Trading my Clunker for a Lamborghini - The Sequel

THE FAMILY CAR

The new Lamborghini-Estoque 4 door sedan

Would I change my mind about the Cash For Clunkers program and let my car be crushed if I could have one of these?

Well, it is TECHNICALLY a family car, right?
You know -- four doors.

You betcha.
I'D TRADE IN A HEART BEAT.
They can keep the girl.

Once in a Lifetime

Status: Really needing a camera
Song: Crush On You - Broken Sainthood

Taking a very short break from Dragons.

But not for long.

Tonight, I have to report that I actually saw.... a real live...

Well, you see...

I was driving along Patterson, heading for my next piano lesson when I saw this really cool car in the Mall parking lot. It was definitely a super car, a really gorgeous one. As I got closer I tried to determine what it was. I thought maybe it was a Jag, or a Ferrari.

As I passed by, I got a good look. "Ooo-hooooo." Boy it was pretty.

But it wasn't either a Jag or a Ferrari. It didn't have the right nose. The dropped nose was too distinct. I'd seen that line countless times in pictures and on TV.

By the time I got to the next light I knew I had to take a closer look.

I circled around and drove by, r-e-a-l slow. I hadn't ever seen a paint job that pretty, let alone a car. It wasn't very tall, and wider than I expected. The name across the back was in gold letters. There wasn't anything else to say what model I was looking at. Sleek, shiny black, and gorgeous. I wished I knew how to work that camera Cory gave me.

I parked where I could get a good look. I wasn't in any hurry. I didn't have to be to my lesson for half an hour.

A parade of cars started, guys of all ages getting a better look, guys in big trucks, in souped up cars, (there was a corvette that looked like a junker in comparison). The phones came out and pictures were taken. A car with a family stopped. Dad and kids got out and walked all the way around it, taking pictures. A guy in a jeep parked beside it. The Mall security came rushing up and made him move.

It really was a nice car.

Lambourghini Murcielago.

Sigh, drool, drive by waaaayyyyy slow.

Official Lamborghini photo.

When a car is like a fighter plane

Status: Wishing I had a couple mill.
Song: 7 Days to the Wolves - Nightwish

This is it, the
LAMBORGHINI REVENTON

*Girlie squeal*

Named after the notorious Spanish bull that killed the famed matador Félix Guzman in 1943 this limited edition made its debut at the 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show. With only 20 cars made, this super car costs a banging 1.8 million (today when I checked). While Lamborghini says the Reventón is a road vehicle with an extreme specification, for those of us who are destined to only be drooling spectators the changes are mostly visual.

According to Lamborghini, this angular design is inspired by modern aeronautics. Looking at the car dead on in the photos, the arrow head shaped nose and the massive air intakes resemble those on the F-22 Raptor fighter jet.

The whole tail with the adjustable rear spoiler, afterburner type tail lamp housings underpinned by the accentuated diffuser is reminiscent of the jet fighter.
The five-spoke black aluminum wheels are fitted with carbon fins which create a turbine effect and cool the ceramic brake discs.

Wow, the best of both worlds. A super car that's like a super fighter.

I could really go for a car like this.

O-100 km/h takes 3.4 seconds and can reach a top speed of 340 km/h (211 mph).

Yep, my kind of car.

Got $1.85 mill. laying around? If you do, check out this beauty for sale at a Lambo dealer in Houston. [site]

(All the photos from Lamborghini)