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  1. Great thread and congratulations to this fantastic LM. The color is just stunning and so seldom. I didn't actually know that Lambo made some green examples.
  2. Great pictures and a great car. Tks for sharing.
  3. As I was interested in this car and gathered some very useful information for any potential buyer I want them to share with you. We are talking about the following lot: http://www.rmsothebys.com/ve17/villa-erba/...lo-se30/1702899 1. This is not the first produced SE30. We are talking about number 20. 2. The car was quite modified at one time. 3. The car was seen in the past when it had more than 60'000 Km 4. The current plaque is not the original one. Quite surprised that RM is offering such a car. I would not even pay USD 200'000 for this example.
  4. @Emilio: I like your comments with regards to the Countach. And congrats to your one, what a cool combo white/red. At the 50th tour was a white/red one with German number plates, I loved it.
  5. I my opinion the engine of the LM002 is not exactly the same as in the Countach QV or Anniversary. I think they have different camshafts. The engine of the LM002 feels to have more torque at lower revs. In addition the red area of the rev counter starts earlier in the LM002 and I wouldn't dare at all to rev it up to 7500 rpm which is possible in the Countach. If my assumption is correct the valve springs are probably different ones due to the different camshafts.
  6. Hi, tks for the useful information. In that case more cars than expected might be affected. However it might also be possible that just during one or two years the manufacturer produced a defective batch.
  7. Hi, a good friend of mine had to rebuild the engine of his Diablo GT recently as it didn't run properly. It turned out that one cylinder was sucking in coolant due to a leak in the cylinder head gasket. However that was not the only thing which was broken: More than 12 valve springs were broken as well! The good thing was that all the Diablo GT's have two valve springs per valve and the two are different. As a consequence no valve had two broken valve springs at the same time. Otherwise the engine would have blown off for sure. The inner valve springs weren't broken but as they are much weaker than the outer springs the valve might get burned after a while. In addition the engine doesn't have the full power. The engine of that car already had quite some mileage on the clock: 60'000 Km or about 40'000 miles. As I have seen the broken springs with my own eyes you can imagine that I was a bit worried about my car as well. As I wrote above if both valve springs are broken your engine will be gone. My car has considerably less mileage, a bit more than 15'000 but the risk was too big for me. In addition it was a good time to replace the cylinder head gasket as well on my car as some oil was leaking and a major service was due too. Obviously I was quite curious about the outcome: My car had five broken valve springs as well! As a consequence we replaced all of them, in total 96 (48 inner and 48 outer springs). The material isn't expensive less than USD 400 but it takes quite some work. As most of the Lambopower Members are from the USA and hardly any GT is in your country you think that you might not be affected. However I highly doubt that the engine of the Diablo VT 6.0 has different valve springs than the ones in the engine from the GT. In addition the Murcielagos might have the same springs as well. According to my Lambo dealership only the valve springs of the LP640 are different. Murci owners might double-check if they have the same springs. I don't want to make Diablo GT, VT 6.0 or Murci owners to panic but I think that there is quite a big risk that their cars have the same issues and worst case their engine will blow up if both valve springs are broken. In case you have a major service planned or if the engine needs to be taken out of the car for replacing the clutch or the head gasket it's definitely worthwhile to check all the valve springs and replace them. I hope that this information helps to prevent any major engine problems on your cars.
  8. That's an easy one: Keep your car. You have such an amazing car with that blue color. I would always prefer it to my white LP640. Even if you only drive the car once a month it's still worth it. Your kid will get older and want to drive with you in the Lambo. I have a 4 year old daughter and she loves driving with me in one of the Lambos. Last Friday I asked her if she wanted to join me picking up the Diablo GT a the dealership as it got a big service. She didn't hesitate a second or asked the mother if there was an alternative. I think sharing the passion of cars with your kid(s) is something of the best a father can do. And the mother usually is quite happy as well as she has some spare time too. Even if you should have two kids later on that wouldn't be an issue. Talking about using the car not that often: As I live in Switzerland I can't use my Lambos for about four to five months each year due to the winter. Would I sell them because of that? No way! You see many reasons to keep your fantastic Lambo.
  9. Roy do you have some SV's in stock ? No doubt the SV is a great car however already a normal Aventador kills it in every performance aspect. It's a good three seconds faster to 300 km/h and as well at least one second to 200 Km/h. Lap time on the Nuerburgring is considerably faster as well. The Aventador S will be even better than the Aventador. Just think about the clunky e-gear in the SV. Don't misunderstand me: I love the SV and would prefer it to the Aventador S because the SV is a more emotional car. However the Aventador S is a much more modern and faster car. With regards to the prices of the SV: It's pure supply and demand and at the moment the SV is not in big demand. I'm a bit surprised about this as well.
  10. Took out the LM today after it was sitting idle in the garage for the past three months.
  11. The little one is on the right track. A new generation petrol head, perfect. Great color on the Diablo! Congrats.
  12. Hello Don't expect a lot when you have the chance to drive an LM the first time. Don't even dare to compare it to a modern SUV: Especially the steering and the brakes are from another century. As a consequence you have to lower your expectations and you will find yourself able to appreciate the positive points of the car. The design is utterly cool, some would say ugly, I think it's iconic. In addition it was the first luxury SUV, Lamborghini was at least ten years ahead of the curve. A fact a lot of people don't know. Even with very limited resources the company was always very progressive and innovative. Just think about the Espada, this concept of a luxury high performance four seater was taken up again by Porsche with the Panamera or Aston with the Rapide 40 years later. The engine is a blast. Lamborghini installed their top engine into this SUV. Just to put this into context: Lamborghini would have to install the engine from the Aventador SV into the new Urus to do the same. However they will not do that, at least at the beginning the car will only be delivered with the turbo charged V8. In my opinion there won't be a V12 in the Urus due to the emission standards (CO2 output would be very high). There were two engines available for the LM. One had carburetors and one an injection system. The later one is quite easy to recognize by the OZ alloys and the smaller power dome. The alloys fit the car very well and are very difficult to get which is a big plus for the the injection version. However some people who own both versions or had the chance to drive both say that the carburetor engine feels more powerful. As the LM is such a scarce good I actually wouldn't bother too much about the differences of the two versions. Much more important is to get a good example which isn't that easy. Like many other Lambos the LM wasn't in big demand for quite a while. You were able to buy one for USD 50'000 or even less about ten years ago. Many of such cars weren't maintaind well which means you have to easily invest quite a lot of money if you go for such an example. I was looking around for my first LM for quite a while and I saw a few dodgy cars with a doubtful history and some had clearly a faked tachometer/mileage. Depending for what purpose you buy the car I wouldn't worry too much about the mileage and pay much more attention about the overall condition and service history of the car. In case you want to put the car to a nice collection with no intention to drive it often go for a well documented low mileage one. Otherwise I wouldn't care if the car has 30'000 or 45'000 miles on the clock but was serviced on a regular basis by a specialist. Maintenance isn't cheap for such a car, especially the spare parts. Tires cost you a fortune and are only produced by Pirelli about every second or third year. I have a spare set in my basement just in case. The positive thing about the car is that the reliability is quite good. Apart from the regular usage I haven't had any incident. Fuel consumption is comparable to a tank.... With regards to the value of the LM's: As an owner my opinion might be a bit biased but I don't see any reason why the car shouldn't go up in value quite a lot in the next two years. Only 301 were produced, some are destroyed, some are in a very poor condition and many are already in collections since years which means that they won't come to the market again. As a consequence not many cars available anymore. On top of that the Urus is at the doorstep and Lamborghini will promote it together with the LM for sure. This will bring the car into the spotlight again and demand will increase while the supply is tiny. If you have the chance to buy one; drive it. Show it to the public and be rewarded by astonished people and happy faces of kids.
  13. Hi Roy, thanks for the insights. Good information. Nowadays most LP400 S1 owners would wish that their periscope car bodies were never transformed :-)
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