Lamborghini Diablo

[sb930turbo]

As we now have Lambo's on the forum,
Anyone any idea what a Diablo costs to run a year?Is it about the same as a 348 or 355 or substantially more?
Steve

>>> Edited by sb930turbo on Monday 7th October 14:16

[Dazren]

£2.5 to £4k for a clutch every 5,000 miles was enough for me not to look into ownership costs in any further detail.

DAZ

[ninja_eli]

quote:Is it about the same as a 348 or 355 or substantially more?
Steve

>>> Edited by sb930turbo on Monday 7th October 14:16

Substantially more, from what I understand. I was told the same thing as Daz regarding clutch, except that some have been known to need a change every 3K miles. With what I was told regarding running one of these, by the owner/seller of one, I legged it in the opposite direction. Shame coz it was a LHD yellow beauty 1992 car, for only £32,000. That was two years ago. Not quite as useable as the Ferraris IMO. Don't like the dealers in london (they sell Ferraris too) either, but thats another story.

[manu]

London dealer doesn't like me much.....
But having seen and heard a black Lamborghini Diablo GT, pretty much any running costs this side of an F50 are worth it.
BTW I was actually told £4K for a clutch.

[sb930turbo]

I am very tempted by a Diablo for my next car.Don't think that anything other than an F40 would have the same appeal to me.
Steve

I know I should'nt have gone to Brooklands yesterday....all those Diablo's!!

>> Edited by sb930turbo on Monday 7th October 17:24

[456mgt]

quote:
I am very tempted by a Diablo for my next car.Don't think that anything other than an F40 would have the same appeal to me.
Steve

I know I should'nt have gone to Brooklands yesterday....all those Diablo's!!

>> Edited by sb930turbo on Monday 7th October 17:24

You'll be selling the Turbo then Steve?

[sb930turbo]

quote:

quote:
I am very tempted by a Diablo for my next car.Don't think that anything other than an F40 would have the same appeal to me.
Steve

I know I should'nt have gone to Brooklands yesterday....all those Diablo's!!

>> Edited by sb930turbo on Monday 7th October 17:24

You'll be selling the Turbo then Steve?

Not yet Kevin, may be in a couple of years(if I can wait that long!)

[craig]

I have owned a 1992 Diablo for a couple of years and had a Countach QV for 4 years before that. In my experience Lambos are cheaper to run than Ferrari's overall as they don't need cambelt changes every 3 years.

I've not had any big bills for the Diablo as yet (fingers crossed!). The clutch issue is a bit of a myth as it depends on how you treat it. I know someone in the club who has racked up 30000 miles on the same clutch no problem.

Running costs for Diablos obviously depend on where you take them for servicing but specialist annual services are about £800-1000.

[maranellouk]

Craig ol' buddy, ol' pal........................if possible could you post some pics of your Diablo for us to drool over?

BTW, how much did you get your '92 for? Any major costs so far?
Cheers

[tblamboman]

Dad AKA sb930, get a lambo mate, sell the Porsche and the Tvr!
Lamborghini's are the best!
Tom

>> Edited by tblamboman on Monday 7th October 19:30

[456mgt]

quote:
Dad AKA sb930, get a lambo mate, sell the Porsche and the Tvr!
Lamborghini's are the best!
Tom

Steve, you should listen to your son. He is wise for one so young....

[sb930turbo]

quote:
I have owned a 1992 Diablo for a couple of years and had a Countach QV for 4 years before that. In my experience Lambos are cheaper to run than Ferrari's overall as they don't need cambelt changes every 3 years.

I've not had any big bills for the Diablo as yet (fingers crossed!). The clutch issue is a bit of a myth as it depends on how you treat it. I know someone in the club who has racked up 30000 miles on the same clutch no problem.

Running costs for Diablos obviously depend on where you take them for servicing but specialist annual services are about £800-1000.

Craig,
If you can make the next V.Water meet on 20/10 it would be fantastic!
Steve

[911Targa]

I read an article today of a Diablo owner who loved the car to bits but...

Wheel bearings £800
New Front Bumper £9500

..he also said that the F355 was quicker on the track and his previous NSX was quicker on the road for everyday use!

But then you don't buy a Diablo for being practicle right? :-) I'd like one, but the article I read has put me right off!

..Gorgeous looking & sounding car!!!!!!

[maranellouk]

Good lord! Maybe he his bumper was set with diamonds.

[sb930turbo]

quote:
Good lord! Maybe he his bumper was set with diamonds.

I thought that it must have gold bars in it!
Where do you see this article 911?

[joust]

quote:
Craig,
If you can make the next V.Water meet on 20/10 it would be fantastic!
Steve

Oh please oh please oh please. If there's going to be a Lambo there I'll def. come!

A Lambo is the *one* car that I have always always wanted. I've got a "bet" going with the CEO that may get me one if I can pull off some total magic in the "deal making" area, but apart from that I just have to dream.

Right - I'm inspired - off to hedge some more stock mesa thinks

J

[911Targa]

Hmm, hold on a mo' - I'll have to search for it again.

[911Targa]

ok, found it already!

www.carsurvey.org/review_13205.html

[911Targa]

See you've got a good selection of cars there joust. How's the Noble? Something I've been interested in for a bit, but the 355 has to some first!

[ninja_eli]

quote:
I have owned a 1992 Diablo for a couple of years and had a Countach QV for 4 years before that. In my experience Lambos are cheaper to run than Ferrari's overall as they don't need cambelt changes every 3 years.

I've not had any big bills for the Diablo as yet (fingers crossed!). The clutch issue is a bit of a myth as it depends on how you treat it. I know someone in the club who has racked up 30000 miles on the same clutch no problem.

Running costs for Diablos obviously depend on where you take them for servicing but specialist annual services are about £800-1000.

Love this site, you can find details on anything you need. How does the Lambo stand up for build? I wasn't impressed with the build (external and internal) of the car that I saw (92) but heard that they have been improved on the later cars.

Also, how many miles do you do a year?

Regards