Happy Aventador S Owner!!
Discussion
This post is mostly for potential owners who like me was/is unsure whether to go for one of these over other alternatives and maybe hesitant because of the size/useability of the the thing.
After 2 weeks of driving everywhere I can happily report the car is not too big (my main concern from changing from a gallardo performante) and I can still enjoy it down familiar back roads / A roads etc.
However the differences in driving the 17 onwards 'S model' with the 4 wheel steering which help the usability at low speed is quite pronounced and if you are considering any Aventador please drive one of the S model later cars as they certainly seem to drive a lot easier than the earlier models.
Noise wise I prefered the sound from my older Gallardo but this did have a Larini Clubsport exhaust on it so I may have to fit an exhaust to the Aventador to help with this.
Am willing to take advice from anyone on here if they have gone down that route with a 17 plate onwards S model.
(Am stating this as there are hardly any videos of the newer car with an after market exhaust - there are loads with the previous standard model and SV varient but not many with my model to go on)
Biggest issue so far which I remember from previous owners posts on here is the rate the fuel litterally disapears, and I am not exagerating in the fact it seems to go through fuel 2.5 times faster than my older Gallardo drivng in a simular fashion.
This may cause a problem if I want to take the car on a driving tour ie Scotland etc - where after hard driving in the Aventador you are lucky to get 80 miles from a tank, maybe less.
The Gallardo would easily get over 180 miles driving hard without thought about worrying about where to find the nearest petrol garage.
Had it flash up a couple times 'performance limited' when sitting in heavy traffic and the temp gauge go rather high - but have no effect on the car (no limp mode etc) - Car cools down - back on open road and no issue or warnings.
Will check into dealer when I have time as still under manufacturers warranty.
Regarding the warranty I am aware you cannot extend the warranty on an Aventador before it expires in the UK, however I have been told it maybe possible to drive into europe - maybe france or Belguim have an inspection done at a Main Dealer and set up the warranty in the dealer abroad - anyone aware of this ??? Fact or fiction?
Happy punter at the moment - wish it had a bigger fuel tank though!
And as you would expect - the performance is amazing - 2nd to 3rd flat out has left me shocked a couple of times...what a machine!!!
After 2 weeks of driving everywhere I can happily report the car is not too big (my main concern from changing from a gallardo performante) and I can still enjoy it down familiar back roads / A roads etc.
However the differences in driving the 17 onwards 'S model' with the 4 wheel steering which help the usability at low speed is quite pronounced and if you are considering any Aventador please drive one of the S model later cars as they certainly seem to drive a lot easier than the earlier models.
Noise wise I prefered the sound from my older Gallardo but this did have a Larini Clubsport exhaust on it so I may have to fit an exhaust to the Aventador to help with this.
Am willing to take advice from anyone on here if they have gone down that route with a 17 plate onwards S model.
(Am stating this as there are hardly any videos of the newer car with an after market exhaust - there are loads with the previous standard model and SV varient but not many with my model to go on)
Biggest issue so far which I remember from previous owners posts on here is the rate the fuel litterally disapears, and I am not exagerating in the fact it seems to go through fuel 2.5 times faster than my older Gallardo drivng in a simular fashion.
This may cause a problem if I want to take the car on a driving tour ie Scotland etc - where after hard driving in the Aventador you are lucky to get 80 miles from a tank, maybe less.
The Gallardo would easily get over 180 miles driving hard without thought about worrying about where to find the nearest petrol garage.
Had it flash up a couple times 'performance limited' when sitting in heavy traffic and the temp gauge go rather high - but have no effect on the car (no limp mode etc) - Car cools down - back on open road and no issue or warnings.
Will check into dealer when I have time as still under manufacturers warranty.
Regarding the warranty I am aware you cannot extend the warranty on an Aventador before it expires in the UK, however I have been told it maybe possible to drive into europe - maybe france or Belguim have an inspection done at a Main Dealer and set up the warranty in the dealer abroad - anyone aware of this ??? Fact or fiction?
Happy punter at the moment - wish it had a bigger fuel tank though!
And as you would expect - the performance is amazing - 2nd to 3rd flat out has left me shocked a couple of times...what a machine!!!
Edited by lambo666 on Saturday 23 November 00:36
Many thanks Topjay, was out today for an hour blast and every time I get in approx 5 mins of traffic the 'performance limited' will appear and temp gauge goes up and stays there until engine switched off. Leave for 10 mins, everything fine again...until I hit traffic...
Going to fuel up again so will attempt your advice on filling up.
Many thanks for your advice, trying to get informative usefull advice in the supercar section is getting rare on here these days with the amount of nonsense spouted by other posters. Will report back on the fuel filling situation.
Going to fuel up again so will attempt your advice on filling up.
Many thanks for your advice, trying to get informative usefull advice in the supercar section is getting rare on here these days with the amount of nonsense spouted by other posters. Will report back on the fuel filling situation.
Well that was a top tip if there ever was one.... took a while start stopping with the petrol pump but did indeed manage to put in an extra £13.50 of the tesco 99 stuff. After my usual blasting around route using a bit of motorway and country roads I would usually come home with half a tank, this time only showing a quarter tank used, so indeed a big difference! Thankyou for that tip!!
Is anyone on here a supercardriver member?
Is it worth the £350 annual fee?
Is there plenty of driving meets organised? - Im not really interested in standing around in large car parks with other owners or going to shows where members of the public fawn over static display cars (tried both and thats not for me) - more interested in driving tours so to speak.....
Again thanks Topjay for the fuel tip!!
Is anyone on here a supercardriver member?
Is it worth the £350 annual fee?
Is there plenty of driving meets organised? - Im not really interested in standing around in large car parks with other owners or going to shows where members of the public fawn over static display cars (tried both and thats not for me) - more interested in driving tours so to speak.....
Again thanks Topjay for the fuel tip!!
Thanks for all your posts, will pop it to either Chelmsford or Tunbridge Wells when the 'new car phase I want to drive it all the time' wears off.
Don't know how to get the mpg up on the display, must be quite hidden among the settings.
SCD membership is now priced at £350 per annum.
Only cosmetic change I would like to make would be the clear glass slats at the back - any ideas on this, please post away.
Have done 950 miles in 3 weeks ownership and thats with no long trips, just blasting around on me lonesome and taking mates out etc.
Much more usable than I thought possible and has surprised me, as before purchasing was worried about the size and agility, where as with the Huracan Performante/Spyder which was my other choice - I could use these everyday without worry about the size/width, with the same if not better performance.
But when you need to have a V12 etc etc.
2nd to 3rd in corsa at full whack makes me laugh to myself - and hold the steering wheel rather tight.......
There was a post a couple months back linking to a 17 or 18 plate Aventador S with close to 35k miles on it, I can totally understand why.
I totally underestimated the useability of these.
Don't know how to get the mpg up on the display, must be quite hidden among the settings.
SCD membership is now priced at £350 per annum.
Only cosmetic change I would like to make would be the clear glass slats at the back - any ideas on this, please post away.
Have done 950 miles in 3 weeks ownership and thats with no long trips, just blasting around on me lonesome and taking mates out etc.
Much more usable than I thought possible and has surprised me, as before purchasing was worried about the size and agility, where as with the Huracan Performante/Spyder which was my other choice - I could use these everyday without worry about the size/width, with the same if not better performance.
But when you need to have a V12 etc etc.
2nd to 3rd in corsa at full whack makes me laugh to myself - and hold the steering wheel rather tight.......
There was a post a couple months back linking to a 17 or 18 plate Aventador S with close to 35k miles on it, I can totally understand why.
I totally underestimated the useability of these.
Not so happy Aventador S owner!!!
Unfortunately I have had a rough start! - I previously alluded to overheating issues which have since been resolved as a new passenger side fan was fitted under warranty and was without the car for about 10 days during December (no big deal due to the nasty weather).
Got the car back and was functioning properly, and again driving it as much as possible adding 500 miles in 10 days - all is well with a big smile on my face.
Then - the car starts to make a horrid grinding noise in reverse and then on the M25 it decides 4th gear does not exist and goes from 3rd to 5th.
Left the car overnight hoping it might just be a software glitch but no - I took it out the next day, same grinding noise in reverse - took it round the block but this time 2nd gear did not exist and was jumping from 1st to 3rd.
Car picked up by Lamborghini assistance on a low loader - back to garage, has been there approx a week and got the call yesterday to say the car is getting a new gearbox pending authorisation from someone senior due to the cost.
The cost of the gearbox replacement including fitting etc would be £28,500 plus the vat.
The car has done approx 2500 miles in total.
Yes the car is still under warranty, but what do you do when the warranty expires???
Service department allude to lots of goodwill as long as the car is maintained to a high standard etc, but I would rather pay someone something and have an iron clad warranty rather than cross my fingers and pray on goodwill everytime.
Because of the weather and time of year I am not too bothered, but I would be if during summer.
Grange in Chelmsford are doing a good job with regards to keeping me informed etc so I can't fault them, just concerned about the warranty situation.
Imagine if the car was say 8 months out of warranty, but had done less than 5000 miles, sorry sir needs new gearbox, please pay our invoice £35,000.
!!!
Unfortunately I have had a rough start! - I previously alluded to overheating issues which have since been resolved as a new passenger side fan was fitted under warranty and was without the car for about 10 days during December (no big deal due to the nasty weather).
Got the car back and was functioning properly, and again driving it as much as possible adding 500 miles in 10 days - all is well with a big smile on my face.
Then - the car starts to make a horrid grinding noise in reverse and then on the M25 it decides 4th gear does not exist and goes from 3rd to 5th.
Left the car overnight hoping it might just be a software glitch but no - I took it out the next day, same grinding noise in reverse - took it round the block but this time 2nd gear did not exist and was jumping from 1st to 3rd.
Car picked up by Lamborghini assistance on a low loader - back to garage, has been there approx a week and got the call yesterday to say the car is getting a new gearbox pending authorisation from someone senior due to the cost.
The cost of the gearbox replacement including fitting etc would be £28,500 plus the vat.
The car has done approx 2500 miles in total.
Yes the car is still under warranty, but what do you do when the warranty expires???
Service department allude to lots of goodwill as long as the car is maintained to a high standard etc, but I would rather pay someone something and have an iron clad warranty rather than cross my fingers and pray on goodwill everytime.
Because of the weather and time of year I am not too bothered, but I would be if during summer.
Grange in Chelmsford are doing a good job with regards to keeping me informed etc so I can't fault them, just concerned about the warranty situation.
Imagine if the car was say 8 months out of warranty, but had done less than 5000 miles, sorry sir needs new gearbox, please pay our invoice £35,000.
!!!
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