That is a bit of urban legend that I had also heard , but a read from Wiki
paints a different picture . Scroll down to the ' Involvement with automobiles ' section
to save time .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferruccio_Lamborghini
I did both the lake district one's in a Marina 1300 , first gear scrabbling on some of the hairpin
bends but no real problem , just keep in lower gears and boot it .
There was a time when one of my desires was to own a property where I could use a
ride on mower .
Then I came to my senses and realised that if I could afford that sort of property I
could afford to pay some other poor *ugger to mow it . 😎