If you think I could let this one go, you have another think... And it is coming as fast as this thing was going.
For the second "video in a blog" post I HAVE to put this one up. The only connection to real estate is that I found it posted on Jay Thompson's (The Phoenix Real Estate Guy) blog. If you are looking for real estate in Phoenix, give Jay a shout... or give me a shout and I'll send a referral. Jay is a fellow Active Rainer, as well as a good guy. I know he's going to find this, because I'm on his subscribed list...
So, without further ado, here is the video...
Now that you have seen a Lambo MP640 Murcielago going 219 mph on the streets of Phoenix, AZ, you can see that the video isn't that exciting. But, it is well put together.
Let me make several VERY strong statements.
- This is not responsible behavior. It would not have taken much for this Michael Schumacher wannabe to have wiped out himself and several other people. It would not have been pretty.
- There is NO time of the day or night that the roads around Atlanta are that empty. Especially in Gwinnett County.
- There ARE places where this feat could be replicated during daylight hours with the police looking on and cheering.
Is the Silver State Challenge still going on? There used to be an event on public (but CLOSED!!!) roads in Nevada where regular people could run as fast as they dared over a course that had some seriously long and straight sections.
In summation, I think it is great that this guy took his quarter of a million dollars and is playing with it like it should be... but I'm not nuts about it being done on roads that other people (the ones that didn't sign the waiver) are driving on.
If you are one of this guy's car buddies... and you are in the Atlanta area, give me a call. I can find a house where you can hide this car until it is painted...
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I agree, I like Lambo's , but I wouldn't spend my money on one. Maybe if I was 30, and single. They do get noticed. We have a few around driving around Franklin. Some guy in an easter egg orange Gallardo actually put a scratch on my wifes black G#5 with the door of his car at the Golf Shop. Neither he, not I noticed it at the time, but it was because he was having such a hard time getting in the car. He was not athletic enough to enter the car gracefully.
Wow. I was sweating while watching it...imagine being in the passenger seat! Cool car....dumb driver. Not the right place to do that. I prefer Ferrari, but when I went to the Detroit Auto show several years ago, the Lambo guys let me come in their space and take pictures without even asking. The Ferrari guys wouldn't even make eye contact.
Eric - I have a whole different set of bad habits now... and they actually involve going painfully slow... but not on Atlanta's highways. That would not be good.
I like the technology though.
I caught that video on another forum...completely insane.
The Silver State Classic is still going strong. I have friends who own a speed shop in New Jersey and this year they entered their 1999 Corvette Convertible with a supercharged 427 that makes approximately 1,100 HP. The car is set up for drag racing so they only hit around 175 in it (front end got light at that speed), but next year they are bringing a dedicated road course Corvette that should be able to hit the magic 200 easily.