I Sold Everything To Buy A Lamborghini And Drive Across The Country

Rahulkool · 14th June 2010, 11:47

Interesting read.

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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. 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.

Here is the link
I Sold Everything To Buy A Lamborghini And Drive Across The Country

ph03n!x · 14th June 2010, 12:02

Oh ho ho!! How I wish I can get a GT and do something like this lucky ____!

howler · 14th June 2010, 12:18

hahaha! im getting ideas now! id have gone for a 'vette and id still have been motoring, are lambos this delicate?

srishiva · 14th June 2010, 12:37

Man, I thought you sold everything and got a Lambo. Wanted to see how you could go through our roads without getting stuck somewhere.

YC.BALENO.CHD · 14th June 2010, 14:06

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Originally Posted by ph03n!x

Oh ho ho!! How I wish I can get a GT and do something like this lucky ____!

No matter how big an auto enthusiast I am, I'll prefer the woman I love than even a Lambo. Heck, we both can drive around in a sports/supercar then. That will be fine.

Hope this guy gets to meet someone again on his cross-country trip.

Regards.

Thad E Ginathom · 14th June 2010, 15:31

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Originally Posted by srishiva

Man, I thought you sold everything and got a Lambo.

Me too. Was going to suggest that you could have kept everything and done it in a Maruti 800!

Even if I sold everything I still wouldn't be able to by a Lamborghini.

I wouldn't want to either.

A Maserati, on the other hand....

FlyingSpur · 14th June 2010, 16:54

Sounds like a Team-BHP fairytale! Now what would the resale be on a Lambo that's done 100,000 km + ?

aargee · 14th June 2010, 17:22

He sold everything to buy a Gallardo, how did he manage to fuel for 91K miles? Does he still make money or trying to spend the house sale money?

McLaren Rulez · 14th June 2010, 17:31

That sounds like an incredible life story. What a free spirited man! Respect!!

bivin · 14th June 2010, 21:19

OH BOY!! what a story!! simply amazing!! thats the kinda stuff i could only dream of!! some of you guys say he was better off with the girl than the car. but dont you get it, the journey would never have been the same that way!! sounds like a script taken right outta hollywood.. better still, looks like an amazing script for a movie.. i have to say, im really moved by reading that story.
like flyinspur said, this has to be the ultimate TBHP dream according to me!!
Cheers!!

jigbarai · 14th June 2010, 22:21

I guess it has got more to do with the way they are wired.
More of LIVING IN THE MOMENT, FOLLOWING THE DREAM mode.

Dont think an Indian would ever take such a financial decision to follow such a dream.

stanjohn123 · 14th June 2010, 23:33

Woww,This guys my idol now !!! Time and money spent on the most faithful thing on earth. Can only dream about it.

//M · 14th June 2010, 23:43

Amazing story. The man deserves respect. Such an incredibly passionate person.

harry10 · 15th June 2010, 00:25

RESPECT!
You have to be incredibaly insane or incredibaly gutsy to do something like this. Most of us would like to do this but none of us can and this makes this guy very very special.
Awesome!

YC.BALENO.CHD · 15th June 2010, 16:14

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Originally Posted by bivin

the ultimate TBHP dream according to me!!
Cheers!!

If its a dream we are talking about, I'll like to have similar one and fulfill one but I won't want my girl to dump me. That would be ultimate for me. Both the girl and that wonderful trip in a great car. I'll have the DBS though.

But yeah, that guy sure as hell deserves loads of respect.

regards

14th June 2010, 12:02	#2
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14th June 2010, 12:18	#3
howler BHPian Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: coorg/bangalore Posts: 447 Thanked: 570 Times	hahaha! im getting ideas now! id have gone for a 'vette and id still have been motoring, are lambos this delicate?
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14th June 2010, 12:37	#4
srishiva Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 4,375 Thanked: 2,256 Times	Man, I thought you sold everything and got a Lambo. Wanted to see how you could go through our roads without getting stuck somewhere.
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14th June 2010, 16:54	#7
FlyingSpur Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 3,934 Thanked: 1,422 Times View My Garage	Sounds like a Team-BHP fairytale! Now what would the resale be on a Lambo that's done 100,000 km + ?
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14th June 2010, 17:22	#8
aargee Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: TSTN Posts: 6,233 Thanked: 9,616 Times	He sold everything to buy a Gallardo, how did he manage to fuel for 91K miles? Does he still make money or trying to spend the house sale money?
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McLaren Rulez Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Mysore Posts: 3,387 Thanked: 5,096 Times	That sounds like an incredible life story. What a free spirited man! Respect!!
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14th June 2010, 21:19	#10
bivin BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: India Posts: 982 Thanked: 230 Times	OH BOY!! what a story!! simply amazing!! thats the kinda stuff i could only dream of!! some of you guys say he was better off with the girl than the car. but dont you get it, the journey would never have been the same that way!! sounds like a script taken right outta hollywood.. better still, looks like an amazing script for a movie.. i have to say, im really moved by reading that story. like flyinspur said, this has to be the ultimate TBHP dream according to me!! Cheers!!
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14th June 2010, 22:21	#11
jigbarai BHPian Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Mumbai Posts: 554 Thanked: 29 Times	I guess it has got more to do with the way they are wired. More of LIVING IN THE MOMENT, FOLLOWING THE DREAM mode. Dont think an Indian would ever take such a financial decision to follow such a dream.
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14th June 2010, 23:33	#12
stanjohn123 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: TN 75 Posts: 1,345 Thanked: 1,798 Times View My Garage	Woww,This guys my idol now !!! Time and money spent on the most faithful thing on earth. Can only dream about it.
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//M Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: New Delhi Posts: 6,194 Thanked: 22,902 Times	Amazing story. The man deserves respect. Such an incredibly passionate person.
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15th June 2010, 00:25	#14
harry10 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Faridabad/Delhi Posts: 2,712 Thanked: 3,622 Times View My Garage	RESPECT! You have to be incredibaly insane or incredibaly gutsy to do something like this. Most of us would like to do this but none of us can and this makes this guy very very special. Awesome!
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