having two lambos, I would go to Italy and ask Valentino to show me how to drive a lambo :twisted: :D
but as you said, you are scarred of flying.... mybe you just hate sitting in something, what has way more breathtaking take off :prr: :mrgreen: (don't take me seriously Mike :wink: )

wow, the reviews are great, thanx for putting them up magwheel.

I know we will all be waiting for the other ones anxiously.

I loved the Gallardo review, I felt like I was actually driving it, and I also can't wait to see the pics.

Like many said before, I want to say thanks again for putting your time into writing these reviews, we are a car fan community here who love these exoticars, and its a thrill and great pleasure to have a member like you here that can provide us with such entertainment of talking about these cars as a user and an owner of these fine exotics.

WOW, what great collection you have again... :drool:

I was also wondering if you ever had a Diablo in your collection, and if you did what you thought of it.

Thanks for your impressions/reviews dude! Much appreciated :!:

Now, I see me or Jabba should help you with the high-res but I got no PM/email from you, normal?

I got the email from Michael and have uploaded all his pictures but I think we should wait for him to post them up...however in the mean time I am sure he wont mind a quick sneak preview :

http://www.jabbasworld.net/userfiles/magwheel/118.jpg

excellent reviews of the SLR and the Gallardo. It's quite rare to get a review made by a "regular" driver and not by a journalistes. It was interesting to read your thoughts about "is it worth to replace it...", " do I need these features" , "is it worth the prize" on one side and the "just love the rear-air-brake-spoiler *dream* :D" - on the other side. :D

About the Gallardo: one feature I could listen to forever is: the engine start, this wiiiiiiiii- tone just before the engines awakes ....:drool::love: :crazyeyes: :D 8)


Thanks Michael for the review!

just read the whole topic, very very nice. congrats to your cars dude! as written before it's very nice to read a report from the drivers point of view, this is really appreciated - thx

i'm looking forward to see the pics

:drinking: Oh,Oh, Oh..... Thanks a lot. Now when I go to sleep tonight , all I'll be thinking about is a F430, Zonda, 959 and whatever!! It ain't bad enough I've become a JabbasWorld junkie, my finger tips are bleeding, my nose is running, my ass is sore and the cars are bitching me out for staying in the house and not exercising them. My girlfriend is due back home this afternoon from Las Vegas and I'm sure I'll greet her with a kiss and say HI JABBAS HONEY, HOW YA DOING! ***** Seriously, I love the F40 and would take one right now for the..... well you know! I'm superstitious so I'm not going to mention the car or else it probably won't start the next time I go to take it for a ride. The F50 is OK but it doesn't put me in heat like the F40 or Zonda does! The 959, nice, but I'll stay with the Carrera GT. Glad you all enjoyed the reviews. Michael :roll:

How much was the dealer asking for the SLR? I hope it wasn't 600k or something like that...

If you search, some are selling it for around 400k according to other owners. Perhaps even less if you take it with a few extra miles on the clock... Still, a very expensive car. 2-4 times as expensive as a Maranello, but not 2-4 times as good.

It's often the case with the supercars... something cheaper does the trick almost as well (or sometimes even better).

Eh eh, my "baby" SLR does just fine for me now :p

Even then, I think one should also ask themselves the simple question of being able to devote enough time for each car :lol:

I think having 3-4 "supercars" is already great, and if you double that, you're halving the time spent with each one of them.

I drive approximately 20,000km's a year, and if I had 4 awesome cars I'd be spending only on avera 5000km's (a hair over 3000miles) on each of them, a year....

That's just not enough, you know, to correctly keep the engine and vehicle in general happy and in form :lol: (well, you gotta give them their daily/weekly exersize, no ;) ).

As much as I'd like to dream of owning a 10 car garage, I think realistically, I'd just end up driving 2 or 3 cars regularly. That story of the Sultan's Nephews (or Brothers... forgot which), that would buy a new supercar on an almost weekly basis, trash it around and then leave it in one of their huge hangars once they got bored with it, just goes to show how quickly we lose the interest... a shame really.

Anyway, forgot to say thank you for the review of the SLR! Splendid =)

I didn't even assk what price they were willing to sell the car for but I know for sure it would be under the sticker of $467K (the $10,000 interior didn't help) because they were all over me like an old coat. Even the owner whom I've known for years came over and told me 'how nice the car would look in my garage next to the others!' Heck yeah, at that price it would look good even by itself! :lol:

Heck, at price, I'll buy two and all you guys can come over and take the second one out for a spin. You gotta supply the women though! :twisted: Paris is OK..... she's a pretty girl, dresses to kill, but there ain't no meat on her bones! Gotta have something to chew on you know! Besides, can you imagine that girl's attitude? It would cause a man to drink real quick!

he's fucking right :lol:

magwheels .. if you even have one point in not buying the slr .. then dont buy it ... its not worth it imo ... go for somehting grand .... like the koenigsegg or the LP640 ...

Or try the Veyron. Some say it's quite the car, even thought it's three times as expensive then the SLR...

Thank you for writeup :wink:

What was your privious cars if I can ask? The from the first ones if you can try to remember. Thanx. Just wanna see what chances I have to have a collection of this kind of cars in the future :)

No, not really but (MAG - Midwestern Auto Group - the Maranello) or Byers Auto Goup (the Carrera GT) both located in Columbus, Ohio, one of them offered me a trip to Germany for something, can't remember what because the thought of flying to Germany made my palms start sweating. Besides, all these cars were in stock at the various dealers. Wasn't I a lucky stiff! What's funny about my fear of flying was that my Dad used to tease the hell out of me. He said "Listen you dumb ass (affectionately), you don't make sense. You say you're afraid to fly in an airplane but you ride around everywhere on those damn motorcycles in all that traffic with those crazy drivers. Explain that to me?" You know what... Dad was hardly ever wrong! I couldn't argue with him. :lol:

Yep TT, that's normal for me, especially since I've become a 'JabbasWorld junkie' :lol: I tried again with Jabba and hopefully between his instructtions that he voluntarily offered, I may have a chance to figure it out. If not, I'm calling on you (now know as 'the Master Blaster' to help me out! 8)

If you don't mind, give me a couple days to figure that out. I'll start with my first car ever which was a 1956 Chevy 2-door 265 c.i. 2 barrel with a Hurst 3-speed shifter on the floor! Isn't it funny how I think we all remember the first car we ever owned possibly the best of all our previous cars even if the memories were good or bad? I've got a pretty neat list. Remember, I probably fit in the category of a 'spoiled brat'! I think the brat part was only for several years. But I do admit to being spoiled as hell by Mom and Dad and would do it all over again if I had the chance. Miss the heck out of them!!!!! :(

I bet you are in the better position of most of us to have any of cars you had again just for the fun of it, none of them probably will cost as SLR :D :wink:

I am very curious about the list :P

Or the Pagani Zonda F, its a mean machine and i think its worth all the money :P

Magwheel did you thought about it, i think its a great looking car and Hamster loves it :D

Thnaks for the SLR writeup 8)

remember, the CGT basically does everything the Zonda does, except look like it. id choose the CGT each time 8)

easy for you...the two car sound so sweet (didnt heard them in live), and i think they scream even more in real life.
The CGT has an amazing sound, but the Zonda is beautiful :love:

Welcome to JW, magwheel! Hats off to you sharing your collection with us! And what a collection it is... :shock: Great taste!

It was such an awesome sight, all those custom shots in one post! :D I was so baffled, I couldn't help laughing.

BTW, last fall I rode shotgun with a guy in a GT2 on a racetrack. His taste is very similar, as he also owns a Murciélago, an F430, a GT2 (well, actually two of them) and a CGT.

I think we have enough "proof" and honesty that has been displayed to accept mag as a new honourable member in good standing.

Afterall, if someone went to these lengths just to "fool" us then it wouldn't be us that are the "Internet losers". :)

So, I say lets just relax and enjoy the cars for what they are, and mag as a new JW'er.

:)

Besides 2300 views in 3 days for a post with no porn must be close to a JW record... :P ;)

Sorry the late, but finally the SLR and Gallardo pics are up on page 5 :arrow:

The Gallardo's are also in the first post!

Thanks again mag! Can't wait for the rest :good:

Review of my Pearl Green Murcielago, the 'HULKSTR'
 

OK, now it's time for the Murcielago. First let me say, back in I think July, after I got the Red F430 from Arizona and was infatuated with the car, I started thinking about buying a 6-speed coupe in a different color. I found a Burgundy 6-speed Coupe in Nevada or California on eBay and called the guy to chat. Really nice guy and he happened to mention he also had a Gallardo for sale. When asked if I was interested, I said that I had heard Lambos were not as reliable as a Ferrari. He immediately said that a Gallardo was an excellent car but the Murcie was just OK in his opinion. Probably said that cause he had the Gallardo for sale. Anyhow, I starting getting into heat for a Lambo shortly after talking to him.

At that time, my budget would only let me chase the Gallardo. So after calling all around, I found the car I wanted in Columbus, Ohio at the Nelson Auto Group (Lamborghini, Ohio). Made the deal, got the car, loved it and then started foaming at the mouth for the Murcielago. Well, my financial situation changed in early January and I had set a goal on getting the Murcie before or on my 58th birthday in February. I called the Nelson Auto Group where I bought my Gallardo, (Harvey Ford-excellent salesman and transaction) and told him I wanted a Green Murcie coupe. I like the Roadster but the top just makes the car look unfinished to me. Harvey was looking all over for my Green Murcie and meanwhile, I started searching on my own at dealers all over the U.S. Guess what I found in Dallas, Texas. Yep, my Green Murcie was there and waiting for me at Lamborghini Dallas.

I started working on a deal with Scott (their salesman-also excellent to work with) and over here in Ohio, Harvey and the gang were busting their rear to try and sell me a Yellow 06 Murcie they had in stock. Well, I wanted the Pearl Green more than the Yellow so I made a deal at a even better price than the Yellow one in Ohio. I was very, very happy. Car was delivered February 9th, one day after a new 2 car heated garage I had being built was finished. How's that for timing? The car is absolutely beautiful and that Pearl Green color is just unreal! Scott convinced me to get the E-gear because he said there's too much going on in the interior and I think he's right. The black interior with the green stitching is super fine.

One nice thing about the Lambos is the ability to push a button and the nose of the car raises about one and a half inches. Nice when you have to drive over speed bumps or mildly angled driveway entrances. Another nice feature is the electrically folding side view mirrors. Especially nice if you build a garage that's not wide enough for a Murcie and a Carrera GT in the same garage. What a dumb ass I am! The E-gear really shifts nice and smooth BUT.... you have to manually shift when going up in gears. It will downshift by itself when gradually coming to stop. A minor hassle since both my F1 Ferraris shift by themselves in their automatic mode. Full Auto-Mode is nice when you eating a burger or playing with you wife or girlfriend or both!! The dash is laid out nice and the heating system will blow you out of the car and I'm not kiddn! The radio doesn't have any preset buttons but it's east to operate. You choose the band you want, preset your channels and then just rotate the right knob left or right to find your station. I'm just use to preset buttons so it was a little confusing at first.

Rear view visibility is a little better than in the Carrera GT or Ford GT cause they suck in that category. There's plenty of decent seating room and leg room for me. Outside the lines of the car are fabulous! Just like the Gallardo, it's wild to see all those angles and edges instead of curves everywhere. The slats in the rear window are really trick looking. One bummer is that you can't manually raise the two upper engine side scoops and keep them UP all the time! They look vicious just like the mouth of JAWS when they're up but they depend on engine temperature to raise and lower. Somebody on LamboPower.com said if I raise them manually with the car running and then shut the car off, they will stay up.... ALL THE TIME - You have to take the car to a dealer to reset them to go down! Yeah, that really sounds like a great idea!

The car is wide.... kinda like the fat lady at the circus. You have to be careful with the lower rear side scoops if you go through drive-thrus so that you don't nail them on curbs. The engine.... the sound of those twelve cylinders will give you goose bumps all the time. She doesn't seem as loud as the Gallardo but very healthy, indeed! I'm not into aftermarket stuff, exhausts, wheels, wings etc., so she'll stay unadulterated till it's time to get a new one. The Murcie is sneaky fast. You'll be out on the freeway, look down at the speedo and DAMN, I'm really doing 85 or 90? You better have a Valentine One or you're going to be 'up the creek' real quick.

I'll tell you this, cruise around in a Murcie and people look at it like it's a Flying Saucer! Plus with that nice and subtle Pearl Green color, the 'HULKSTR' could get me into trouble real fast if my girlfriend keeps going out of town!! TT and Jabba are helping me with the pics so they'll be on tomorrow I hope. If you're ever in need of help here on JW, give one of them a PM, they're really two great guys.

Hey TT, did my DNA and blood tests come back yet? :lol: :mrgreen:

p.s.s. I forgot to let you know about my 58th birthday and the cake my girlfriend had made for me. It was fantastic but the funny part was the dye the baker use was so strong, after eating a bite or two, your teeth would turn green. Her sister took a bite and I told her she looked like she just gave the 'Incredible Hulk' a blowjob (I was a little drunk at the time so it seemed the right thing to say!) She and her sister both laughed their asses off! Had a great time!

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Thanks for yet another write up! The Murci is such a sexy car and so desirable! I totally agree about the air intakes, but well, I am not sure what the guy said to make them stay up all the time is correct: when I shoot this Murcielago: http://www.swisscarsightings.com/ind...urcielago.html in one of the last locations I asked the owner to open them (3rd row). He turned on the car, manually opened them and switched off the car.. they closed down LOL, so we had to keep the car running to have them open :bah:

SLR and Gallardo pics are done, just send the Murcielago ones whenever you want :)

Excellent job TT. Guys, please give kudos to TT for helping this old-man out over here trying to figure out how to get the pics on. Jabba tried but I passed out from stress of not understanding and I was afraid to ask him again! TT, you saved my ass from everyone thinking I was a dumb s_ _ t with nice cars! Michael p.s. Just posted the Murcielago review. The pics will be on their way to you in 15 minutes or so. I hope the post wasn't too long winded... if it was... please let me know. 8)

excellent write up, once again Michael!

you know, if i had such a beast... i dont doubt i'd stop for some fast food somewhere with it :lol: i'd be a tad worried about the ultra-wide body; and ride hight... right now, that is definately not a care in the world in my mind with a Jeep :lol:

again, i think the Color is AWSOME, and with green stitching! Too much :spaz:

its also good you got the better deal ;) i haven't sat in a Murci yet, but i do agree the FGT has terrible rear visibility. I guess i wouldn't have thought the V12 sounds more understated then the Gallardo's V10.

and an excellent review of the E-gear, i've always wondered how Lambos' e-gear compared; i dont think i've seen a single magazine review cover that 0X 8)

long winded?? definately not! (but breaking it up in a few paragraphs might make for an easier read) :wink:

Ditto :!:

Hey, give a novice a break, will ya? After all the blood tests and everything else for my verification, I'm a little anemic and slow witted right now! Michael p.s. I'll do my best in the future!! F430 later on tonight or probably tomorrow. :silly:

Actually no big deal! It's such a pleasure to read first hand impressions that anyway I usually read it all in a single breath :D

OK..... OK...... OK..... Check it out! See you guys 'learned' me something already. I guess you really can teach an old dog new tricks!! :prr:

Re: Review of my Pearl Green Murcielago, the 'HULKSTR'
 

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

That last part was the funniest thing I've read for a while... lol

I'd take my GT2 back right now if I had to choose between the SLR and the GT2. Loved that car! 8)

Thanks alot for the pictures mate, and the reviews are excellent. Great to read first hand owners experience with these beasts. Beautiful collection you have, and welcome to JW!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Murcielago pics added to the review post (and to the first one too)

Talking about old dogs, we are still waiting for the custom shots to certify you really own them :prr:

LMAO, blood test comes back; and the addrenaline levels could only mean two things; 1 he owns each car, or 2, he is a Cheetah :P

RC, did i tell you, or what!
http://www.motorworld.net/forum/show...37487&start=20
:-D 8) (of course, w/out magwheel... i wouldn't have anything to say :oops: )

Having a good time yet?
 

Got to tell you all something..... damn I'm really having a good time here! I'm on several other car forum sites and they're all pretty good but jeez, you guys are just like male 'Chatty Cathys'. The posts just keep coming and coming. I'm really having a riot on JW (except for the Interpol investigation). I can't believe I'm talking to guys in Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Australia, England and hey, if I left you out it wasn't intentional! Do I need a passport to continue? See, I knew I didn't have to fly in an airplane to 'see' the world. I just close my eyes and I can see all of you and your :bs: Thanks for taking me under your wings and making me a member! The MAGS :wink:

Damn, trully unbelievable stuff. Weird thing is, I might be the only one here who isn't really that envious/jealous (I'm into "Q-cars" and methinks will always be... I consider a 911 Turbo "loud" enough already).

As the other's have said, welcome to JW mate.

Oh, and if you fancy asian women, I'm your pimp :D You would definitely need to fly though. :wink:

Nice review of the Murcie and Gallardo. Looking forward to the rest.

I am sure the moment you step inside a car showroom, the salesmen put on their best impression of Pavlovian dogs salivating uncontrollably with the sound of cash registers Ka-ching-ing in the background :)

I know it is isnt my place to offer a suggestion about the SLR but I think you should keep the Maranello - it is a much better car in my humble opinion.

Ditto on the Maranello! I totally agree. It seems easier and more fun to drive. And it's amazing how many young kids (16 to early 20s) gawk at the car when I drive by. I'm not putting the SLR down in any way, I'm just saying I prefer the Maranello. True about the salesmen. They're like flies on dog poop when they see my mug! What's really strange though, and my girlfriend and I talk about this all the time, is that once the sale is over, I usually get a call a few weeks later asking how I like the car and if there is anything they can do. And then...... they disappear! I haven't heard from any salesman yet that sold me one of those cars asking me months later if everything is OK and would I like to buy something else. Although the F430 salesman in Scottdale, Arizona had a person from the dealership call and ask me if I was interested in a Super America. Beautiful car!!! When I asked how much, he said $375K. After I got up off the floor, I told him thanks for the call but a the present time, I really wasn't interested. My girlfriend says that she'd call me once a month (of course she does that now!) just to check in with me and MAKE SURE everything was OK. She said if she was my salesperson, she'd be my best friend for the rest of my life. It is very puzzling to me especially since they don't have to pay for their calls or mail. Strange!! :crazyeyes:

^^ True it is not for nothing that Evo magazine named the 550 the best car of the decade.

We all live vicariously thru you man! Keep on trucking!!

Let me honestly say something. When I bought the first car I ever owned , a 1956 Chevy 2 door, it was the most valuable thing in my life at 16. I loved and still love that car. It was the first of a long line of cars I owned but I truely remember tons of things about that car. I've been very fortunate in life being adopted by two loving parents and then having a Father who busted his ass his whole life working and creating a very successful company to make sure he, my mother and sister and myself had a wonderful life. Everybody can't be as lucky as I was but they can have a car that means everything in the world to them just like my 56 Chevy meant to me when I was young. I respect every person for who they are and not what they have. As long as they're a decent and respectable person, they're my friend and their car to me is as good as ANY one of my cars! Friends are hard to find and even harder to keep. If you have a 1961 Volkswagen, to me that car is great and i'll recall stories when I was a kid about how neat that car was. Thank you for your compliment and that's why I enjoy doing these reviews and sharing pictures of my cars with all of you. I want you as my friend as much as I NEED YOU AS MY FRIEND!!!!! :D

^^ You are indeed a decent and humble man. We can learn a lot from you... 8)

Anyway, enough of the mutual praise, why don't you start some #@$#kicking by saying that "Z06s suck" - that will bring my good friend RC45 into the discussion. He's got a finely tuned radar that homes in on Corvette insulting threads out a 1000 other threads :lol:

Out of all the cars have you found one thats worse on fuel that the others?

Heck, I almost had to dial 911 when I got this post from RC. He really tore me a new a-hole the first time I chimed in to JW forum. But as you can see, he can be a good kid! Maybe his shoes are just too tight somedays and he takes it out on us! The Z06... I want one pretty bad but I can't because they don't come with an automatic and I would love to get it for my girlfriend to cruise around in but she can't drive stick. Hell, she can't even spell stick! Remember...... she's a Blonde. Unless the guys on CorvetteForum.com are humongus bullshitters, they're talking about low 11s in the quarter mile. That's some serious E.T. for a street legal machine! I've had several Corvettes in my life and they are excellent sports cars for the money. The second car I ever owned was a brand new 1966, 427 c.i., 425 h.p. 4-speed Corvette convertible. I don't need to tell you what they're worth today. Remember what I said about other people's cars. As long as their good people, their cars are great and you should tell them so. Jagging back and forth is fun though!! :lol:

Uhhhhh, I'm almost embarassed to answer this question. I really don't keep tabs on gas mileage. When she gets low, I just fill them up. Yeah... yeah.... yeah.... I know!!! :slap:

I can't say I blame you. From my perspective, one only really needs to worry about the gas mileage if you're tight on cash and need a car that's economical to drive. I realize that sounds like a rather asshole-ic thing to say but I am currently in such a position, so it pays for me to keep tabs and baby the car. On the other hand, if you've got cars that you drive purely for the enjoyment of driving, as you obviously do mag, then the pleasure of driving is payment enough for the amount of fuel consumed. I've been driving an RX8 for the last year and while it's no supercar, it's got a brilliantly balanced chassis and is extremely chuckable, unlike most other cars I've driven so far. I drove it like it was meant to be driven and put nearly 21k on it while getting regular mileage of around 17mpg...no comparison for your beasts I'm sure, but not so great for an RX8 which when babied can return mid-twenties.

At any rate, I suppose the point I'm trying to make is that if you're having fun driving then I figure that the money you spend on gas is money you're spending on entertainment, money that would be spent on other forms of entertainment anyway. Again, thanks for sharing your enthusiasm and cars with us, you've got a fab collection to which I hope to aspire one day :-)

The thing is that Jay Leno isn't here :D .

Thanks for the write ups they were a pleasure to read. Looking foward to more of them. And a big WELCOME to JW.

I dont care about mpg when Im flogging my V8 around either...

It was just a pure curiosity question...