I Sold Everything To Buy A Lamborghini And Drive Across The Country
Richard Jordan had everything he was told to want: cars, a new house, and a fiancee. Then his fiancee left him. So he sold everything, bought a Lamborghini Gallardo and set out across America. This is his amazing story.It's an unconventional story, to be sure - most people wouldn't choose an exotic Italian sports car to drive more than the loop around town, but this guy bought one and drove it across the country multiple times. Reading through the comments, it's interesting to see that they fall generally in one of two categories: People are either congratulating Jordan for living life to the fullest or pointing out (rightfully) that he's going to be paying for his journey for the rest of his life. He's got a drawer full of speeding tickets and a blown engine in a $180K car; on the other hand, he's probably the only person in the world who can say they put over 90K on a Lamborghini Gallardo.This is a love story, but not a conventional one. Sure, there's a woman. There always is. But it's when the woman split that the real romance began. This is the story of Richard Jordan, a man who lost love and then found it again in an exotic Italian sports car and the open American road. Jordan's journey would take him across the country and back again multiple times as he racked up nearly 100,000 miles on a car so expensive, most owners rarely drive at all.
Personally, I would have gone with a fully restored 1959 Cadillac El Dorado convertible for legroom alone, but I still think this is a darn neat story...
That is all.
Thanks to PISSED for sending this along - for once, a story that didn't make me reach for the Rolaids!
5 comments:
... or Roy Rogers 1964 rag top Lincoln. The one with suicide doors.
But it already has Roy's 100,000 miles on it. He seems to have liked it.
It's for sale in the auction with his guns.
There is nothing as beautiful as seeing the countryside while pushing your italian iron to the next service station :-)
There are good reasons why more owners don’t use their Lambo’s for cross country driving.
The luggage “compartment” was designed based on the theory that your golf clubs were already at the Club and you had several sets of clothes at your mistresses apartment, so all you really needed space for was your briefcase full of Euros. And so it is sized for that. ( plus it’s right next to the radiator so everything in there gets hot anyway)
A set of tires is good for 10,000 miles or less and runs $ 1,200.
On a good day you get 8 MPG ( Premium only PLEASE).
The regular 3,000 mile service is $1,500 (Plus parts and anything else they find to fix or replace)
You may have been going the speed limit and not misbehaving…but you’ll still get a ticket.
A 2 hour drive is great fun …. But an 8 hour drive requires a chiropractic adjustment.
OTOH He did the right thing.
I'm confused why he sold his business to buy a house in an area he hates. How was he planning to pay for it without his income before the girl even left?
"While en route to the wedding he was stopped for speeding but ran afoul of the Indiana State Police and suddenly found himself staring down the highway at a roadblock.
Because his car's registration was one-day expired the troops were able to search the car and found a handgun.
"I don't travel without guns, I've been in too many situations so I always carry one or two guns with me," Richard says. "A car like that is an assault on the senses, and you could be in a decent area and just be barraged by people and you never knew who you're dealing with."
Smart move to have a gun with you in a Car like that. Too bad so many places have dumb gun laws. IIRC in Indy you can only have a gun with you if you are going from a gun shop to home, or from home to a gunsmith/shop, or two a shooting club without an Indy carry permit (which is for life, so they're not THAT bad)
Another reason to have nation-wide vermont carry.
BTW one must think of the long-haul truckers, staying in seedy rest-stops in various places around the country. For them to legally have a personal arm with them, they need to #1. Break the law, or #2. Avoid HUGE parts of the country and pay a fortune in carry permits and various training classes. Or #3. Pray a LOT.
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