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Discussion in '458 Italia/488/F8' started by SoCal to az, Jul 2, 2020.

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  1. LVP488

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    The F12 has also been the slowest depreciating V12 (ask me how I know - I would own one otherwise ;) ); if you like it or not, it's more about a circumstancial effect of the 2015 speculative bubble (happening exactly when these cars, the 458 and F12, should have begun to suffer significant depreciation) than the intrinsic definition of these cars.
    Some will say it's the 458 being the last NA, the F12 being the last Pininfarina design, but I do not buy it and do not see any hard evidence for these claims. Indeed nothing happens by chance, but interpretation is never obvious - and it's always easy to bend facts to support personal opinions (or interests).
     
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  2. IloveGT

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    great color. can't help but notice the color of P1 in the pic. what color is it?
     
  3. scott61

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    Car is a very modded 570s, not sure what color is called but we like teasing him by telling him it's not blue and we weren't going to let him him be in our #teamblue picture. This was before I got my 488 and had huracan
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  4. IloveGT

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    got me fooled!

    nice team of blue!
     
  5. dustman

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    Some value speed, some value the emotion the car gives. No wrong answer.
    I find speed overrated unless tracking often and would much rather have an intoxicating experience.
     
  6. Shadowfax

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    #106 Shadowfax, Jul 5, 2020
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    I value both - but one is lost without the other.

    So for me there is a wrong answer as speed without emotion is an empty experience. Sound is a necessary part of the equation even though some choose to deny it.

    An engine sound is a crucial ingredient in the emotional experience.
     
  7. IloveGT

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    I wonder why it seems like a good number of us don't rank handling high.
     
  8. Shadowfax

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    #108 Shadowfax, Jul 5, 2020
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    Because we expect that anyway. So it becomes less mentioned. It's not as if handling isn't a priority in a car like a Ferrari because it is expected. But to sacrifice sound for handling or, vice versa, is in conflict against the intent of the car. A Ferrari without sound is only half a Ferrari. Everyone is free to fool themselves into believing otherwise. Ferrari is banking on the new breed of buyers to believe it. Which is why they are targeting a new breed - in the luxury goods dept.

    And in this dept elements like sound and weight have little to no importance whatsoever. Well Ferrari is hoping so anyway.
     
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  9. ScrappyB

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    I suspect it’s because modern supercars all handle well, at least for spirited street driving. The grip is far beyond what’s safe to explore on public roads so none of these cars will exhibit bad manners (ie. over or understeer) without driving recklessly. Further, shock tuning and technology has come a long way so even hardcore track variants offer good ride quality. Even the Senna rides reasonably well.

    ‘Steering feel’ seems to be the main area of improvement opportunity since the proliferation of e-pas.
     
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  10. plastique999

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    Agree, handling is very important, but these days, all the Supercars handle almost too well with super technology and electrification - torque vectoring, 4 WS, dynamic steering, etc....
    so really the car is doing all the work and most drivers can’t even feel all the nannies at play.
    Love “handling” in cars with no power steering... Lotus, F40.....


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  11. IloveGT

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    I agree. I am literally going backward with the pursuit of steering feel, with most recent purchase alfa 4c being manual steering and Lotus Evora 400 sitting in garage being hydraulic. I actually dare to say the steering feel and the chassis control out of all three is best with Lotus, then 4c and then 458. The sound is opposite order of course.

    Is 458 steering electric or hydraulic? I am still not 100% sure.
     
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  12. Solid State

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    Yeah the sound debate is so over. Its like the flat chested girl constantly looking over at her boy friend to make sure he's not lying when he says they look even better than awesome, natural, full sized ones. Really. No one buys a Ferrari for its sound.
     
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  13. IloveGT

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    36D 〉〉〉33A.
     
  14. SoCal to az

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    Look at post #1. Silent majority has spoken. :)
     
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  15. freshmeat

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    dunno why folks get so defensive and think this has to be so binary...variety is the spice of life...even have ppl knocking on manuals up in here *smh*; in concert with the right car dynamics a gated shifter is truly sublime.
     
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  16. jag-oo-r

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    ::raises hand quietly::

    I did.

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  17. MANDALAY

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    The sound does get better with mileage . Also you are playing with the gears as I do always , Stuff petrol usage ! I always approach stopping in 3rd gear also and 10 meters away downshift t 2nd and you get all the burps :) I have fun with the gears and create my own symphony.
     
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  18. MANDALAY

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    As a comparison you have more chance being pulled over by a cop just for loud sound taking of the lights , i.e high reving than actually going faster with no sound in a Tesla
     
  19. IloveGT

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    this thread is 5 pages now, even without noone1. This proves that we are all very bored! Lol.
     
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  20. john Owen

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    Both 458 and F12 have hydraulic steering and 812 has electric steering..Not 100% on the 488 but think its also electric..
     
  21. AlfistaPortoghese

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    I have no problem with that, but if the alleged silent majority doesn’t value sound, how do we reconcile that with how the market appreciates the 458? Is the market driven by minorities?

    Kind regards,

    Nuno.
     
  22. AlfistaPortoghese

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  23. scott61

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    Yep with enough driving you learn how to get the best sound out of car.This thread is making it sound, pun intended, like the the 488 is an electric car. Does the 458 sound better, yea. does the 488 sound like a Tesla? No. 488 sounds different than a 458 but it's still a V8 ICE. Plug the valves and drive the car properly and it sounds great.
     
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  24. SoCal to az

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    silent majority has no problem with sound. It’s just they don’t value sound over everything else. In other words sound isn’t the primary thing they look for in a car.

    silent majority believes that the sound in the 488 is good enough that it warrants selecting the car over the 458. Same with Pista.

    no one is saying the sound in the 458 isn’t epic. It is. But it doesn’t make me want to own a slower older car.
     
  25. ferrarifam

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    Now this was the best description and comparison ever.
     

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