GALLARDO BETTER THAN 360/430!

Don't have a 45 but my 12 gauge was ready for some action.

 

Funny that you had mentioned that as I had a Murci roadster and the steering sluggish because of the all wheel drive, hence the Balboni Gallardo and rear wheel Murci or LP 640. The Lambos are fantastic cars but like you said, my 360 that I went back to because I could not justify the extra 20-25k for a 430 when the 360 is a great weekend car or daily driver. I'm in the hunt for the 458 when the prices fall and they will.

Our cars are born of a race pedigree, period! That is what makes them unique and very good cars echelons above the rest.

 

+1

The engineering good that transfers from the Ferrari racing programs to its street cars can not be overstated.

Mike

 

I kind of agree except about the built quality part. IMO, Lambo has better build quality and engineering. This is why a 30k mi Gallardo holds up like new.

F360/430 does feel more agile with greater feedback. That is one thing the AWD has taken away from the Gallardo.

I have yet to drive the Balboni. IMO, that is the best of both worlds.

 

I personally have always been a Lambo guy. I would never spend the money on a 430, I'd way rather have the gallardo over a 360/430. Funny, I have a 430 in the garage and a 458 on the way. Don't own a Lambo. Test drove the LP560-4 and a 458, and imo there was NO CONTEST. There might be with Superleggera but that's still a gallardo just on a diet with a few more horses. Maybe with lp640 but that's 12 cylinders and how much more $$? Ferrari has turned me into a believer!!

 

Good luck with your new ride and thanks for the post! I'm a ferrari guy, but the Lambo's are quite nice- every car has it's own personality and I'd imagine the 4-wheel drive gives better traction in certain instances at the expense of the "lightness" of both the car and the drivetrain for feedback. Since my 360 is fast enough for me, while I appreciate the additional acceleration of the lambo or 430/458, it's kind of diminishing returns to me.

With just the rear wheel drive, my 360 looses traction in 1st, 2nd gear if I punch it (and that is with summer RE-11 tires)- I could see how that all wheel drive gets you going RIGHT NOW when you lay on the throttle!!

I'm not one of these lambo sucks ferrari rules guys...if I had enough money and space I'd have a lambo (after acquiring about 2 more ferrari's however )

 

I couldn't decide... so I bought one of each.

'07 F430 and an '06 Gallardo Spider

They're both amazing cars.

The Ferrari is, by far, the better track car. I've tracked both and there's just no comparison.
The Lambo is gets WAY more attention. Of course it helps that I put an aftermarket exhaust on the Lambo which has no mufflers. You know the valves open sound of the stock Gallardo... imagine that all the time, but tuned to perfection. It's just sick.

I love having both, but living here in Cali and the Lambo being a Spider, I put more miles on the Gallardo than the F430.

I like both cars much better than my 360...

 

Before I bought my 430, I was also a Lambo believer, and have always believed that Lambos were above all other marques. When the time came for me to burn a hole in my bank account, I test drove the Gallardo but realised that I always felt tired after a drive. My whole body ached. It's loud and fast, no doubt. It turned heads, no doubt. But it was absolutely tiring to drive.

The 430 on the other hand, made me giggle like a little girl (and NO, I'm straight as an arrow). I felt refreshed, raving for more. It felt agile, light and sexy (and NO again, I'm straight as an arrow). There was so much more in a 430 for me that the Lambo. The Gallardo felt like an Audi (hey waitaminute....), it drove like an Audi (waitaminute!) and that's not good enough for me. Maybe the Murcie would have been different. There's no question that the Gallardo has more horses and torque than the 430. It pulls harder off the line, it sounds angrier but to me it was just too tiring an experience.

And for the record, I do mean staight arrows...

 

Sweet ride. Both Lambo and Ferrari make great cars. Correct me if I am wrong, the 2007 gallardo spyder has 520hp not 500hp.

 

Yes, in 2006 they made some changes that go an extra 20hp.

 

It is a completely different car and amazing in its own right. I have driven several. Steering is much much heavier than 360/430 due to the AWD (not unlike my R8). Grip is much better and not as jitterish overall. Looks are current and futuristic rather than classic and sexy. Different enough to warrent having both in your stable.

 

I sat in a Yellow Gallardo last winter and the interior felt cheaper than a Vette. It really surprised me.

 

Gallardo interior is a bit cramped for me.

 

Being 6'2" a Gallardo was out of the question for me. Superleggera with the carbon bucket seats was almost doable but no headroom left over... I fit just fine in the F430 with standard and the 458 with racing seats. Both Ferrari and Lambo are fun and exciting Italian cars and owning either or both is a real treat.

 

I'll second the room issue in the Gallardo. I am 6'4" and 220 lbs and I cannot fit in the G car (MY 2006). End of that story. In a Murci (MY 2004), my head was cocked at a 45 degree angle due to the headliner shroud around the door. F360 and later models pose no issue for me.

 

Interesting I have yet to drive or sit in a lambo so I do not know. I am 5'10 and fluffy lol 260 wonder if my fatness can fit in a gallardo.

 

It's not really a car for big or tall people. I'm 5' 8" and I have the seat as far back as it'll go without rubbing on the back. The coupes have more room as the spider's top storage and mechanism take up a lot of space in a car that doesn't have much room to spare.

It's also damned near to sitting on the ground. When I give my 82yo dad a ride, I have to pull him out of the car as he can't get out.

The Ferrari, in stark contrast, is spacious by comparison with a lot of room to spare.

To the person who said the interior was cheap... not sure what you were looking at. The interior on my '06 G is all Carbon Fiber and black leather. The fit and finish is amazing and once you get over the fact that you're looking at Audi electronics, it's a wonderful place to be.

Here are a couple of pix of my car including an interior shot I took a while ago and a "model" shot Kirby took of my car for Forgestar wheels.

Beautiful car... IMHO.
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I'd agree that Gallardo interior has far better quality than Ferrari. Ferrari 360/430 interior may look nice with lots of detail. However, after a few year, the interior buttons turn gummy and peel. You won't find that in the Gallardo.

 

LOL, I have said this about 1000 times, turn the G into RWD other than that it is a pickup truck, and for some reason only the coupes feel like sports cars, or it just could be the way they feel to me.

 

well said

 

the only thing i dont like about the Gallardo is that the dash is so BIG

 

You're right, the dash is huge. The windscreen is raked way back which means a lot of dashboard. Cleaning the window requires tools as there's no way to reach the whole thing with your hands.

I have heard of others who'd disconnected the front-wheel drive on their Gallardo's to lose weight and to re-gain the rear-wheel drive feel. I thought about it and decided to keep this part of the car stock.

I've tracked the car on Laguna Seca and while it's not nearly as good as the Ferrari, it was no slouch. The car didn't feel heavy at speed at all. Steering was fine and there was no back-end out feeling... which is kind-of nice when you're powering through a corner. But again, teh F430 is a much better track car.

A couple of other things that makes the Gallardo a better daily driver:

- Front-end lift system (finally available as an option on the 458)
- Electrically operated folding mirrors
- Heated seats (nice with a spider when you want to extend the top-down season)
- Killer stereo (the type of sound system you'd want in your Ferrari)

Oh... the Gallardo attracts WAY more attention from women than the Ferrari does

 

Ferraris for g-forces and Lambos for messing with g-strings.