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How Much Owning and Maintaining a Lamborghini Gallardo Costs

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: the Internet has completely transformed the way we think about certain things. Not only that, but it’s also become a legitimate source of revenue for some young entrepreneurs with bright ideas.
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You probably can’t go to a bank, show them your YouTube subscriber list and ask for a loan yet, but if those subscribers can help you come up with the cash up front, that’s an entirely different story. You could even end up buying a supercar.

The Gallardo was Lamborghini’s first entry-level supercar equipped with a V10 engine. Through a combination of cool design and everyday usability, it became the Italian automaker’s most popular model, selling about 14k units during a decade of mass production.

Prices aren’t that high nowadays, so you could theoretically buy one of these instead of a brand new 911. In fact, you have plenty of choices when it comes to finding the right variant for you. Lamborghini performed two major facelifts, launched several special editions and even made a few RWD models. Also, there are still a few models around with manual gearboxes, and convertibles are nice too.

But everybody knows that buying a car and affording to own it are entirely different things. Usually, supercars have very few miles when you find them on the second-hand market. That’s because running them every day is very expensive.

Within nine months of buying his car, this Youtuber put 5,000 miles on the clock and spent $7,200. Not only does his video talk about his personal experience but also comes with a ballpark figure from other members of the Gallardo ownership community: 1 to 2 dollars per mile used.

The clutch is a major problem, apparently, because early models have a very weak one. Replacing it costs about $6,000, but you can also go for an aftermarket kevlar unit that costs $9,000 but lasts a little bit longer.

Tires also go very quickly, under 10,000 miles per set. As for fuel, this particular Lamborghini averaged 11mpg over its life, which isn’t too bad. But you have to remember that it could drain a lot of fuel on the way to and from the filling station while only offering a small tank.

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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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