Ferrari Mailing List: Re: paddleboats

[Ken Rentiers (rentiers]

Sad. All that electro-hydraulic hardware and plumbing on the F1  
shifter just has to be a maintenance problem at some point down the  
line. The good news would seem to be that the rarity of a manual box  
might enhance your 430's future value. I want a ride, btw.

It seems to be working the same in Bimmerworld: the dealers abhor  
taking a manual car on spec- they have to be ordered. Otoh the  
relative rarity of the six speed and the fact that most wind up in  
the hands of nutcases like me, who won't part with them, makes used  
six speeds very hard to find.

Half the fun of the damn car is double clutching, or going heel & toe  
down a twisting road at multiples of the "Safety Sam" sign  
recommendations. Or dropping from sixth to fourth to suck the doors  
off battered Subaru Wagons full of Killer Dykes on InterState 5.

 Slow
To 15!

I don't think so, Scooter!

ken


On Jan 13, 2007, at 1:59 PM, Dennis Liu wrote:

> Manual 6-speed shifters are indeed available, but STRONGLY  
> supressed by FNA.
> I've been waiting for an F430 for years, and have been told that if  
> I had
> been willing to take an F1, I would have had it months ago.  No  
> thanks.
> Manuals are definitely limited to ~10% of total production.  Don't  
> know why
> (by contract with Magneti Marelli?).
>
> Vty,
>
> --Dennis