A Murchie lemon

That's why my 355 sits in the garage and I terrorize the streets in my Viper. Say what you want, but with 500+ hp and the ability to pull up behind a Neon in line for service aint all bad. The new C6 Z06 is starting to look awfully good also. Perhaps if they could train a tech or 2 at the Audi dealerships it would help.

 

"It could happen to any brand of car, not just this one;"

It's also the only documented case on one, whereas you can search forums for hours looking at all the lemon Fords, Hondas, Land Rovers, even Lexus models.

Lemons happen, part of making any product.

-Ben

 

How? I would think that building cars by hand would tend to magnify the lemon factor quite a bit.

 

Korr is 100% correct. Magnifies it in multiples. Machine built cars are all identical and thus if you have a problem with one you have a problem with all. Every Lamborghini runs differently due to their being hand built.

-Ben

 

I have heard of a few 360 lemons also.

 

Well ... lemon is a big word, here IMHO.
Ok, so the throttle body was faulty, and it has a couple electronic glitches (lifting front and computer). Most new Benz have more serious than that!!! LOL.
Oh yeah, as for the clutch being worn, well ... he's a noob to semi-supercars, I wouldn't be surprised if he messed up a couple times, and that's all it takes to burn a clutch!

I dunno, if he wanted a perfect car, he should have gotten an Audi (can't say Benz anymore).
People tend to forget that these cars are rare and hand built, sort of automobile craftsmanship (even though it diminished with Audi) ... they're not your average Civic with 20 years/500k miles warranty.

Not saying his car wasn't faulty, nor saying it was his fault ... but I don't expect supercars to be as convenient as a Honda.

BTW, I noticed they were mainly computer problems ... another reason to get an early Diablo!!

 

he did get an audi.

-Ben

 

I've owned my new 04 Murci for 10 weeks and done 5500 miles in it - must be the most well used Murci in the whole of Europe. I'm going to keep putting massive miles on it because I love it. I've had a couple of problems with the suspension lift system and a knock coming from the front suspension but its a fabulous car and its going to get used all year round.
There will always be the odd lemon whatever make, model etc. Glad to say mine isn't one of them!

 

Well ... by Audi I meant an A6 or something. The kind of car you just turn the key and go. Somewhat boring (even though that's arguable if you consider the RS6 ...), but dead stone reliable. I was about to say Mercedes ... but the chips are causing so many problems lately the legend doesn't work anymore.
And anyways, I know you all got what I meant

Simon ... keep it up!!! Do you drive it daily?

 

Almost! The guys at Lamborghini Manchester where it goes for servicing think i'm crazy!
If you get 'Evo' magazine out there its part of their long term fleet for a year or so, so I write about it every month - servicing issues, odd funny story etc. They are paying me for it so I don't mind.
Just washed it and off out in it now actually..

 

ferrrari , esp with the the 3 series cars, has much higher production numbers and higher sales...lambo only made 400 cars a year, max, until the gallardo..so it makes sense that parts for the murci are far and few in between....

 

If I was in a Baptist church in the south I would scream "That's right. Saaaaay IT!"

If the dollar continues to take a dump...which it will...the decision will be made for most of use.

It's an important market...and they have to raise prices just to stay even. I tell everyone my BMW M3 is the best car I own. I love my 360's...yesterday's drive was the biggest groove ever. But I cannot deny how good other cars are.

I sell Italian electronics...they are troublesome at times.

 

Lambo has never had a good rep for taking care of warranty work. There are alot of nightmare dealers out there that have left alot of people holding the bag. One would think that if you buy a $250,000 car that they would be bending over backwards for you. Not the case at all. There are a a few good lambo dealers out there. I have heard good things about Fox Valley and Lambo of Atlanta but for every two that have a good rep i have heard bad things about the next five. I just hope that this is one area that audi does improve lambo on. I thin service is as important as performance when it comes to buying a new exotic. To me this is what makes the GT40 so atractive . Supercar performance with a real warranty !

 

Lambokid: Could not agree with you more. Continuing poor service and support from Lambo dealers will certainly make it more difficult for Audi to achieve the higher production numbers of these cars. In some locations the level of service is abominal. Audi needs to get rid of these "old school guys" as soon as they can. "Old School"= rape them good then ignore and move on to the next vict...er.. customer.

 

i wonder how well the mechanic working on the ford focus is going to do on a GT?

 

hahahahaha good one

 

They are trying, but at least in the US with franchise laws here it is very difficult and will take time.

 

I just spoke with a gentleman this weekend who bought a Murci and a Gallardo and dumped them both for repeated technical glitches and part failures. It's too bad, really. On the other hand, the Carrera GT he had was really cool!

 

That's odd. My Murci has had no glitches whatsoever. My 360 Spider had a few minor issues, but that doesn't mean anything, you can expect some minor issues with any car. Regardless, I know of several people that own Murci's and Gallardo's, and the only complaint I have ever heard was the early e-gear software in the Gallardo, which has now been fixed/updated. Lambo did a tremendous job on the new e-gear system, much better than the F1 system on my 360 (much more predictable off the line, and has the launch control feature).