COMPARISON: Gallardo Spyder vs F430 Spider

"There are probably few things in the world more pointless than a 190-mph convertible. Even if you could find somewhere to go 190 mph, driving one with the roof down at that speed would be like sticking your head in the dyno room at General Electric while the boys are bench testing an F/A-18 jet engine. On full afterburner.
Convertibles, of course, are for being seen in, mobile fashion statements that usually do their best work nailing the primo parking spot on the forecourt of the nearest Ritz-Carlton. But mooching around Beverly Hills or South Beach strapped into a convertible with $15,364 worth of race-tuned carbon-ceramic brakes underfoot, or 513 horsepower of autobahn-hungry V-10 growling quietly at your shoulder blades, seems, ahhh, a slight waste of engineering."

The years old rivalry refreshes with the top down ;).
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adoptgreyhounds - 10/21/2006 9:02:01 PM

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Angus has become soft since he left Car, too bad.

JUGNU - 10/22/2006 6:45:48 AM

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The F430 uses a smaller engine and produces less HP than the gallardo,but then also, it's 0-62 is better at 4.1 than the 4.3 of Gallardo spyder.


JUGNU

S4cabriofox - 10/22/2006 2:35:43 PM

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That's because the Gallardo has an AWD drivetrain and weighs more.

I don't know which one I'd pick. Probably the Gallardo, because it will seem familiar with Audi switchgear on the inside and über-cool head-turning style on the outside, but the F430 seems to have more finesse...

Forget about it. I'm getting a DB9 Volante!

M53R - 10/23/2006 2:55:37 AM

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Y is the labo spelled spyder and the ferrari spelled spider? lol. Anyway , i ll pick the gallardo coz it looks better IMO.

luvmybmr - 10/23/2006 6:17:01 PM

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the ferrari looks way better then the gallardo.. but the price difference is the key factor.

i would go with the f430

M53R - 10/24/2006 12:28:24 AM

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IMO, both cars r only for show off. Who actually cares about handling when he buys 1 of those?