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This might be the best job in the world, but it does come with a fair degree of risk. There is a certain mind set that you have to be in before you can drive a supercar, regardless of what you’ve read, you can’t just get in one and drive away.

You have to set your senses to overboost, you are going to drive a car that can out accelerate pretty much anything else on the road and if you’re going to drive it that way, you better be prepared for the sheer ferocity.

We woke up around 7am, packed our bags into the Hotel manager’s car, which hadn’t been washed since 1987, and drove down the road to Lamborghini headquarters, literally 500m away.

It’s hard to explain the feeling of entering a place where dreams come true, it really does give you goosebumps. The gigantic Lamborghini sign sat above the gates that opened the path to our cars. If I was to imagine my entrance into heaven, this would be it.

I could see them as we entered, an Arancio Borealis (orange to you) Gallardo Superleggera and a Grigio Thalasso (metallic grey) Gallardo Spyder, sitting there, waiting for pilots.

We went inside to introduce ourselves, I am not sure what Lamborghini was expecting, perhaps a Steve Irwin look alike or Crocodile Dundee, but here we were, from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and even all the way from Perth, Australia had arrived at Lamborghini.

The forms were signed and kangaroo toys were swapped for car keys. As we made our way over to the two cars, there was already a problem. Anthony had made himself comfortable in the Superleggera! He didn’t care that Paul and I were going to do the video and reviews, he didn’t care that he’d spent the last 24hrs in a Veyron – The Superleggera had already corrupted his soul.

Thankfully his quest to speak even more butchered Italian led him out of the car and Paul climbed aboard.

A Lamborghini test driver came out and went over the ins and outs of the cars and there was not a doubt in his mind, that Lamborghini is number 1, and we couldn’t disagree.

I had spent weeks deciding which car I’d rather drive first, the Superleggera or the Spyder, I love them both, but the thought of driving through Italy, topless, was too good to refuse. The Spyder it was.

We drove the cars out as slowly and carefully as possible as numerous times, we saw Lamborghini boss Stephan Winkelmann walking past. The 5km/h drive out of Lamborghini headquarters, beneath the eyes of every single Lamborghini staff, can easily be filed under unforgettable memories.

At last, we pulled out of Lamborghini headquarters and headed into town. I didn’t care that it was 10 degrees and overcast, I looked over to Karl and before I even opened my mouth, he said “do it” and the roof opened up for a glorious view of the heavens.

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