488 Spider or 458 Spider

If you guys don’t feel the cowl shake in the 458 Spider then do yourself a favor and don’t go looking for it. The best way to discover it would be to go drive a 458 Italia and then compare how one feels more planted and just more rigid when your driving. I used to never feel it in my F430 Spider as that was my first Ferrari. I loved it. Then I drove a coupe.......


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Went through same choices about 6 months ago and they are both great. Ended up with 488 spider as the driving experience is significantly better. Now looking at F8 spider to see if it is worth the upgrade.

 

Waiting for someone to post...it doesn’t sound as good but gets better gas mileage.

 

...or I can see future threads on FChat: “It doesn’t have the same screaming engine but it has an awesome CarPlay AV interface, and the adaptive-cruise control can’t be beat!”

 

And let’s not forget it has a fob vs. a key. That’s why I bought my 488.

 

Both are great cars, the 458 has then advantage of the engine, but loses out badly with skuttle shake , I could not deal with that on the 458, but it will depend on the roads you drive on. 488 spider the best all round car I have owned, and one of the really great cars.

 

Having jumped to the 458 Spider from a 991.2 GT3, the cowl shake was immediately noticeable and remains one of my only complaints about the car. When I drove the 488 Spider for 2 days in Italy, to my disappointment - or perhaps it’s a good thing since I already bought the 458 - I felt a lot of cowl shake there too.

The two cars had similar miles (~10k) on them, so maybe the flex builds as the car “loosens up?” Or maybe the 488 had just been extra-thrashed as a rental? The rest of the car seemed in really good shape, FWIW...

Either way, my 458/488 cowl shake experiences were both similarly less-than-awesome. Good thing the rest of the driving experience more than makes up for that!


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Not 6000 threads actually, but 8432 posts. I counted. Really.

Test drive both. You will know what fits you better.

Ciao.

 

Shouldn't compare a turtle shell with a bowl.

 

You are evil.

 

458 Spider....

 

The 488 Spider is better in nearly every measurable way... However, if I was choosing between the two I would go with a 458 Spider. There is just something magical about the 458. I was out in a 15 458 Spider the other day on a cold Michigan day. I turned the heated seat on, kept the top-up of course, and put the rear window down and just drove... Afterward, I had a grin on my face the rest of the day. The 458 just puts and keeps a smile on face for a long time after I drive one.

 

So spot on.

 

I guess being old has its advantages. I owned many British roadsters and other convertibles than shook like an excited puppy, the 458 cowl shake is nonexistent in comparison to what I've owned in my life. It did not even factor into my decision to buy one. Then again my reasoning never seems to make sense to most people.