Gallardo Impressions
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Drove a 2006 Gallardo Spyder today, after having owned a 997 Turbo Cab I was truly not impressed.
Firstly this car was an E Gear. From the moment it started it had a long whine from the start motor. Whilst taking a corner the rear sounded terrible, like the diff was making a mad sound. I was told by the seller these are all common traits for the Gallardo!!!
The car also did not feel planted for some reason. I dont seem to believe this, the Porsche do seem a better build of a car.
Really much prefer the 997 Turbo.
Firstly this car was an E Gear. From the moment it started it had a long whine from the start motor. Whilst taking a corner the rear sounded terrible, like the diff was making a mad sound. I was told by the seller these are all common traits for the Gallardo!!!
The car also did not feel planted for some reason. I dont seem to believe this, the Porsche do seem a better build of a car.
Really much prefer the 997 Turbo.
70proof said:
when you open the door, there is a whine as the gear actuators fill their hydraulics... when driving you should only hear the glorious sound of the engine..... only time you hear the diff knocking is the front diff on full lock at snails pace..... you drove a dog of a car.....
Your probably right!!pistonuser said:
Whilst taking a corner the rear sounded terrible, like the diff was making a mad sound. I was told by the seller these are all common traits for the Gallardo!!!
Could be this - simply solved with additive:http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=779...
pistonuser said:
Drove a 2006 Gallardo Spyder today, after having owned a 997 Turbo Cab I was truly not impressed.
Firstly this car was an E Gear. From the moment it started it had a long whine from the start motor. Whilst taking a corner the rear sounded terrible, like the diff was making a mad sound. I was told by the seller these are all common traits for the Gallardo!!!
The car also did not feel planted for some reason. I dont seem to believe this, the Porsche do seem a better build of a car.
Really much prefer the 997 Turbo.
what colour was the gallardo ?Firstly this car was an E Gear. From the moment it started it had a long whine from the start motor. Whilst taking a corner the rear sounded terrible, like the diff was making a mad sound. I was told by the seller these are all common traits for the Gallardo!!!
The car also did not feel planted for some reason. I dont seem to believe this, the Porsche do seem a better build of a car.
Really much prefer the 997 Turbo.
ZeusF said:
If your ever in the midlands ill take you out in mine, would blow your socks off at how planted and grippy it is.
I'll take up up on that, I keep thinking about one , then that gear box puts me right offwith cars like the AMG GT for £100k is hard to part with £100k for a lambo with egear and 10 year old design.
the F430 has also put me off
I cannot help but keep coming back to owning the R8 V10 plus, badge aside the R8 does seem a far better car for less money now days.
£85k for a one year old £135k car with 550 BHp and DSG. what's not to like ...
mrdemon said:
ZeusF said:
If your ever in the midlands ill take you out in mine, would blow your socks off at how planted and grippy it is.
I'll take up up on that, I keep thinking about one , then that gear box puts me right offwith cars like the AMG GT for £100k is hard to part with £100k for a lambo with egear and 10 year old design.
the F430 has also put me off
I cannot help but keep coming back to owning the R8 V10 plus, badge aside the R8 does seem a far better car for less money now days.
£85k for a one year old £135k car with 550 BHp and DSG. what's not to like ...
ZeusF said:
mrdemon said:
ZeusF said:
If your ever in the midlands ill take you out in mine, would blow your socks off at how planted and grippy it is.
I'll take up up on that, I keep thinking about one , then that gear box puts me right offwith cars like the AMG GT for £100k is hard to part with £100k for a lambo with egear and 10 year old design.
the F430 has also put me off
I cannot help but keep coming back to owning the R8 V10 plus, badge aside the R8 does seem a far better car for less money now days.
£85k for a one year old £135k car with 550 BHp and DSG. what's not to like ...
OP -- Keep in mind, you can also get a TCU (gearbox) remap for about ~£1k, if you want faster or smoother changes.
mrdemon said:
ZeusF said:
If your ever in the midlands ill take you out in mine, would blow your socks off at how planted and grippy it is.
I'll take up up on that, I keep thinking about one , then that gear box puts me right offwith cars like the AMG GT for £100k is hard to part with £100k for a lambo with egear and 10 year old design.
the F430 has also put me off
I cannot help but keep coming back to owning the R8 V10 plus, badge aside the R8 does seem a far better car for less money now days.
£85k for a one year old £135k car with 550 BHp and DSG. what's not to like ...
But think about what you've just stated, the car has lost 40k in a little over a year. Thats great now but indicates a less than stellar residual performance so far and likely in the next couple of years IMHO. The car is wonderful but its also got a prosaic badge shared with a super-mini and its just ever so slightly , well, sensible.
But then I thought about what it was that so appealed to me most about the R8 V10 was its magical N/A V10. wonderful chassis, reliable high quality engineering etc etc but I'd never choose the V8 tbh. Not when the V10 exists.
So if I really wanted the Lambo V10 , that basic chassis and I was slightly underwhelmed by its noise and sense of occasion (And potential depreciation) then the Gallardo was the obvious choice. But as well as the badge, the noise the rather more spectacular shape, late Gallardos are available as 550hp 2WD cars with an R8 like open gate manual.
And they're cheaper in that, IMHO, superior spec.
lamboman100 said:
I like the punchiness of the E-Gear. Gives a good "shove".
Me too. I'm not sure why everyone thinks a supercar should change gear like a golf?I genuinely wanted a manual g however at 6ft5 it was just impossible for me to drive one so I ended up with egear(I have the foot rest removed in my car to give me sufficient leg room). I've ended up really liking the egear, it still requires you to use a little thought when changing gear and has a character of its own.
The dsg in the huracan is a disappointment to me, it's not very involving and just makes the car less of a supercar and more of an everyday proposition. I'm sure it's great for the Knightsbridge show offs crawling in traffic or for extracting faster times on track or at the lights but none of those activities hold much interest for me.
threesixty said:
Me too. I'm not sure why everyone thinks a supercar should change gear like a golf?
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Firstly, the market for these cars is changing... No longer for petrol heads but for young Chinese, wags, footballers and celebrities....
Secondly, when going hell for leather on the b660 a 0.5s gear change is just not fast enough mid corner... Wink
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