Ferrari Mailing List: Blast from the past | RE: Need some advice on cars...

[Dennis Liu (bigheaddennis]

First off, thanks to all who responded.  Good points, all, and good food for
thought; thanks!  My preference is indeed for a 6-spd 430 at this point, but
just got offered a six-speed 06 Gallardo for short, short money.  And I'm
talking with an Flister who may be selling something that I'd love, but this
lister is unsure whether to part with it or not.  We'll see.  :-)

Anyway, the point of this post is that I recently cleaned out my closet, and
came across this.  Brand new, unworn, and must surely be worth $$$$$ as a
collector's item!

http://s152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/BigHeadDennis/?action=view&current=I
MG_0176.jpg

Vty,

--Dennis


-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Liu [mailto:BigHeadDennis [at] gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 11:03 PM
To: Ferrari List (Ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com)
Subject: Need some advice on cars...

Howdy, folks.  In need of some input.  

Time for a new toy, and I've narrowed it down to a few options.  For roughly
the same money, I can have...

1.  An earlier Gallardo (2004/2005), and a modified 996 twin turbo with
sick, sick horsepower (though I'd have to trade/sell the yellow 911, which
I'd hate to do, but can't rationalize having 2 911s).

2.  a 430 coupe with a manual 6-speed transmission, and keep the yellow 911.

3.  Sell the yellow 911, and buy . . . A Gallardo.  Turbo.  With sick, sick
horsepower.

Thoughts?  I seriously love TLJ's 996; it's been the most reliable vehicle
in my garage over the last few years, and only has 60k miles on it, and I
can take the girls out for rides in it, so I'm loathe to get rid of it.
OTOH, I'm now seriously, seriously in lust with a 996tt I found with 1k
horsepower (on race gas).  I can't possibly justify having two 911s in the
garage.

So do I get the 996tt and add a Gallardo, just to keep it interesting?  Or
do I keep TLJ's 996 and get a manual 430 instead?

The wild card is the TT Gallardo....

Thx,

--Dennis