Aventador date set!
Aventador date set!
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Melz

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87 posts

243 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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My Aventador arrives in California on the 26th of this month. I am beyond excited.....

I am having the new exhaust that lambo newport beach have developed fitted to the car. The original was a little too tame for my tastes. See the video below. This was filmed at the "Cars and Coffee" in orange county. Its the dealerships show car. Sounds amazing imo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxW54M2ubLs


Can't wait.....






yorkieboy

1,848 posts

206 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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Sounds epic! What it should sound like in the first place!!

crostonian

2,427 posts

203 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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That sounds fantastic, like a proper Lambo V12 should sound, what's the system made of, any pics?

iandc

3,893 posts

237 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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great sound. Much better than the OEM exhaust which is far too tame. I just hope there will be similar available in the UK. I assume as it is fitted by a Lambo dealer it will not result in engine light problems etc. Let us know how you get on with it. What colour have you chosen? Only 10 sleepless nights to go!!!

Don1

16,880 posts

239 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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The first UK one that I saw at The Ace sounded like a Prius going round the car-park and at low speed. Really disappointing - but this is exactly what the doctor ordered!

OP - great choice.

UH-Matt

2,173 posts

271 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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Agreed, when the HR ownen demo car entered Wilton it was so quiet even with the driver attempting to rev the engine...

That exhaust sounds really nice, can see a few UK people getting systems bought over here.

andrew

10,365 posts

223 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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UH-Matt said:
Agreed, when the HR ownen demo car entered Wilton it was so quiet even with the driver attempting to rev the engine...

That exhaust sounds really nice, can see a few UK people getting systems bought over here.
at 196mph, it's still mainly road and wind noise frown

Melz

Original Poster:

87 posts

243 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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Yeah, the guy there is pretty experienced with developing exhausts for the cars. It used to be referred to as the LOC exhaust (Lamborghini Orange County). They are now under new ownership so i guess this will be called the LNB (Newport Beach) exhaust. There are plenty of examples of the LOC exhaust on Gallardos and Murcis on you tube.

No doubts the likes of Tubi and Larini will be busy working on something for it.

I went for Balloon white in the end, with black leather and white stitching. I have to say though, having seen the new arn Originally I was going to go for black on black, but decided it might lose too much of the detailing (air intakes etc). I have to say though, after I saw the Arancio Argos in the flesh, i was tempted to change!

I have a friend who has a go-pro video set up he fixes to the front of his elise so i'll try and get him to take some video of it on the road next month.

pork911

7,365 posts

214 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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Mac behind it looks very ordinary.

Melz

Original Poster:

87 posts

243 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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i test drove that car. Amazing car, but it does look plain next to the Aventador. It's also a very different drive. The gearbox is amazing, so smooth on the up change even with your foot down. (as opposed to the Aventador which almost breaks your neck when in corsa mode).

iandc

3,893 posts

237 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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andrew said:
at 196mph, it's still mainly road and wind noise frown
then stop farting!!!biggrin

Streetrod

6,484 posts

237 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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pork911 said:
Mac behind it looks very ordinary.
Yeah but probably just as, if not faster than the Aventador on the road...... wink

bromers2

1,867 posts

281 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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TBH I'm not sure I like the sound of that - it's lost it's deep V12 rumble.

kbf1981

2,351 posts

231 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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Streetrod said:
pork911 said:
Mac behind it looks very ordinary.
Yeah but probably just as, if not faster than the Aventador on the road...... wink
Really? There's a few races between an Aventador and a 458 / LP560 and the Aventador is massively faster. In a straight line....the Mac wouldn't see where it's gone based on these. No doubt someone on M5board or somewhere will race one soon.

UH-Matt

2,173 posts

271 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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Streetrod said:
pork911 said:
Mac behind it looks very ordinary.
Yeah but probably just as, if not faster than the Aventador on the road...... wink
Wouldn't be so sure. Going to be a good one to see when they are compared properly.

Doesn't change the fact that the Macca looks so unbelievably dull compared to the latest gen of Lambo or Ferrari!

Streetrod

6,484 posts

237 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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kbf1981 said:
Streetrod said:
pork911 said:
Mac behind it looks very ordinary.
Yeah but probably just as, if not faster than the Aventador on the road...... wink
Really? There's a few races between an Aventador and a 458 / LP560 and the Aventador is massively faster. In a straight line....the Mac wouldn't see where it's gone based on these. No doubt someone on M5board or somewhere will race one soon.
Yes really!! There is a video of JC running the Mac against the LP560 and in it he Mac just leaves it for dust. I cant find it on youtube at the moment but it is on JC's latest video

iandc

3,893 posts

237 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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Streetrod said:
Yes really!! There is a video of JC running the Mac against the LP560 and in it he Mac just leaves it for dust. I cant find it on youtube at the moment but it is on JC's latest video
So what has thia to do with the Aventador? The MC being faster than a 560 is not that surprising but beating an Aventador? Really!.

LambdaSensor

28 posts

185 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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This is the type of Aventador thread I'm dreaming of starting sometime...zzzz

kbf1981

2,351 posts

231 months

Tuesday 17th January 2012
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Streetrod said:
kbf1981 said:
Streetrod said:
pork911 said:
Mac behind it looks very ordinary.
Yeah but probably just as, if not faster than the Aventador on the road...... wink
Really? There's a few races between an Aventador and a 458 / LP560 and the Aventador is massively faster. In a straight line....the Mac wouldn't see where it's gone based on these. No doubt someone on M5board or somewhere will race one soon.
Yes really!! There is a video of JC running the Mac against the LP560 and in it he Mac just leaves it for dust. I cant find it on youtube at the moment but it is on JC's latest video
Can we trust JC's videos? He did a 911 vs. R8 thing on topgear and the C4S beats the R8's times round most tracks yet he showed it having difficulty keeping up....

I think a lot of what he does is playing up to the camera to create a story arc.

Melz

Original Poster:

87 posts

243 months

Wednesday 18th January 2012
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bromers2 said:
TBH I'm not sure I like the sound of that - it's lost it's deep V12 rumble.
the stock exhaust doesn't have a v12 rumble at all imo. It sounds good at very high revs, but unless you are really on the gas the whole time it sounds a bit tame (for a 250k supercar that is...)