Accomplishing my Goal to buy a Lamborghini Diablo 4 Years Later

I made a goal at the end of 2013 to buy a Lamborghini Diablo in 2014. It was a huge, scary, exciting, and unbelievable goal. I was not sure I would accomplish that goal, but somehow I did.

I bought my 1999 Lamborghini Diablo in May of 2014. It actually arrived in my neighborhood in a truck on fathers day. We were at my wife's parents house when I got the call the car had arrived. Sorry folks, have to cut fathers day short! I will always remember driving up and seeing the truck with a crowd of people around it from my neighborhood. Here is a pic of my first time driving it. That was also the first time I had seen the car in person, and the first time I had ever driven a V12 Lamborghini.

I had wanted a Lamborghini since I was about 6 when my sister bought me a World's Fastest Car Book. I think I have wanted every car in that book, which was written in about 1985. I still have the book and can see the other cars I drooled over when I was a kid: Aston Martin V8, Countach, Porsche 930, Porsche 928, Ferrari Boxer, and many more. In fact it was the Countach I had always wanted, but for a number of reasons I made the Diablo my goal. For one thing you could buy a nice Diablo for around $100,000 back in 2014, and a Countach would set you back three times that.

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I found my Diablo at Cat's Exotics, a dealer in Seattle who specialized in Lambos. I had my eyes on the car for many months and loved it because it was Monterey Blue, a super rare color. I first saw the car in the beginning of 2014, but was not ready to buy it at that time. The car kept taunting me, because I knew it would be almost impossible to find that color again. The price was also decent at $135,000 for a 1999 Alpine Edition. They only made 12 Alpine editions, but they aren't that much more valuable than a regular Diablo. Then in March, I heard the car was going to auction. I knew if I bought it at the auction I would have to pay a buyer's premium and would not get to do a PPI (pre purchase inspection). I also knew there was a chance someone else would buy it. So I started negotiating with Roy Cats and we struck a deal at $125,000. We then found a few things that needed fixed in the PPI and he agreed to fix those if we raised the price to $126,000. You can see a full video of the car below.

I have had the car for 3 and half years now and it has been amazing. The car has needed some repairs like the front shocks ($8,000), and a burned out starter ($5,000). It is a joy to drive and has helped my business and blog tremendously. The car was also one of my greatest goals. By setting that goal it made me incredibly motivated every day. I would drive to work imagining I was driving that car. It was also one of the most exciting times of my life seeing that car for the first time. The cool part about owning the car is it is worth about $225,000 to $250,000 today. My family is first, but the car is a huge part of that family.

Real estate was how I was able to afford the car as well as my Lotus and a few other cars I own. You can see the full write up on the purchase of the car here:

https://investfourmore.com/2014/07/01/able-buy-lamborghini-diablo-real-estate-business/

You can see my one year follow up article here:

https://investfourmore.com/2015/06/15/what-it-is-like-owning-a-lamborghini-diablo-for-one-year/

You can see my Lotus compared to the Diablo below:

https://investfourmore.com/2017/03/13/i-bought-a-lotus-esprit-v8-thanks-to-real-estate/

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