Mike-

Having read the dialogue on the "other" list, I do agree that your inquiry was pretty much disregarded and you were dumped on.

My impressions - the X50 is a great car, I should never have sold mine. I now own a 2005 996 GT3, which is too harsh for daily driving, but great on highways and other places. Having lived in La Jolla for many years in the past, I don't agree that AWD would not be of use there - especially as there are great places to travel to by car that can exploit the 997 Turbo's AWD.

What I don't quite understand from this and the 'other' list is the splitting of hairs about how powerful the car should be. At the track, a good driver (depending on the track) can always outperform someone driving a car with 100-200 more hp with less experience. Now power-to-weight ratio is a consideration, but seat time is always the most critical determinate.

The Gallardo is not a good daily driver, and IMHO, is not as reliable as past Porsches.

Just my $0.02. - Gerry