Lamborghini Test Drive
Over the years for my birthdays my wife has given me testosterone oriented things to do rather than life-cluttering stuff. These have included a hot-air balloon ride, an hour in a flight simulator, a CN Edge Walk, indoor sky-diving, and, until now, the creme-de-la-creme, driving 30 laps in a Formula III race. The latter was chosen by her when she noted that I had been driving my Toyota MR2 for 28 years. This time, on the occasion of my 80th birthday, she went for the gold and gave me a half-hour test drive in a Lamborghini Gallardo. OMG!! It was loud! The acceleration was ferocious, over 500 horsepower snapping my neck. The computer controlled automatic transmission was aggressive, up and down through a fairly high rpm range. It was disconcerting to be coming up to a stop and have it pop the rpms high when it down-shifted. Floor the accelerator and it roared. The drive lasted half an hour and was utterly exhilarating.
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