How Many Miles Have You Put On?

[Shawn]

My wife bought a corvette about 3 months ago or so and I jumped in it the other day and noticed it has almost 4k miles on it already! Makes me wonder how many miles we'll rack up on the lambo :)

I wouldn't drive it on long trips or in bad weather, but I also wouldn't hesitate to drive it just for the sake of adding miles on it. So how many miles have you added to your lambo's odometer? And what's the longest trip you took it on?

[Matt]

you'll find most lambo owners, unlike ferrari owners actually drive their cars on a regular basis and have quite a few miles racked up.

[bdasbul]

ok im the king on racking on lambo miles . i bought a 97 sv with 4k miles in april of 04 and sold it last summer ( 06 ) with 30k .you can see the car at zr automotives website . its a canadian high end car dealer that is trying to get almost 200k for my car when i sold it to him for 120k . needless to say hes still sitting on the car a year later. its the yellow sv in his inventory . he originally had the car listed for only 8k kilos . i called up , raised hell on f-chat and he changed it . would never EVER buy a car from that guy . or any car out of canada for that matter . they have no real law against turning back miles i hear . i just bought a 02 murci with 5k miles in the 2nd week of april and it now has almost 10k miles . yes i drive the shit outta my cars but thats why i bought them . as well i drive my cars fucking hard . i drive it like its a lambo . i hate these guys that dont drive the cars and when they do they drive like old ladies . i paid out the ass in maint. bills on the sv and im sure the murci may go the same way . as a mater of fact i put about $70k into my sv in the time i owned it , ouch . but worth every penny i felt . the 70k was maint. ,few clutches , wing , small upgrades , and painting the nose about 4x from the chips and scrapes . i got smart and eventually got the 3m clear bra and shielding around the car , best move i made . anyone put more miles on their lambos ? if so please tell me and make me feel better , lol . looking foward to the responses on this post , you guys must think im nuts , lol .

[bdasbul]

looking foward to the responses here ............

[Minte]

My Gallardo arrived in Oct of 2005 with 120 miles. I just turned 8k on the odometer.

[pdisme]

My wife bought a corvette about 3 months ago or so and I jumped in it the other day and noticed it has almost 4k miles on it already! Makes me wonder how many miles we'll rack up on the lambo :)

I wouldn't drive it on long trips or in bad weather, but I also wouldn't hesitate to drive it just for the sake of adding miles on it. So how many miles have you added to your lambo's odometer? And what's the longest trip you took it on?

Yep, if you don't drive it you should sell it! I have about 3600 on mine since last October when I picked it up with 70.

[Shawn]

I'm always amazed when I see these 2006 lambos for sale that only have 1k miles on them. I would probably drive that in the first day I got it :lol2:

How do they only drive 1k miles and trade it in? Was it just an impulse buy and they realized they couldn't afford it, or were they just total garage queens and then hardly ever drove them?

[Shawn]

My Gallardo arrived in Oct of 2005 with 120 miles. I just turned 8k on the odometer.

I'm glad to hear it, I'll probably have something similar :)

[Minte]

I'm glad to hear it, I'll probably have something similar :)


Add another 200 to that, gorgeous weather here today. :)

[tomf-1]

embarrassed to confess......i put on about 65 miles on my Murcie before letting it go (wasn't feeling it.....). now, my diablos are a different stories.

[Shawn]

You sold it after putting only 65 miles on it?

[bdasbul]

ouch . how did you ever restrain yourself ? whats the milage you put on the diablos ? what made you go from the murci to the diablo ? any particular reason ?

[tomf-1]

You sold it after putting only 65 miles on it?

yeap......

the fiancee couldn't drive manual and god knows we tried but neither of us felt in love w/ its design. great car but just not for us.

[tomf-1]

ouch . how did you ever restrain yourself ? whats the milage you put on the diablos ? what made you go from the murci to the diablo ? any particular reason ?

total? i've owned practically every year of diablo since inception 91 to 01 (6.0) and probably have logged over 40k total in all.

i actually went from diablo to murcie and now back to diablos....have always been a diablo faithful for its epic look and timeless design and will always be.

there is a slight chance i might give the murcie another try in the future but it will undoubtedly be of a different color, something more lambo-isque (orange or verde ithica) and Egear instead of 6sds.....

[bdasbul]

I loved my Sv . I would love to have both a Diablo as well as my Murci at the same time . They do have a great and timeless look to them . What color was your Murci ?

[tomf-1]

I loved my Sv . I would love to have both a Diablo as well as my Murci at the same time . They do have a great and timeless look to them . What color was your Murci ?

Nice. Grigio Avlon.

[Minch00]

Nice. Grigio Avlon.

I remember absolutley loving your car on F-chat. That interior is astonishing.

[bdasbul]

beautiful .....

[INFINITE]

14,102 miles in about 12 months

[Shawn]

14,102 miles in about 12 months

No garage queen there :)

[INFINITE]

I bought it to drive it

[Mike S]

I'm on 1k miles :( Got it the 17th March 07 with 20 miles.

[Murcielago King]

I'm on 1k miles :( Got it the 17th March 07 with 20 miles.

Wow. I guess you like to drive yours too huh? :lol2:

[pdisme]

I'm on 1k miles :( Got it the 17th March 07 with 20 miles.

Mike, you wind that thing out yet? I want to see some vids like your M-series.

[Mike S]

Wow. I guess you like to drive yours too huh? :lol2:

I don't get to drive it enough! :grinning-smiley-003

Can't neglect the others :banghead:

[Mike S]

Mike, you wind that thing out yet? I want to see some vids like your M-series.

Once or twice. Dealer recommended 2000km's for running in. I have just under 1600km's. Got 2400miles on the 430 from Last year March ;)

Will make good vids as soon as I have a chance.

[pdisme]

I don't get to drive it enough! :grinning-smiley-003

Can't neglect the others :banghead:

640 should not take a back seat to the others! It's the crown jewel; unless you've picked up an CCX? :)

[Mike S]

640 should not take a back seat to the others! It's the crown jewel; unless you've picked up an CCX? :)

I would pick up a Zonda before a Koenigsegg ;)

[Minch00]

I would pick up a Zonda before a Koenigsegg ;)

I would truly love to have you elaborate on that Mike. Not being a douchebag, but I really want to know the opinion on something like that from someone who can actually ask himself the question for real :D

[bdasbul]

14,102 miles in about 12 months

thats what i like to hear , good job !!!!!!!

[pdisme]

I would pick up a Zonda before a Koenigsegg ;)

Yeah, I want to hear more on this too; it is because of that gay shifter in the CCX?! :lol2: :lol2:

http://www.windingroad.com/images/issue_12/370x200/12-exotica_06_370x200.jpg

[Mike S]

Yeah, I want to hear more on this too; it is because of that gay shifter in the CCX?! :lol2: :lol2:

http://www.windingroad.com/images/issue_12/370x200/12-exotica_06_370x200.jpg

:lol2: :lol2:

Just a thought - they at least make them in RHD so I can drive it here :biggerGrin: I want to get a couple more cars before I take a plunge on a Zonda :cry:

[blkdiablo33]

i bought my diablo vt with a little under 20km on it now after 2 years it has 61km and every mile i have a smile .like roy cats states if you want to look at it buy a poster

[92677]

i bought my diablo vt with a little under 20km on it now after 2 years it has 61km and every mile i have a smile .like roy cats states if you want to look at it buy a poster


Adam,

You need to put more miles on that car.

Please drive down to South OC more often :crazy:

I will see you on June 24th.

Chris

[pdisme]

I'd love to do a cross country rally in mine, just can't get away from work long enough for something like that.

[blkdiablo33]

chris im so proud of you putting miles on your diablo,thats what these cars are for drive them

[Shawn]

Ok so had my car for 3 weeks today and put on about 800 miles so far. I thought I would have done more!! Oh well, tomorrow I'll have to make up for it:biggerGrin:

[Lamb05Murcie]

Ok so had my car for 3 weeks today and put on about 800 miles so far. I thought I would have done more!! Oh well, tomorrow I'll have to make up for it:biggerGrin:



800 miles in 3 weeks, not bad at all! I assume your daily driving it?

[pteam]

I drive my murci pretty much everyday, same when I had my diablo. But my office is only 10 miles away from my home and generally I'm coming to and from or somewhere in between. So I get to drive it everyday unless rain and not put a ton of miles on it. But I also live in Ohio where I cant drive them 4-5 months of the year.

[shelbyelite]

First Lambo I purchased, I drove it 400+ miles the first day. Got pulled over TWICE and got one ticket! COPS, gotta love them :fu:

[pdisme]

My monthly average has fallen in the past few months. When I got the G I was driving constantly, but then I had the g-wagen upgraded with all that extra power so now I drive it more than I used to, and then once I picked up the race car 1/2 my weekends are spent away so I don't end up driving the Lambo as much. Need to work on that.

[Jay]

That's a shame to let that car sit Dave. Ship it to me and I'll gladly exercise it for you. No fee of course :lol2:

[pdisme]

Everyone's always so nice in their offers to help with that. :)

Actually I should be tacking on miles again pretty soon; once I have my new kart the track will be a nice 40 mile shot down the interstate and I'm keeping the kart there so most weekends I am in town I'll be able to look forward to that drive once or twice per weekend.

[ErikV10]

No Lambo yet but will probably finish breaking in the car a week after delivery.

[SDSWheels]

Picked up with 46 miles on it last Sept. Getting close to 8k now

[kev99sv]

1999 SV with 25500 miles on it. The 6.0 has 5800 miles. I have put 1000 in the last 2 months.

[bdasbul]

got about 6,000 miles on my murcielago since i got it back last april . i would have put on more , thats why i got the m6 . got about 1500 on that the last month and change . i learned my lesson with my diablo sv . i got it with 6,000 miles on it and sold it about 2 years later with about 30,000 miles on it . didnt wanna repeat that . plus it makes me appreciate and look foward to driving the murci more being in the m6 that much .

[zzzzdoc]

I'm always amazed when I see these 2006 lambos for sale that only have 1k miles on them. I would probably drive that in the first day I got it :lol2:

How do they only drive 1k miles and trade it in? Was it just an impulse buy and they realized they couldn't afford it, or were they just total garage queens and then hardly ever drove them?
I bought a 2004 with 1K miles on it. Put only about 1600 miles on it since. A few of them with Dave chasing me.

[Shawn]

I bought a 2004 with 1K miles on it. Put only about 1600 miles on it since. A few of them with Dave chasing me.

In 3 years only 1600 miles:eek:

[Shawn]

i learned my lesson with my diablo sv . i got it with 6,000 miles on it and sold it about 2 years later with about 30,000 miles on it.

Did you take a beating on the resale cause of the miles or?

[Bill]

Bought my on 4/06 and now I have 4400 miles on it. I try to drive the car whenever possible but never in the rain.

[pdisme]

Bought my on 4/06 and now I have 4400 miles on it. I try to drive the car whenever possible but never in the rain.

I avoid the rain but in Florida we really love to have our sprinklers water the pavement to help it grow, and I usually am out at night when sprinklers are on, so after driving around last night my car is completely filthy.

Gorgeous car Bill! :grinning-smiley-003

http://www.talklambo.com/pics/data/500/medium/Murcie_2_.jpg

[Minch00]

I avoid the rain but in Florida we really love to have our sprinklers water the pavement to help it grow, and I usually am out at night when sprinklers are on, so after driving around last night my car is completely filthy.

Gorgeous car Bill! :grinning-smiley-003


Yeah, the sprinklers around here are the bane of my existance. Since I always drive around with the windows down, the sprinklers are NOT my friends. It's the best when one is broken and it's spraying in such an arc that it goes DIRECTLY into the sunroof.


Also, great car Bill. I'm not usually one for yellow but WOW.

[pdisme]

Yeah, the sprinklers around here are the bane of my existance. Since I always drive around with the windows down, the sprinklers are NOT my friends. It's the best when one is broken and it's spraying in such an arc that it goes DIRECTLY into the sunroof.

Speaking of this, I had the absolute nightmare situation occur a couple weeks ago. I'm pulling into the parking lot of Bahama Breeze, top is down of course, and here comes Mr. Sprinkler going past the curb where it should have stopped and turned back, stream of water is now in the street and I'm headed right for it, there's a car directly behind me. I stop in the middle of the entrance, the stream of non-potable stink water is headed right for my car and then ultimately the inside of the car thanks to the top being down and I can do nothing about it. I was about to gun it and blast through it as fast as I can to hopefully minimize what ended up in the car when the damn thing stopped and started going back the other direction.

[Minch00]

Speaking of this, I had the absolute nightmare situation occur a couple weeks ago. I'm pulling into the parking lot of Bahama Breeze, top is down of course, and here comes Mr. Sprinkler going past the curb where it should have stopped and turned back, stream of water is now in the street and I'm headed right for it, there's a car directly behind me. I stop in the middle of the entrance, the stream of non-potable stink water is headed right for my car and then ultimately the inside of the car thanks to the top being down and I can do nothing about it. I was about to gun it and blast through it as fast as I can to hopefully minimize what ended up in the car when the damn thing stopped and started going back the other direction.

I bet it all happened in slow-mo didn't it? That blows.

[zzzzdoc]

In 3 years only 1600 miles:eek:
I bought it in May 2006.

But yes, the car has pretty low mileage. But I think tracking it should remove the garage queen title.

[zzzzdoc]

Gorgeous car Bill! :grinning-smiley-003

http://www.talklambo.com/pics/data/500/medium/Murcie_2_.jpg
:stupid:

[pdisme]

I bought it in May 2006.

But yes, the car has pretty low mileage. But I think tracking it should remove the garage queen title.

Garage prince! :t-drive:

[roytoy2003]

I bought my 6.0 SE in Sept of 2003 NEW with 116 miles on it. Drove right out of the showroom in Utha straight to Seattle....this weekend just turned 25K!! miles on it and lovinf every frikn minute of it.......

[zzzzdoc]

Garage prince! :t-drive:
I can live with that.:grinning-smiley-003

[pdisme]

Wonder who has the highest mileage Lamborghini? Anyone know anyone with a really 'well used' Lambo? :)

[Hovik]

I know of a red Murci here that has almost 40K miles on it. Daily driver.

[gday]

A D Roadster had over 125k a few years back....

-mick

[pdisme]

Wow, 125k miles; we may have a winner!

[Lamb05Murcie]

highest I have seen was 44k on a Diablo VT

[bdasbul]

i had 30k on my diablo sv . bought in w/ about just over 4k miles on it and 2 years later i hit 30k rt. before i sold it

[RAiMA]

I hava a friend who seems to think Lamborghini's aren't daily driver cars as they tend to break down often. He's gonna get a porsche. How much of this is a myth?

[Seb]

I hava a friend who seems to think Lamborghini's aren't daily driver cars as they tend to break down often. He's gonna get a porsche. How much of this is a myth?

The less you drive it the more its gonna break down. Its almost a fact...

[pdisme]

I hava a friend who seems to think Lamborghini's aren't daily driver cars as they tend to break down often. He's gonna get a porsche. How much of this is a myth?

Pretty sure that Roy will chime in here and tell you that he has put all kinds of miles on various models and the ones that are driven very regularly do not have issues. The newer models just allow you to get away with not driving them as frequently.

A Porsche is definitely a 'better' daily driver though, if that's what he wants; it's quiet, mileage is better, has more creature comforts, much smaller and easier to park in the city (if applicable) and you blend right in with the other 300,000 Porsche owners so less chance of someone causing issues. :lol2:

[bdasbul]

I hava a friend who seems to think Lamborghini's aren't daily driver cars as they tend to break down often. He's gonna get a porsche. How much of this is a myth?

My Murci seems to be indestructable ( oh shit im gonna pay for that one , jinx ) because i drive my cars HARD !!!!! My Diablo i felt was an exeception , in the 2 years i owned it i put in over 25k miles on it & $70k in repairs , parts and painting of the nose 3x . I really didnt do the homework i should have b4 i bought the car ( car fax , service records etc.. ) and i learned the hard way in the pocket . I found out that my car was a leased out car from the toy store in Fla at 1 time ( never would buy a formally leased car again ) , that the car came through Canada a few times ( was a Canadian model Diablo SV) where they have no real laws preventing milage roll backs . So who even knows if the milage i got it with was correct . I feel that it def. wasnt now. Also when i did perform a car fax after owning it a while , i did see milage discrepences . Now the car was in kilos and it looked to me that it was inspected in kilos at some points and miles at others . Wasnt sure . I feel that this may be correct as this happened while i owned the car as well . It was inspected in kilos at 1 time and miles at another .
Bottom line is do your homeowrk b4 you buy the car , as i did with my Murci . I was anal as fuck and happy i was . Car fax , service history , mechanical inspection etc... The car has been good so far to me ( about 5k miles ). I felt in the beginning when i got the Murci that this was Audi's influence on the car as there was a night and day difference between the 2 . But i feel that i really well kept Diablo that was cared for , serviced correctly and timely would be fine as well . Miles dont scare me , i would rather get a car with a few miles on it , not a ton . But i wanna see that the car was driven and how the service records match up to the miles . Actually my next Lambo would be either a 6.0 , a gt or an lp 640 . Always loved the Diablo and would love another ............

[Mike S]

Met a UK owner at Sant'Agata last year who has around 50k miles in his 2003 Murci

[RAiMA]

Thanks guys for the information ^^ Appreciate it ^^

[Rami]

10500 miles in 10 months here (Gallardo Spyder)

[pdisme]

10500 miles in 10 months here (Gallardo Spyder)

I think that makes you the most prolific Gallardo driver on the board, and welcome! :) Got any pics of your car?

[Rami]

I think that makes you the most prolific Gallardo driver on the board, and welcome! :) Got any pics of your car?

Thx pdisme!

Here are some pics:
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/5316/dsc04029mg8.jpg

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/977/dsc04022ei9.jpg

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/4746/dsc04011pb6.jpg

http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/4923/dsc04045rb1.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/3203/dsc04061bu3.jpg

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/8158/dsc04070pt4.jpg

[pdisme]

WOW, gorgeous! :icon_super:

Those SDS Wheels?!

[Rami]

Thx again ;)

They are indeed, the Avaritia's. I'm thinking about buying an LP640 Roadster but it will be painfull saying goodbye to those rims ;)

[Shawn]

Awesome G Rami, I like the color :)

[pdisme]

Thx again ;)

They are indeed, the Avaritia's. I'm thinking about buying an LP640 Roadster but it will be painfull saying goodbye to those rims ;)

Obviously you can't go wrong with a 640 but I'm not sure how I'd feel about giving up my spyder for a roadster, I just love the damn convertible so much; I might be inclined to do the TT mod on the spyder instead. :)

[PhxDiablo]

Time to rave about my Murci -- I've had it for 3 months and logged 2,500 miles ... ZERO problems and the best thing of all, the A/C is KILLER COLD and keeps me cool even when the temperatures go beyond 110 degrees. This baby runs like a Toyota and it has truly exceeded my expectations for the first few 1000.

[Matt]

Thx again ;)

They are indeed, the Avaritia's. I'm thinking about buying an LP640 Roadster but it will be painfull saying goodbye to those rims ;)

Well, they are a sponsor here, and I do believe they may have some intentions on doing a murcie wheel ;)

Awesome color by the way, Grigio proteus? Love that color! :headbang:

[pdisme]

Time to rave about my Murci -- I've had it for 3 months and logged 2,500 miles ... ZERO problems and the best thing of all, the A/C is KILLER COLD and keeps me cool even when the temperatures go beyond 110 degrees. This baby runs like a Toyota and it has truly exceeded my expectations for the first few 1000.

You know what would be nice is for those of us with spyders and roadsters, if Lambo had a cooling seat like the s-class Benz. :grinning-smiley-003

[Matador]

I think I've got a few miles on my G. So far, I've put on about 9,500 miles since December (7 months), so I'm averaging about 1,357 miles/month...and that doesn't include the 8,000 miles I've put on the Ferrari in 13 months.

Yea, we do a LOT of drives.

[pdisme]

Yea, we do a LOT of drives.

You mean you buy a lot of unleaded! :lol2:

These posts are very inspiring, I want to go drive the car right now; maybe I'll quit work.

[Domenic]

Would any of you guys buy and trust a lambo w/ over 50K miles on it from 1996-2001?

[pdisme]

I might be more inclined to restrict the selection to the 6.0 if it is over 50k miles, but if an older one had been very well maintained, with documents and proper PPI (and test drive for sure) then they could be fine too. They're meant to be driven, so higher miles isn't necessarily bad, you just may have more maintenance to look forward to on the things that start to go on any car with higher mileage; cv joints and the like.

[Johnny Drama]

2,000 miles in 3 months. i drive it every day. do people really expect me to pull over so they can take a picture? i believe there are only 3 in charlotte, so many that's it.

[pdisme]

2,000 miles in 3 months. i drive it every day. do people really expect me to pull over so they can take a picture? i believe there are only 3 in charlotte, so many that's it.

Welcome to the board Johnny!! :grinning-smiley-003

[zzzzdoc]

2,000 miles in 3 months. i drive it every day. do people really expect me to pull over so they can take a picture? i believe there are only 3 in charlotte, so many that's it.
Worse. They'll do a 180 in their pickup truck (don't know why it's always pickups), drive 100mph to catch up, then hang out the window and take a picture with their cell phones. Amazing.

Oh, and BTW, :Welcome:.

[pdisme]

Worse. They'll do a 180 in their pickup truck (don't know why it's always pickups),

Who else can drive over the median?

[pmb]

When I had my 04 Gallardo I put on about 5000 Miles in six months and over 8000 Miles in 16 months in my old 03 Murci.

I currently have a CLS 500 that i put on about 37,000 miles in 2.5 years. Not much on the SE.

[zzzzdoc]

Who else can drive over the median?

Hmmmm..... The General Lee, perhaps?

[pdisme]

Hmmmm..... The General Lee, perhaps?

No, that car can only jump 150 foot ravines at extreme angles even though it's only traveling 60 mph and has no ramp.

[emissary]

I've put about 400 miles on mine in the first couple of months...I know, I know, I need to drive it more... :)