Ferrari Mailing List: F-1 vs the slush box on the 575

[Clarence Romero Jr. (clyderomerof4]

Ok so most of you know me

I was looking for a slush box 575 a while back, when no one wanted a 550/575 and the prices were insanely low

Then someone sold a 550/575 for stupid money and the prices went through the roof

I did my home work and checked with several techs on the pros and cons 

The 550 was designed around the manual transmission 

Not the 575, the left over transmissions from the previous runs of the 550 were installed on 575 and sent to dealers !

Yep that’s why there are only maybe 300 world wide 

It’s what they had on the shelf and they wanted to get them out the door ( gee you don’t think Ferrari has done that before do ya)

But here is the rest of the story, they don’t work well in the 575 for some unknown reason

In one of the FML issues about an auction a PPI on a manual 575 stated “ difficulty in shifting “ 

And they are still asking 4 times what the car is worth for a slush box ( why I don’t know the modern day buyer doesn’t know how to drive a manual, you always see clutch replaced, I’ve owned my TR for over 100k with only one clutch in it replace )

Considering I have a 512 TR already, did I really need another manual?

I have driven the 612 Scag with the F-1 box and I liked it 

So that’s the rest of the story as they say 

You guys know me I will put 10k on it in a year and drive it year round

Have a trip already planned to ORD and PHL this fall and winter!

In all the 550/575 I looked at I never saw one advertisement for a car that had above 46K miles on it, and that guy lived in NJ 

So let the shake down cruise begin on the 575 

Chief bring her out to L-1 and get her ready 

She’s going out today!

     RF4-4EVR

Scars are Tattoos with better stories !

If you have no enemies, you have no character !

Clyde Romero    

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