from every side. It's sporty and elegant at the same time, aggressive and fast, even when standing still.
About the car itself, I will try to describe some interesting moments about driving and owning a Lamborghini myself. For example, I never believed when someone stated that a Lamborghini is not a daily car. When I heard that few years ago I thought: "If I had a car like this I would even sleep in it - no problem!". Now I know - it's very fragile, uncomfortable and very expensive to run - so it's really not a daily car. I mean it sounds beautiful, looks fabulous but when it comes to consumption of high quality 100 octane fuel - it uses 30 to 35 liters in the city cycle. Which means here in the Czech Republic - you are going from home to downtown and back, which is about 20 to 30 kilometers, for about 40 euro. Then, every part of interior sounds like it's going to break or like it ran 300000 kilometers as a taxi. The radio sounds ordinary, you don't need it at all, even if I'm big fan of quality audio systems like Mark Levinson in a Lexus or Bang Olufsen in an Audi. Just put down the window and enjoy the sound of V10. You can feel Italy all over this car. If you drive on the highway in the rain on, you will have all your stuff which you placed in the trunk wet. But it's a car for Southern France anyway or isn’t it?
The Gallardo reminds me of my ex car – a Honda Civic Type-R 8G – with very similar feelings, low and long windows, a huge front window, hard to get in and even harder to get out, bone shaker all the time, even on straight roads, only thinking about shifting gears correctly and not hitting holes. Then the E-Gear system - for me it sucks. It's not possible to park or drive slowly in the city, without burning the clutch, which lasts about 10 to 15 thousand kilometers and is very expensive to change. The car reacts on the gas pedal like there are only two positions - ON or OFF. Imagine when you have to park quickly in the city or reverse. The complete gearbox behaves like it's a manual but without a clutch pedal. Strange.
But let's not forget the main factor about this car – the X factor. A combination of sound, speed and design! You just have to feel the power. Even for me it was scary sometimes. Another thing - everybody is looking at your car. No exceptions. At first, it feels weird but after some time you won't even notice anymore. I like the fact that most of the reactions about the car are very positive. Police stops me approximately 3 times a day but luckily no fines were given. At that time I decided to leave the number plate from a previous owner which came from the city Ostrava. It's better to cross speed radars but it drew too much attention for the local police, they don't like it so yesterday I registered the car here, in Prague.
For all dreamers out there - never give up and your wishes will come true! Here is the proof. I will tell you few words about myself - I started just like you – walking through the city and taking pictures of exotic cars back in 2006 when I was 16 years old. Check out my profile with my spots on Autogespot. Even now when I'm on a different side with my own Lamborghini, I still stop in nice places to take pictures like I did back in the days. If you have any questions feel free to write them in the comments!
