Shamile
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I want to put K & N air filters in the Murcielago roadster as I had in my Diablo VT Roadster.
Questions:
Are they ok to use? Does the murcielago use a "hot wire" sensor or is it still the same metal intake flaps like on the Diablo.
Are they drop in? On the Diablo, you have to do significant modifications to the airbox for them to fit perfectly.
Anyone have a part#?
Any guidance would be appreciated, thanks.
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I own a Ferrari Testarossa and a Murcielago Roadster. I also had a Diablo VT Roadster that was my daily driver 10 years. You really need to go V12 Lamborghini. Because I belong to a close knit group of Ferrari and Lamborghini owners here in Florida, I've tried everything. The Ferraris always feel agile, sleek but soft and boring.....especially the newer and newer you go.
A V12 Lamborghini is still a brutal car that's visceral and doesn't get boring after a few drives. I will say I found the 14' Aventador Roadster I test drove left me a little disappointed in that as a newer car it felt soft compared to my Diablo. It's even softer than my Murcielago but the Aventador styling in and out still makes my jaw drop....like a Diablo. Nothing else out there has that affect on me.
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After 3 failures myself, I added the custer rod. It worked perfectly and never had a problem again. When I put mine in, I just set the pin in the same position as the original....the way it was set at the factory.
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Slow...fast who cares.
The fact is....it was my best groceries getter eva! lol
....and my 97.5 VT Roadster was wayyy more reliable than my gf lol
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Sure thing. Here is the story. It is long because I copied it out of the manuscript for my book about the NY to LA record. Sorry I don't have time to condense right now but here it is:
Early in 2011 I met one of the most interesting people whom I have ever known. A flatbed tow truck arrived at the dealership with a non-running Blue Caelum 2004 Gallardo. Every wheel was curbed, the tires were bald, the clutch was fried, and it was pouring oil from everywhere it could find. The door handles were broken off and the interior smelled particularly exotic. The two guys dropping it off didn’t speak much English. Best we could understand it, we were being asked to put together an estimate of what it would take to get the car back up and running. With quite the laundry list, the rehabilitation came to right at $20,000.
We called the number they left and did not get an answer. We had the car all apart and did not have anyone to pay for it. A man showed up a couple of days later and told us it belonged to his girlfriend’s daughter and that she was very attractive. It was a strange unsolicited comment but he did not present himself as being the most socially conforming type of person. At the moment he said she was in jail but she would be out soon and probably wanted to sell the car. My ears perked up.
The car was too rough to even wholesale. It needed a lot more work than we anticipated she would be able to afford so we parked it out back and waited.
A few days later I met Porsche (not her real name but a good prostitute name).
Porsche is a prostitute. Political correctness might ask that I say Porsche is an alleged prostitute but that wouldn’t be fair to the criminal justice system that had already convicted her of the charges three times in various metro Atlanta jurisdictions. While her mother’s boyfriend had insinuated that she was in jail for speeding it was, in fact, a professional appearance. Porsche had paid $100,000 in cash for the car in Miami about nine months prior to her most recent incarceration. While she was away some of her friends went joyriding fairly destructively in the Gallardo and thus our paths began to cross.
We were correct that Porsche was not in a position to write us a check for the service so she asked if we would buy the car. There are not many hand raisers for a supercar with a knowable bill to get it running but an unknowable subsequent list of additional needs not to be discovered until the first $20k was spent. I offered her $30,000. She wanted $60,000 as it sat. We settled on $30,000. I paid the service bill and stuck my detailers on it for a week. It had its electrical and mechanical quirks but it was a great car. It also said Lamborghini on it and had cost me less than a new Hyundai.
Porsche was half black and half vietnamese as best I could gather. She had blue and blonde hair and usually wore very tight nylon animal print short dresses. She had a lot of tattoos and they were conveniently displayed, even the ones in more private areas. She wore some weird zombie-like light blue contacts with catseye pupils. Porsche’s most compelling and presumably marketable feature was her backside. She had a reasonably proportioned, albeit augmented, torso but then she had 50” hips. I mean that she could take breaks while hula hooping. It was the kind of thing that you could never stop looking at, with or without it being arousing to you. She was taller sitting in a chair.
The demographic market for her specialty was a far cry from myself but I found her to be a phenomenally interesting person. She wanted a pink Bentley like the one Paris Hilton had on the TV. You can’t buy a Bentley and paint it pink for the $30,000 that I owed her for the Gallardo so we decided to see if we could get her financed for the balance.
That meant that Porsche and I got to talk about her credit. I asked her if she had ever gotten a loan for anything and she said “no.” That would normally be a death blow to a big car loan but if she was financing half of a $60-70k Bentley we thought we had a shot. Beyond that, the conversation was too much fun to stop. She pulled out her social security card which she apparently carried all of the time and she gave me her driver’s license to copy. The address that was on it matched the title for the Gallardo that she had but it was a strange location for a residence. It was off a big road in the center of town so I Googled it. It was an establishment called the Gold Spa. She unashamedly confirmed that was correct.
I asked Porsche who to list as her employer and she gave me a name of a pornography production company. She seemed to have her hand in a variety of businesses. I asked her how much she made and she said that it was between $10-50k per month, “So why don’t we just say $500,000?” That was on the unbelievable side of the scale for a bank.
“How about this, what did you put on your most recent tax return?”
She shook her head.
“Does that mean it was not very much or you just haven’t gotten around to filing.”
“That.” She said.
We estimated.
When we pulled her credit it was strange. There were no records at all. She had never used her social security number for anything. Not a cell phone, library card, credit card, not even a bank account. That became clear in the next step.
We had no banks that would step up to be the first credit offering to Porsche. Without a Bentley to apply it to, I told her we would give her a check for the Lambo. We printed it out, signed it, and handed it to her.
“What do I do with this?” She asked.
“You can deposit it or cash it. Do you have a bank account?” Head shakes. “Then just take it to our bank and they will give you cash.” The dots were not connecting.
“Really? Can you guys just give me cash?”
“No, we don’t keep that much cash around. It is super easy, they are right down the road.” I said. “Have you ever used a check?”
She had not ever seen one.
Porsche went on her way and I owned a prostitute’s Gallardo. I had a bear of a time getting the second key from her though. I called, texted, emailed, and tried everything to get in touch with her to get it. I wanted the second key and wasn’t wild about someone in her profession maintaining access to the car - not judging.
One day she sends me a text message.
“It’s my birthday tomorrow. Do you still want that key?” she asked. Interesting combination of ideas.
“Yes. Please. Can you bring it up here?” I asked.
“Can I get $100 for it?” I shouldn’t have been surprised given her normal income earning strategies.
“Sure. Get it here by 5 PM and I will give you $100.” No response. No show by 5.
The next day just as we were about to close, Porsche walks in. The best way to describe the dress that she was wearing is that it was a basketball net. More holes than fabric. It left even less up to the imagination than her normal wardrobe. There was a woman with a small child at our service counter. She saw Porsche’s dress, grabbed the child, and literally ran screaming out of the building.
“What are you all dressed up for Porsche?” I asked. She came over and hugged me. Porsche was a hugger.
“Itsma birfday!”
“Well you are halfway to that outfit, aren’t you?” I commented. I am not sure she got it.
She handed me the key. I paid her the $100. Given her attire I felt like the obvious question was sufficiently appropriate. My curiosity persisted on a zoological level. Utterly fascinating. No pun intended although our local Atlanta, low budget implant installers need to brush up.
“Porsche, do you have butt implants?” I was at the edge of my seat.
She was proud to answer, “No. I got a fat redistribution. You see, they made me gain 30 pounds, and then they suck it out, and they injected it right here.” She pointed to the injection site. They clearly used a turkey baster.
“Does it feel strange?”
“No. Feels normal.” She seemed quite pleased with it. I was proud to have lived long enough to encounter the recipient of such a pioneering medical procedure.
I haven’t seen Porsche since then but she does occasionally like and comment on some social media posts of mine. Now that is interesting.
I was very pleased to once again be an exotic car owner and I drove the wheels off of it. As I said, the house that we had purchased only had a two car garage. That meant that there was no place to put the Mercedes. I ended up enjoying the blue Gallardo as the first exotic that I had owned that finally had no strings attached. One consequence of the rental business was a hyper-consciousness about the cost of driving them. It was $5.71 per mile on average to drive a Ferrari 360 or Gallardo including the cost of consumable items, servicing, depreciation, insurance, cost of money, etc. With the financial risk removed from ownership of the ex-Porsche car, It quickly graduated into daily driver duty. The carefree feeling of a car that looks cool, is fun to drive, and was fresh out of a monster service was excellent.
OMG! This is the best story ever! ....and given some of the girlies I know totally believable!
....and I thought I had fun lol
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So you have decided to get an Aventador? good for you as I know it will be used more than most.
Thanks, it will be a daily driver for sure! The Murcielago does everything it's supposed to do but it's just never grown on me. I've had it for 11 months but the Aventador Roadster just makes my jaw drop like my former Diablo. Even after owning my Diablo for 10 years and 72,000 miles later, I could never pass by it without going...wow, I love this car! The Murcie not so much.
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My 06 Murci Roadster will be for sale soon after the new clutch goes in. Brokered through Roy.
I just prefer the look of the Aventador as I miss my Diablo.
Rosso Vik
Cream Interior
Full Carbon Fiber interior and engine cross brace.
Platinum Award & Best In Show Winner Celebration Exotic Car Festival 2016
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I can't take any credit at all.....just my credit card lol The car is still in the shop. Gabe Morales of Exotic Motors South in conjunction with JeffLambo have been working on the car. Gabe's shop is the offical Koenigegg service center. He also flies out to California where he works on them at Newport with Jeff. He found the frayed wire in the harness where it comes into the cabin on the driver's side. We still can't figure out how this happened in an inclosed wiring harness.
Wow Shamile! Where is that wire located?Shamile that's awesome. Great job finding the fix.The white hand should have given a clue it's not me.....but the WEDDING RING!! ....definately not me
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Well, I'm on both sides of the coin here. Here's my former Diablo VT Roadster hitting 70K miles with my exgf coming back from a club. I had the typical design flaw problem of the headers and after I replaced them the car was rock solid reliable....the gf....not so much lol. Sure, I burned through GFA's but I attribute that to early module designs.
Now, here's my Murcielago Roadster bought with 10k miles and just as I hit 18k, the egear stopped working correctly. After going through the whole car, 50 hours of labor later, they found some frayed wires inside the harness. This sent errant signals and burned out the ABS module. We're in the process of having it repaired to make sure where the signal originated from so we can back trace and make sure this doesn't happen again. I have NEVER had such stupid electronic issues with the older cars. The car is still out going on 2 months now. Poor Gabe and JeffLambo have been going crazy trying to sort this one out. They actually had to remove a good portion of the harness just to test every single plug and connector.
...and I do not have a bottom feeder Murci. I bought this one over a few LP640's Roy found because I know the full history on this car and it's the best condition Murcie Roadster out there.
I don't think there's anything wrong with high miles. It's the overcomplicated electronics that breakdown over time that's the main cause of the problems. Sure an Aventator is great now....how about when it's 10 years old?
....at least I won a Platinum and Best In Show with the Murcielago at the Celebration Exotic Car Festival lol
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I don't rev my engine on purpose but I guess I'm a little bit that guy. I love going to nightclubs and come back at 4 am on Sunday mornings with my quicksilver exhaust Murcielago Roadster and my former quicksilver exhaust Diablo VT Roadster. I live in a subdivision and didn't realize I may be "that guy" oops!
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I'm relatively new to the Murcielago series (06 Roadster ) and had this exact situation happen to me. Coming from a hardcore Diablo VT Roadster, I'm not used to all the electronic crap...especially the egear. I actually had to have a friend teach me how to drive the egear in his LP 640 Roadster before I went to the dealership to pick up mine.
I found....after the car wouldn't start, you have to put the car in neutral. I had inadvertently turned the engine off with the car in gear. When in pos II on the ignition, foot on the brake, pull both paddles to N and then the car will start.
As far as the alarm, when opening the door( unlocked ) you will hear the beeeeep, push the unlock button to turn off the chime. Put key in pos II on the ignition, push the unlock button once more and crank. Since I learned this little sequence, I haven't had the no start ever again. I drive my Murcielago Roadster as an absolute daily driver....work errands etc. On occasion, I will start and stop the car 4 times in 20 minutes running around. I follow the sequence I outlined and never a problem.
If you leave your engine hood up at night, it won't drain the battery or prevent the car from starting. It will prevent the auto arm from turning on the alarm ( after 10 minutes ) if any latch is open.
+1 on the Interstate battery.
Also, use a battery tender. I use the Deltran Tender +
Shamile
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My sleepless nights officially end as I'm typing this. The beast is in the garage resting after 2 hours blissfully high way driving her home. All the old memory come rushing back from my 04, feeling so good for man and bull together again. I am so happy words can not describe.
Just grab the iPad and snap this one blurry pic for now. I hope all of your search have a happy ending as mine.
Very cool! Congrats! The silver Hermana's look good with the Grigo Anteries (sorry for the spelling )
Shamile
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I suspect he's renting it and selling it at the same time.
You know, this makes perfect sense. It's there....then it's not...then it's there again.
Shamile
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On a bright side...if things all go well I'll be coming home with an awesome LP640 by tomorrow. Can't sleep again to night
Congrats! May the darkside of the force be with you lol
Shamile
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Shamile can you name the 6 cars and the 3 that fail ppi? Thankx
I would like to but that would be "bashing" All these cars are suffering from deferred maintenance.....missing air filter! crumbling bushings, split eyebolt joint on early roadster steel brace. The list goes on.
My theory is that all these cars were mainly bought in the easy credit housing bubble and when the recession came and the warranties came off, they all became neglected, repossessed and sidelined. These are the first "good times" since the recession and these cars are now being "dusted off" again. The Diablo series has already gone though some economic ups and downs so the maintenance has already come back a few times now.
Just really be careful on buying a Murci series unseen. I will only buy it local now. I bought my Diablo and a couple of Ferraris unseen so I've been willing to take risks.
Shamile
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I went to see this car in July to buy it because the price was attractive, I went to ExoticMotor but the car not there. Bill told me the car was being service and it will be ready in a few days. A few days came and gone and Mark text me saying that the car is ready for me to look at it, so I told him ok I will see you tomorrow. I can't sleep the whole night and just waiting for the sun to rise and the sun did rose...I'm flying down the 95 high way toward this dream machine. My adrenaline only last for 15 minutes when Mark told that the car wasn't ready, the car need more work than expected. More WORK? WHAT? Oh well, I told him to let me know when it ready please let me know! I have not heard from him since. I did see it just popping back up for sale recently but didn't feel right to pursue it any more. Good luck to you and hope it work out. Please pose pics if you do get it.
Bawhahahhaha......it's the same story! I don't get his game at all. Something must be really wrong with it....or a big surprise turned up. Well, I have a second car lined up, a 06 Murci Roadster if all fails. I'm so tired of looking at cars. I have gone through 6 with such deceptive advertising and 3 failing ppi's
Shamile
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Pretty decent example. What kind of room on price do they have?
Not much room. I have it for 178K including a full service from Lamborghini Miami...where it is now. Clutch at 72%
It's not a premium low mile car nor a high mile car. The porridge seems to be just right lol The interior is gawd awful but I can re-dye some parts of it. Yes, I know it will lower the value but not as much as the miles I will be putting on it.
It will be an absolute daily driver.Shamile
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I have a contract on this 09 LP 640 coupe. It looks very clean and is local to me. Given this board's ability to see through accident history ( like the grey LP 640 from Eurocar ), I would appreciate opinions on this one. http://www.exoticmotorscorp.com/vehicles.htm
OK, the link won't go to the actual car. Scroll down inventory to Lamborghini....it's the only one for sale.
Here's the actual car ZHWBU37S19LA03680
Thanks for your help.
Shamile
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So hard to find the right one! After being so close so many times i just pulled the trigger on this one.
Going higher mileage that's been driven and well cared for.
marc
Congrats Marc. I saw that on ebay in the morning and by the afternoon it was sold. Given my experience with deferred maintenance, I will only buy a car I can see in person or from Roy Cats. He's the only one that puts his money where his mouth is.
Yours has all the details correct like the tool kit. A good sign is that if the seller has it in a concours, he's a pretty serious enthusiast.
Shamile
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Should have known you would be here. I went to the dark side ordered an SV Roadster been looking at the rest of the goodies from the past.
Doug
It's hard to spend one's time divided between multiple sites lol Congrats on your SV Roadster!
I did get the PPi from Mark but when I went back to the seller it was sold. The same seller has an 08 with 19k miles, 50% clutch, no q citura, odd carbon fiber weave for 185k I'm not too interested in that one.
I've found most of these cars are really suffering from deferred maintenance.....and I'm only looking at dealers. After 6 passes and ppi failures I'm now looking at an 06 M roadster. It just has a color combination I prefer over any LP offered at the moment. For me this is only an interim car as I really prefer the look of the Aventador. But, since I do everything cash in hand now, it will have to wait for a couple of years.
Shamile
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I had the deposit down, and i happened to see the yellow 06 gated roadster in orlando....3000 miles, 1 owner, some mods but harmless i hope. If anyone wants to see the ppi on the black murci
At exotics international in fort lauderdale, just pm me. Here's the one i'm getting pending ppi
http://vi.raptor.ebaydesc.com/ws/eBayISAPI...t=1441207419803
Ah cool. Congrats on the last of the manuals!
PM sent thanks
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So, did you pull the trigger?
The car is still listed for sale. I too was looking at this one. I'm not a fan of black cars but it makes a great candidate for a wild wrap.
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off to TEXAS
went for FULL asking price.
Holy Crap!
Shamile
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My 97.5 VT Roadster
Shamile
K & N Air Filters For 2006 Murcielago Roadster
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Thanks for your help guys. I didn't know the filters were the same from the Diablo. I still have the part numbers in my old Diablo file. I'll see if I can order them.