Ferrari Mailing List: Re: F430 Scuderia...

[Doug and Terri Anderson (dnt]

Thanks for the commentary Mike - flat black, eh?
DOUG


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Fleischer" <themightytoe [at] gmail.com>
To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 7:36 AM
Subject: [Ferrari] F430 Scuderia...


> OK
>
> On the way home from a conference in Chicago I ended up behind a black 
> F430 Scuderia.  I was in the Vette, and the guy driving the Scud decided 
> to give some entertainment, which was nice of him, I never entertained 
> people in Vettes :).  Some comments:
>
> -The exhaust note at WOT on that car is phenomenal.  Wow it sounds so 
> good.  And the car launches very nicely also.
>
> -The tires are super sticky, had to stay well behind or in the lane over 
> to avoid getting pelted, noticed as I rolled up next to him that he was 
> dropping stones off his tires like they were a set of heated 
> Hoosiers...  Did not see the tire brand though.  Nice Carbon Ceramic 
> brakes but the Yellow calipers I'd rather not have, they should be body 
> color as they stand out through the black wheels too much.
>
> -He was about as quick as the Vette, maybe a little quicker off the 
> line, but caught easily, but this was at low speeds and neither of us 
> really pushed it.  I could hear his engine over mine at WOT, but 
> probably because it was much higher pitched.
>
> -Car was sort of a flat black and had the three stickers on the hood, 
> and a full mesh rear treatment.  It looked nice and wedge shaped in 
> front, but a bit too angular, not enough curve (like a Pantera).  And 
> honestly the Italy flag stickers are just about the stupidest thing I 
> have seen on a Ferrari.  Much like how Porsche puts big printed stickers 
> on their cars...  So overall I actually thought it was pretty ugly, not 
> as nice as a 360 even and I am not a huge fan of the 360... 
>
> The exhaust note is fantastic, the rest of the car, given it was clearly 
> a paddle slapper...  meh.
>
> My $0.02...
>
>
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