Gallardo major service - questions??

They use timing chains. You'll have a ~$800 to $1200 service every 7500 miles, couple hundred if you change oil annually instead if you don't rack up enough miles, I think the 15k service is about $2500. I've put 12,000 miles on my '06 spyder from new and it's cost me less than $2k in service.

 

No belts. Super reliable due to Audi influence. Very little regular maintenance. Biggest cost is clutch ($7K incl. throwout bearing) and tires (rears good for 12K miles at most).

Replacing belts is retarded!
The G is a much better deal. I do my own maintenance. You should not be shopping for reliability, but the look of the car, if you are looking at exotics.

Budget $4 per mile for maintenance, depreciation, insurance, etc. This has been carefully calculated on other forums by other users.

 

It appears you recieved allot of solid answers to your technical questions. I owned a 2004 Lambo G car, I now have a Lambo G 560-4 and a F430. Both are F1 cars.

The best car is the one you like the best. The belt change on a 360 is easy. You can get at the belt from the back seat. 5 years is pushing it. Ferrari moved it up to 5 yr intervils then for some reason went back to 3 years. The trouble is if it goes it does alot of damage and is expensive to repair.

In my opinion the 360 is better handling then the Lambo and the F car has explosive power. Many people think the Lambo G is better looking and agressive. I share that view.

The 360 sounds like a better price but there are so many factors, milage, condition proximity to a dealer etc.

My 2004 Lambo did not cost me much for maintenance. My Ferrari 360 had $14k of maintenance that was required by the service schedule. This is when I traded it in for the F430 I have now. My Lambo I am not sure. I never got hit to that amount. In my case I do not track the cars so I have delayed some expensive items.

I also go to an independent exotic car repair place. The cost is better and the work seems okay. My guy does not have access to the cpu data that a dealer would. The oils used in both cars is expensive. Egrippa or something like that is $29.95 a gallon. Mobil 1 is as good or better and a fraction of the cost.

If you do your own work I have been told that Lambo dealers will not sell parts to independents. For ferrari it has not been a problem. That may be a regional issue only in Florida, I do not know. I got an agreement with the dealer on both cars, one used and the other new.

Last pont better value depends on the age of the cars you are considering. Lambo is catching Ferrari but they are not there yet. Recent Lambo G cars are quicker than the F430. The handling is closer but Ferrari is still better. If you are thinking of a 2004 vintage Lambo, Ferrari for fun is the way to go.

They are both great cars in different but wonderful ways.

Good luck on what ever you decide.

Lee

 

I would agree with Lee to a point, but since I think all AWD sports cars should never ever have been made (I have converted my Gallardo, and 2 very moded 996tt's to RWD), and the AWD made the steering on the Gallardo feel like a pickup truck compared to the 360's or the 430 I owned. You will see alot of about cost per mile on here, but that usually includes the loss of the cars value. Ferrari's Lambo's Aston's are all going to cost more to run and you can only do your own repairs to a point, and with F1 or egear cars you need some expensive tools to check them. I have owned over 130 (90% of the moded) cars in the last 10 years (including my Gallardo, 2 360's 575, and a 430 coupe), and I get asked the same questions you are asking quite often. My answer is the same, you might be buying a car that costs much less because it is used, but the service still cost the same. These types of cars costs much more to buy, to service, and to fix if you are unlucky enough to have something bad happen. A 3 mile an hour bump in a Gallardo cost 67K and took 3 months to fix. I have owned 39 Porsches (#39 is in my garage), and though they may not be as eye catching as a Lambo or a Ferrari setup right they will out handle and outrun an Enzo or a Scub without breaking a sweat, and they cost almost nothing to maintain. Okay I'm done, Good luck with whatever to decide on.

 

Here's a pretty good guide on the Gallardo which includes cost estimates:
http://supercarrentalsinc.com/the-complete-lamborghini-gallardo-buyers-guide/

They did a one for the 360 as well:
http://supercarrentalsinc.com/the-complete-ferrari-360-buyers-guide/

 

That interior shot is why I'd pick the Ferrari, nobody does interiors better, especially not the Germans. The 360 is just better looking all the way around, and as far as performance, the 360 has plenty for street use. The only draw back are those darn belts though.

 

I am still trying to figure out why you would pay $120k for a Gallardo? You can get them for $80-90k right now all over the place. If you are going to pay $120k, get an early Murci or a later model Diablo.

 

Just how fast are the '04 Gallardo's......I just gotta have one, although I like to do my own work as much as possible. Sounds like they are cheaper to maintain than a Ferrari....I too don't like the awd, there was a guy on another chatroom asking how to "burn the tires" on his "04 Gallardo. I understand that you need to stay away from the first 400 cars in 2004.
As much as I like my 348 (and I LOVE my car)...I have never seen anything better than that darned Gallardo - gotta have one!

 

Turning the car into RWD is not hard, you just need to rebalance the suspension afterwards. My car was turned into RWD a week after I bought it, I would never own it unless it could be RWD. If you want to do your own work, buy a gearshift car, you need a conputer to adjust the egear. As I have said before, parts are not cheap but if you buy a service manual you should be able to do most things yourself. I have driven a few Gallardo's they all felt different to me, but my 04 is just as fast (or maybe faster) than my 430 coupe was, which is okay with me.

 

interior ferrari wins. the overall look and exotic the Gallardo wins hands down. fyi the only 80-90k gallardo you are going to find is an 04.
lots of used g's 07 and up have been selling 135k plus. i would look for a nice 06 and above g and not look back.

 

360 belts can be done for $2,000 and Lambo clutches at a little over $7,000 if the throw bearing is needed. A clutch will go lets say 20,000 miles and the belts will last me for 15,000 miles or three years. So no matter what in my case a belt service is better than the clutch job, but I would rather own the Gallardo anyway.

Where Ferrari does the raping is at their major services, thats when most people do belts and everything else needed or not!!! Lambo does the raping with the clutch and no lubrication is considered!!!