Wanted WTB F8 w/ CarPlay

May I ask why CarPlay is a must have?you’re making me rethink my spec.


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For a mere $4219 Option charge for Apple CarPlay, I chose not to add it..ridiculous.

 

And this thread epitomizes the sad state of affairs of today's Ferrari [and cars] "enthusiasts"........

 

Careful man, remember when apple made its foray into maps and drove someone into a lake?

https://www.rustybrick.com/apple-maps-drove-me-over-water.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2012/09/27/apple-maps-six-most-epic-fails/#55dd589cdf9d

I'd stick with google maps if you want to make sure your F8 is safe.

 

Nah. I drive my Ferrari’s. I expect some usability or I’ll go vintage. In central Florida it was 100F. I expect my air con to work also.

Times change. For 300k, things gotta work. Carplay does not add any weight just $$


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The OP s thoughts are probably this..... It’s nice to have Apple CarPlay especially when someone else is has already paid for it.

 

Is this meant as a slight to the OP? You're judging him because he wants to add a no weight option to a car that is meant as an everyday proposition? How about all those Speciale aperta drivers? Don't you think it detracts from the purism by having a car that is hundreds of pounds heavier then it's fixed roof equivalent that is meant as a track machine?

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Waze works fine through the Bluetooth and has the advantage of police indication in the us


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Greetings:

1. Welcome to FerrariChat.
2. It is customary to have a completed profile, so it is easier to understand and converse with our Ferrari brethren.
3. In order to reply effectively and coherently to your post I must be clear; do you mean THAN instead of then?
The words have complete different meanings, so it would be beneficial to clear that query first; in the spirit of clear, concise and joyful conversation.

Thanks!

 

Thanks for the welcome and the grammar note - I was typing hurriedly and appear to have misused 'it's' as well!

I aim to fill out a profile this week and hopefully I will be inducted by both the brethren and the ladies of the forum - I imagine there's a few of the latter floating about. To answer your question, I did indeed mean 'than'; apologies for impeding comprehension. As you've noted, my syntax occasionally leaves something to be desired but when you say the words have complete different meanings, do you mean 'completely'?

Cheers.

 

Touche my friend!

But in all seriousness, my post was not meant as a slight to the OP. It was more of a comment on the priorities that people may have concerning their cars.

P.S. I like your moxie; WE WILL get along great here!

 

I optioned CarPlay on my 488 GTB and while the 4200 cost was steep, nothing comes cheap with a Ferrari. It was worth it. It's an option I would rather have than not have on any modern Ferrari for the fact that it simply integrates Apple/iOS into the car and bypass Ferrari's native system, and will update on its own via iPhone.

Oh and it comes free on Porsche 911s, including the GT cars (at least in the US)

 

Thank you, sir. I certainly appreciate a little joshing in the spirit it was intended. If no slight was meant, then/than no slight is taken! I am myself wondering where my priorities lie lately. I am likely moving to the US (New York) to work and am strongly considering either a 458 or Scud. The latter is of course peerless and purist but the former just seems more...habitable. I would enjoy the sound system more while making the drive up to Toronto or CT to see my brother and would be worried that the Scud's lack of front lift wouldn't do so well on the roads. Guess we all get a little more practical as we age - 25 year old me would've taken the Scud without even thinking of it!

 

Sam

It’s so interesting. The challenge I face with CarPlay is not just cost related but relevance related. I admit to being a guy with a diverse group of friends. There’s a minority group here which we often don’t discuss on the board. Android users ..... just sayin. Does Ferrari offer android play? It’s insensitive that I don’t even know that.

Nothing is cheap but not everything you pay for gives value. Sam like you remind me how long you kept the 488 with CarPlay? Did the rawer, less docile options you switched to have CarPlay and is that a dealbreaker ? Does the fact that other companies include the technology for free as a selling point shift how you decide. I would prefer a little more carbon for my budget.

The functionality of CarPlay even with generational updates is 5-7 years max. For that price point and for most of us here, there is a convenience value point. Ferrari is so good because it’s hard but not impossible to add later and most of us wouldn’t change the sacred factory specification and the price is just within what’s absurd to charge no matter your personal budget. And the versions of CarPlay available don’t support wireless CarPlay as I understand it, like other vehicles currently offer.

I have it on my Lusso but not sure I’ll need it in my GTS. And for 4K I would use need as opposed to desire as my personal threshold.


My question to the OP above was looking for another’s value proposition. Often others have hacks or uses that I have not found per se and with that perspective, the value to me is shifted. It’s like the lifter argument. Half the people with it say they never use it and it’s fine, the others with it say they always use it and they couldn’t live without it ( how do you know) but I consider it a must have for the brick paved roads in my town.

I guess seamless integration has different value to different drivers.


Angrybanker. Get the scud. ‘Nuff said.

 

I have no idea what you're saying. Are you trying to tell me how to option my cars

I use iOS only, couldn't care less about supporting Android, and I haven't owned a car longer than 3 years to date

 

i just got a lusso. picked it over a few others because it had car play. use it all the time...even if only to watch out for cops on waze. paying 300-400k+ for a car, and then refusing to pay 4k for carplay to spite oneself seems silly. i think most people regret it later. and when you want to sell the car, it definitely gives you a leg up for dummies like me to buy them vs others.