Cytoboy

Okay.......I'll do it! Seriously, thanks to all for your comments.

mdrums

Oh PUUULLLLEEEEZZZZZZ for cryin' out loud. You have no idea what you are talking about.

dasams

+1

Liva

i have put about 20k miles on a 6 speed 550, i have put a few thousand miles on both a 612 F1 and a F430 F1, it is so uninvolving and boring to have the F1. Unless you plan on tracking the car where the F1 will help better your lap times i think the 6 speed is the way to go. Being friends with the service guy at the dealership he always tells us of guys getting between 1k-2k miles out of their 6 speed clutches because these guys dont know what they are doing and just rip them apart...these are the same guys that get F1 tranny's on their next car. When we bought our 550 we were told that history says we will get between 5-10k out of the clutch if we are good....we had our clutch replaced at 35k miles........

limey940

How do you mess up a clutch so quickly, what is it that you do that causes this to happen? Is it revving very high and dropping the clutch or something else?
Sorry, dont mean to thread jack
Thanks

Liva

regardless of transmission of choice, this is a great car and i highly recommend it

Graygoose997

i say buy it.
life is short.
spend your kids inheritance...they're not that nice to you anyway.
ignore the worries of what people think.
get the 6 speed

1Carnut

I have had in the last 5 years 4 Ferraris 360 F1 Coupe, 360 Spider gearshift, 575 F1 and 430 coupe gearshift. I did like the F1 in the 575, because it is a GT car, though I prefer the gearshift in the 430, or the 360. My 430 the day I picked it up from Algar Ferrari

drmarkp

You can burn through an F1 clutch pretty quickly too - and boy do they produce smoke if you mistreat them in traffic! But one thing they are not is lame!

Frino

Beautiful 430! I've participated in BMWCCA and Ferrari Club
DE events with Algar's Bob Segal...he's good people.

Jakeman

The problem with my 430 Challenge is that the decals are not sticky enough, and the bottom plate in front keeps lifting off one of the struts. Also the seat is not very adjustable.

OOPS! I thought this was the LEGO forum.

J

nkhalidi

With an F1, the computer tells the clutch how much to slip. That is, if you're backing up and feathering the gas, the clutch is constantly engaging, disengaging, and slipping. This process causes wear on the clutch. Many experienced manual-trans (3 pedals) drivers are better at slipping the clutch than a computer. I'd reckon that he Ferrari F1 clutches that are wearing quickly are the same ones that see lots of around-town driving.

With a 3-pedal car, you have to control slippage. Notwithstanding a car that inherently eats clutches (think Countach), how quickly the clutch wears is a function of the driver.

I used to think that F1 trans cars were awful and boring, but after a few thousand miles in a 360CS and 430, I actually like them. They're nearly faultless on the track - thought it feels like cheating to me - and on the street, it's just another way to interact with the car. That said, the auto mode on the 430's F1 transmission is AWFUL. Like, really, really bad. It's not smooth and its shift points match those of an arthritic grandmother.

Benjamin Choi

I do in every way shape and form

500

I've owned them and loved them...they are truly something very special.

The new 599 is currently the ultimate GT imho

1Carnut

Bob is a good guy, I am often at Algar on Saturdays, maybe we have met.