Riz

Looking for New F430 at MSRP. Anyone know of any available in the Northeast? Prefer manual to F1. Tough to search for new one. Easy to find one with some miles.

OldGuy

right now in this market I would look for one with 1000 miles or so. Youre going to take a HUGE hit buying one new right now

buckdr1

Yes, Buying Slightly Used in this market should save a bundle. Actually any market. My 3 w/ 1200 mi saved me plenty of gas money.
Nice problem to have. Good luck

C.J. Ichiban

good luck finding a manual transmission on a newish one...

Porsche917K

Manuals seem to be pretty rare. Do you mind if I ask why you want a manual? Just curious as most people speak pretty highly of the F1 gearbox.

crispenigl

f1 gear box ftw on a ferrari - that thing is fun

blk on blk

i cannot imagine that anyone who has driven the F430 with F1 box would prefer the manual.

dsu*

Not hard to order one from a dealer. With this economy you can pretty much get all cars at list...

good luck with the search.

cobrien

I've got a 430 Spyder with an F1, and had a 360 Spyder with a standard manual. I prefer the manual....it's more fun to drive .

Riz

I'm sure the F1 is great and most likely quicker. All those type of transmissions are just not fun. I need a clutch pedal.
I was hoping I could get a new one because of this economy. The dealership in my area only has a few preowned ones they claim are "consigned." The sales people are jerks anyway.
Any specific dealers with new ones in stock, or have open order slots will be appreciated.

dsu*

Really depends on your location, don't think they sell out of their region.

trying to pm you, but for some reason I can't. PM me.

Riz

dsu - I'm in NJ thanks

dsu*

So am I buddy. Did you call Ferrari for Central NJ? If that's who you talked to, I'm not surprised to hear that response. Those guys wants big money, plus they always blow you off with "no allocation, no new cars".

You should try Ferrari of Long Island and Wide World of Cars. Talked to them couple times and they seem a lot nicer... Fellow rennlister has experience with FoLI and said that they are good guys.

hopefully this will help you out.

ps. there are a lot of fairly new 430s out there, just need to call around. I'm sure u'll find the 3rd pedal.

996FourEss

I think the reality of the F1 transmission choice is that it is often driven not by track times, etc, but rather by the demographics of the customer base. Recall reading somewhere that 85% of Ferraris are sold with the F1 transmission. Tend to think a lot of Ferrari buyers are not necessarily the type to want to want to actually have to change gears, right. A little like Porsche demographics where some buyers fall more on the side of having wanted a 911 since they were six years old (like most of us on this forum i'd venture), and others tend more towards the poseur camp.

Bob Rouleau

I drove a 430 F1 for two years. If I had do it over I would buy the manual. I bought the F1 because I was advised that for resale the F1 is essential. Besides the super-fast paddle shifting was fun on the track. Too brutal mind you but fast and very race-car feeling. I doubt that Ferrari F1 buyers are "poseurs" rather, most of the ones I know wanted Formula 1 technology and all were concerned about resale value which up until recently was very good.

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