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I've just bought a 2006 E-gear Gallardo Coupe - hopefully I can pick it up before Christmas once the paperwork gets returned.
In the meantime I am wondering if there are any idiosyncrasies involved with ownership and driving etc, that ordinarily I wouldn't be aware of.
Coming from a tuned 996Turbo which has plenty of it's own (e.g. Fuel tank gauge won't register that you've filled it up until you've added more than half a tank etc).
Anyway, any thoughts or general advice would be most welcome.
Merry Christmas/happy holidays to you all.
Andrew
In the meantime I am wondering if there are any idiosyncrasies involved with ownership and driving etc, that ordinarily I wouldn't be aware of.
Coming from a tuned 996Turbo which has plenty of it's own (e.g. Fuel tank gauge won't register that you've filled it up until you've added more than half a tank etc).
Anyway, any thoughts or general advice would be most welcome.
Merry Christmas/happy holidays to you all.
Andrew
get the latest e-gear software and get it reset properly ( i've no idea what this involves, the garage just does it every couple of services or so )
learn how to drive the e-gear properly - your passengers and clutch will thank you
don't run it too low on fuel ( i did and got a hundred yards of misfiring )
don't be too alarmed if you get a warning light when the engine gets a soaking or the transmission spends too long stuck in traffic
enjoy !
learn how to drive the e-gear properly - your passengers and clutch will thank you
don't run it too low on fuel ( i did and got a hundred yards of misfiring )
don't be too alarmed if you get a warning light when the engine gets a soaking or the transmission spends too long stuck in traffic
enjoy !
The clutch is the only thing that seems to require a little more thought. The car is pretty much bullet proof.
I also came from a 996T.
I have just followed this advice given to me.
Don't sit stationary in gear, always flip to Neutral.
Drive in Sport always, reduces the amount of clutch slip during gear shifts. Although shifts are therefore a little clunky.
NEVER reverse uphill
Get an OBD reader, very cheap, You will almost definitely get a CEL warning at some time. Nice to diagnose it immediately rather than have kittens guessing.
Clutch soft reset
Pull both paddles at the same time and hold them. Should pop up with an E gear light on the dash and then you are good to go.
I also came from a 996T.
I have just followed this advice given to me.
Don't sit stationary in gear, always flip to Neutral.
Drive in Sport always, reduces the amount of clutch slip during gear shifts. Although shifts are therefore a little clunky.
NEVER reverse uphill
Get an OBD reader, very cheap, You will almost definitely get a CEL warning at some time. Nice to diagnose it immediately rather than have kittens guessing.
Clutch soft reset
Pull both paddles at the same time and hold them. Should pop up with an E gear light on the dash and then you are good to go.
^ lanan
andrew said:
try :
1. let the fast idle subside before attempting to manoeuvre
2. get the clutch fully engaged before hoofing it away from the lights
3. neutral whenever coming to a halt ( clutch is wearing at biting point when stationary in gear )
4. never slip the clutch to go really slowly in traffic
5. avoid parallel parking, multi-point turns, stop-start traffic
6. especially avoid all the above on hills
20% worn at 19.6k miles
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=107...1. let the fast idle subside before attempting to manoeuvre
2. get the clutch fully engaged before hoofing it away from the lights
3. neutral whenever coming to a halt ( clutch is wearing at biting point when stationary in gear )
4. never slip the clutch to go really slowly in traffic
5. avoid parallel parking, multi-point turns, stop-start traffic
6. especially avoid all the above on hills
20% worn at 19.6k miles
andrew said:
^ lanan
Good find Andrew, saved me a job.... Merry Xmas dudeandrew said:
try :
1. let the fast idle subside before attempting to manoeuvre
2. get the clutch fully engaged before hoofing it away from the lights
3. neutral whenever coming to a halt ( clutch is wearing at biting point when stationary in gear )
4. never slip the clutch to go really slowly in traffic
5. avoid parallel parking, multi-point turns, stop-start traffic
6. especially avoid all the above on hills
20% worn at 19.6k miles
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=107...1. let the fast idle subside before attempting to manoeuvre
2. get the clutch fully engaged before hoofing it away from the lights
3. neutral whenever coming to a halt ( clutch is wearing at biting point when stationary in gear )
4. never slip the clutch to go really slowly in traffic
5. avoid parallel parking, multi-point turns, stop-start traffic
6. especially avoid all the above on hills
20% worn at 19.6k miles
70proof said:
andrew said:
^ lanan
Good find Andrew, saved me a job.... Merry Xmas dudeandrew said:
try :
1. let the fast idle subside before attempting to manoeuvre
2. get the clutch fully engaged before hoofing it away from the lights
3. neutral whenever coming to a halt ( clutch is wearing at biting point when stationary in gear )
4. never slip the clutch to go really slowly in traffic
5. avoid parallel parking, multi-point turns, stop-start traffic
6. especially avoid all the above on hills
20% worn at 19.6k miles
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=107...1. let the fast idle subside before attempting to manoeuvre
2. get the clutch fully engaged before hoofing it away from the lights
3. neutral whenever coming to a halt ( clutch is wearing at biting point when stationary in gear )
4. never slip the clutch to go really slowly in traffic
5. avoid parallel parking, multi-point turns, stop-start traffic
6. especially avoid all the above on hills
20% worn at 19.6k miles
carspath said:
please could you explain what you mean by a soft clutch reset
(my interest in this , is with respect to a 2005 murcielago roadster e gear )
thank you
Have read here.(my interest in this , is with respect to a 2005 murcielago roadster e gear )
thank you
http://www.lamborghini-talk.com/vbforum/f47/soft-r...
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