This is pretty cool. Back in 94 I worked at Meade Lexus. One of the mechanics, or techs as they called them, was one of 6 liscenced technicians that could work on Lamborghinis. Anyone who knows me has heard my story about getting to drive one of them around the building and back into the garage. For those that haven’t, here’s a recap:

People around the area would bring their Lambo’s to Lexus for service. There were actually more of these cars around than you would think. Not a lot, but more then I thought I would see. Anyway, in 95, PPG had a Lamborghini Diablo VT that they were using as a pace car for the Detroit Grand Prix. Two nights before the car had to be down in Detroit, PPG flat bedded it to Lexus. My guess is they bought it from there seeing as how it was also one of the only dealers around. The first night the General Manager took the car home. He lived on a dirt road, and actually trashed the car pretty good. When he brought it back the next day, we had to clean and detail it. This was a big deal to me. First, they NEVER let you touch a customers Lambo. Only the one tech could do that. Second, this is the ultimate car. I mean, at the time, there was nothing higher. From the top down, it goes Lamborghini Diablo, then everything else. So we get to detail the car, inside and out. Then I ask if I can be the one that pulls the car around the building. My boss, who told me he hated those cars, told me he didn’t care. But the guy I worked with said he was doing it because he had seniority over me. Just as he was getting in the car however, he was paged that he had a phone call. It was great. I told him that was Jesus telling him he wanted me to drive the car, and for him to go get his phone call. So I hopped in and pulled the car around the building. When I pulled it around all the guys in the shop had stopped what they were doing to see if the 18 year old porter was going to crash the $300,000.00 car. I didn’t, pulled it into the garage, and finished the detailing job just before some photographers showed up to take some pictures.

This leads me to today. Ken and I are talking about cars this morning, and we stumbled upon this story. Just for shits and giggles, I looked up PPG Lamborghini on google. Wouldn’t you know, there is a picture of the car I drove! How crazy is that? Here it is:
1995 Lamborghini Diablo VT

I love it that I found the actual car I drove. The internet is fun.