http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Murcielago-Boston-Red-Sox-Celebrity-Car_W0QQitemZ110129516174QQihZ001QQcategoryZ6290QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem What do you think about this one?
What's so special in this car to be selling at that price? That it was owned by a Red Sox guy? And what?????????????
As with all modified Murcis, Gallarados (and or any Lamborghini for that matter), they are really worth what the market will bear for a similar car of similar condition & mileage, MINUS whatever the cost is to return the car back to its factory-delivered disposition. Ive never quite understood the aftermarket cosmetic modification thing. I always thought it belied a slightly arrogant stance of: I know better than the factory, and have better taste than the car's designer. It also gives the impression of: I have more money than I know what to do with (even though sadly that is often not the case!). These cars are automotive works of art carefully designed and bestowed upon us by their makers (the artists). If youd purchased a Picasso and hung it up on your wall, would you say: "Honey, wait let me get my paint brush, it needs a dab of white paint right there!".??? OK OK, so I prefer un-modified cars Million dollars? Ive sold a pair of million dollar Lambos, and they are usually prototypes or factory 'specials', not standard production cars. Joe www.joesackey.com
Well look at it this way; in the art world you can have an original, or you can have a copy/lithograph/imitation/etc. With Lamborghini having produced thousands of originals, the cars, that makes what we own far less unique than real original art and it leaves some people wanting to set their piece of art apart from the others. That's why I put custom wheels on my G, I didn't want to own the same orange spyder that everyone else with an orange spyder had; now mine looks unique. Some people don't like it, but the good thing about that is I could care less. Continuing the analogy; if any high value artists achieved the level of fame they did while they were alive, I'd be willing to bet a considerable amount of money that people would pay for one-off custom pieces of art, but you can't do that with Lamborghini so you have to modify what they produce. I'd of course feel differently if I really did own a unique-from-the-factory one of ten or less Lamborghini rather than a one of thousands Gallardo but there are very few Lambo's that are unique enough to warrant that designation, all the rest I'd modify just like I did with my G.
I'm not sure about your neighborhood (your profile says you're a pimp so maybe you live downtown) but I've never been somewhere that your orange Gallardo would get lost because it was too stock. Superfly had special trim on his Cadillac if I remember correctly. LOL! Each to his own.
LOL, you are quite right about Superfly's car! I'm not going to pimp the Gallardo out Don Magic Juan-style though; no two tone.
Well, I like the Lamborghinis to be un-modified.....but with houses, I say anything goes! Joe www.joesackey.com
Just a thought on wheel/tire modifications. I never though much about modifying cars until the person that was resposinble for the suspension/tire/wheel testing on the F40 program told me that Ferrari/Pirelli went through seventy, yes 70, different tire compounds before they got it right. He went on to the say the first F40s handled like "crap" with the first batch of tires. It took a long time to get it right. He went on to say if it took Ferrari and Pirelli all that time to figure out what worked, what makes an owner, or some aftermarket wheel/tire salesman, think they can do a better job without the same amount of testing? Seemed reasonable to me. I haven't changed from an OEM wheel on any car since. Steve
My thoughts EXACTLY. With all the millions of dollars and super-experienced minds that go towrdas manufacturer's research & development for right wheel and tire combination, who are you to know better than the manufacture? I would even go as far as to suggest that there is no question that these wheel/tire mods are responsible for some accidents and can be DEADLY at speed. Mod the wheels/tires at your own risk... I too have always used the OEM wheels on every car that Ive ever owned. Joe www.joesackey.com
