Originally Posted by
Marco
In 1976, living on an anonymous Lichfield housing estate, my suburban boredom was improved somewhat by the building of a new private road opposite our house for three 'executive' houses with posh double garages. The houses subsequently sold, and the last house was bought by a Hong Kong property developer - who had a new Lamborghini Urraco P300.
Like all ten year old boys, and possibly a lot of much older males, I wanted to get a better look at this silver beauty so would sneak along the road to get a better look after he'd driven home. Imagine my utter surprise, and delight, when on one occasion he opened the garage to reveal a Lamborghini Miura inside.
Property development must have been good, because after a year he put a 'cherished' plate - 69 RH on the Urraco. But then it must have got even better, because the Urraco was replaced by a Lamborghini Countach with the 'cherished' plate, and a distinctive 'howl' (there's no other way to describe it). The car's 'howl' was so loud, and distinctive, that it could be heard inside, with all windows and doors shut, over the sound of the TV a full two minutes before the car came into view.
In terms of driving, I have no complaints about Mr H (I do know his name). He caught me once when I was on the bike and waited patiently behind until it was both wide enough and he knew that I'd seen him, before accelerating past using all 12 cylinders at an outrageous speed.
I think, Graham, you would probably call this 'If you've got it, flaunt it'
And for those who are wondering, nice as the Countach sounded, the Miura was the better sounding car
