New Owner Questions

[Andrew1552]

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

[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 !

[Yipper]

Oil. Never (never) let it run low or until the light comes on. Check the dipstick every 500 miles or so. They can be thirsty.

[TISPKJ]

As per Andrew above, don't creep along in traffic or in effect slip the clutch if at all possible, think that is the only real potential weak point.

[Andrew1552]

Many thanks!

[lanan]

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.

[carspath]

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

[andrew]

^ 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...

[70proof]

Warning lights if you let fuel level go too low, usually evaporator sensors...

[70proof]

Any many congrats, you won't regret it...

[70proof]

andrew said:

^ 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...

Good find Andrew, saved me a job.... Merry Xmas dude

[70proof]

Oil level check procedure very specific as dry sump...

[andrew]

70proof said:

andrew said:

^ 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...

Good find Andrew, saved me a job.... Merry Xmas dude

merry christmas mohan !

[lanan]

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.
http://www.lamborghini-talk.com/vbforum/f47/soft-r...

[sambalee]

Re fuel level, yes always keep it above 1/4 as the balance pipe between the tanks is higher then it could be so similar problem to the 996T/C4 but worse as it is two tanks. If one side runs lower then you can get fuel starvation on one bank.

Lee

[4321go]

I know that I shouldn't but........ I've had the estimated tank range reading zero on several occasions with no hiccups (every pun intended!).