Auto high beams?

I’m not sure but I’ll check next time I drive at night (NZ here).

I actually did one of the very few night drives I’ve ever done in the car last night - and noticed for the first time the car has headlights that illuminate different parts of the road when you turn at low speed. Pretty sure I wasn’t imagining this.

It started to lightly rain on my drive and I had previously turned the wipers to 0 not A. Trying to find this toggle at speed in the dark without any illumination on the wheel was a struggle haha. Found it in the end and will know for next time. As a first time Ferrari owner there is a lot to get used to on the wheel and it’s not easy to do quickly and under pressure. Still can’t for the life of me turn recirculated air on/off in a hurry when I see a dirty truck up ahead!

 

Welcome to Haptic Touch controls. Try navigating CarPlay menu while driving; in fact please don’t, the probability you’ll end up in a ditch will increase dramatically.


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Agreed that haptic stuff is a disaster on an otherwise amazing car.

With CarPlay does anyone know how to switch quickly between Google Maps and the “Ferrari” app (tyre temps etc). I’m constantly trying to navigate rows and rows of icons whilst on the move and it’s dangerous and frustrating.

Also, when I get a txt message it takes over the entire dash and I loose my speedo etc for a few seconds. Can this be disabled?

 

That’s the adaptive light package. I’ve had it on my S class since 2015, just bought a 488 that has it. When I spec out my 296, it will be on list for sure.

 

It comes with the lifter

 

To switch between the CarPlay screen and then the Ferrari main screen just tap the haptic area to wake the controls and then press and hold the home button and it will swap back to the Ferrari screen

I was initially annoyed by the swapping. The only way Ive found to stop the swapping is to not use CarPlay. And just setup the phone as a Bluetooth device. I found I missed the CarPlay features lol. So now Ive taken accepting the swapping when a text comes in. I’ve trained my eyes to look at the HUD speedo for speed and to use the rev lights on the steering wheel for engine revs.

I like being able to answer the occasional family members text message with Siri- otherwise I dont like to get involved with texts when driving.

I leave the CarPlay running if I was using Waze or GoogleMaps for Navigation, but 99% of my driving is familiar roads so it’s actually a bit of a non issue for me. Also interesting fun fact, if you use AppleMaps for Navigation, then you will get the arrows (“turn left in 100 feet..”) in the Navigation slice on the main Ferrari screen- but this is only for AppleMaps. I have a feeling this is entirely a legal/ rights/ thing. It’s really silly, they should give you the same thing with Google or Waze or anyone.

Anyway, I was really frustrated with the setup, and about a few weeks into ownership the little voice in my head asked me a simple question: are you really going to let this absurd control system get in in the way of this amazing Ferrari? It’s beautiful, it sounds great, it goes great, so just do a “set it and forget it” with the controls, and enjoy it! This has worked for me. But note to Ferrari- the system really needs improvement.


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My automatic brights work fine and it is a US car. if you press the button from the back it will just turn on the high beams. If you hit it from the front it will flash them. It should default to automatic high beams.

 

I believe if you put your phone in a do not disturb mode you won't get the CarPlay switching, but you also won't get notifications of your texts.

 

this is awesome. Thanks for this great tip. Have set this up now

 

Excellent tips, thank you both. I have my family members on a list that will go through the DND so I will still get them but not every random text. I know a few people who leave DND on all the time due to the volume of texts and calls.


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I will put up some pictures to show what I mean.

 

It’s a separate option on my build with 2 additional charges. I’m talking about the cornering lights and not the auto high beams.

AFS is the build code.

https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/auto/genuine/458-italia/afs-headlights