Quick questions about my new Diablo Roadster

Great to hear the car was as you hoped. How many miles have you put on it so far? Please let me know when you decide to sell it in a few years.

 

Tom -

I'd venture a guess that your blinking hazard lights are an alarm system gone nuts. Ask A.J. if the siren was perhaps disabled, and maybe you didn't properly "disarm" the system.

Just a guess... my little 348 does the same thing sometimes.

-Daniel

 

That's exactly what my car does. Since my old crappy alarm must not have a fuel-switch, it's not too dramatic when it goes on.

Leave one of the doors slightly open (latched, but not enough to be flush with the body work). Start pressing buttons on the key fob, and see if you can get the flashers to activate. I'll bet you can.

My alarm has a remote from DEI. When the alarm starts to go (blinkers), I need to press the "II" button, then the "I" button to properly disarm and rearm the system. All other times, I just use the "I" button for lock & unlock.

To test the siren, you can do 1 of these things: (a) lock the car with the keyfob, and bounce up and down on the body work to trigger the shock sensor (being careful not to dent or scratch anything!!), or (b) bring the car to my neighborhood, and leave it outside overnight.

Who knows... just an idea.


-Daniel

 

1 - That's oil pressure, not oil temp. Oil pressure when the engine is warm should not exceed 8 under any circumstances. In the first 10 minutes of driving, it might hit 8.5/9 at best, but you should still not be driving like a pimp that early until the engine warms up. You can't harm a Lambo when the engine is properly warm.

3 - Your thesis on a short circuit, or likely loose wire, bad connection, loose ground, bad button, is probably correct.

4 - If you drive it once a week, don't even bother disconnecting the battery. Only if you go past 2 weeks is it even worth the time to bother with it.

5 - That's a loaded question! For me, it depends on what I'm doing. If I'm driving 'normally' and just 'getting somewhere', I'll usually shift in the 3500-4500rpm range. If I'm showing off, having fun, or just getting in my speed stress relief, then I'll go up to the max of 7500-7700.

To further answer question #5, I've found I'm comfortable in 3rd gear till about 65mph while cruising, and 4th gear while cruising at 65-80mph. Anything above 80mph I'm usually in 5th gear except a downshift to lay on the gas pedal.

-Ben

 

Dont cut off the battery unless yes you leave for more than two weeks, once you pull the plug out it takes about 30miles before the systems be acquainted once again. I had a charger installed direct to the connections with plug in. Its really handy and theres no need to turn off the connection, also when you want to go driving the plug for the charger tucks away nicely in the vent in front of the wheel.

 

oh well, I was close...