Newbie 488 Order

Hi everyone. I've been a long-time lurker and walked into my local Ferrari dealer for the first time (as a buyer). I spec'd a new 2018 488 GTB order last week and we finalized the build today. I was told that once the order was placed, the build was going to lock immediately and allocated for build. The vehicle is to be built in late December with a early February delivery. Guess I was lucky to have an immediate allocation available to me.

I deliberated on color/options quite a bit but finally got into an "analysis-paralysis" mode. Finally, knowing I wouldn't own this car forever, I ordered:

Rosso Corsa - exterior
Nero - interior
20" forged painted wheels
Calipers in Rosso
rear view camera
Ferrari shields
Interior Carbon Fiber Racing Package (zone, steering wheel, bridge, dash inserts)
Goldrake Racing Seats in large sizing
Deviated stitching (large thread) in Rosso
Red Embroidered horse on headrest
Leather headliner with deviated rosso stitching
hi-fi sound system
floor mats with embroidered logo
colored seat belts in Rosso
sport seat lifter

This ended up being a $309353 car.

I may be a bit different from most folks (or so it seems)....this is my nearly every day daily driver in the spring/summer/fall. I typically drive about 4000 miles per spring/summer/fall driving season and hope to own the car for 2-3 years. I currently have a 2015 Porsche 991 GT3 that I drive nearly everywhere....15405 miles in 2.5 years.

Thanks for all of the reference material, pictures, and various ordering episodes from those on this site!

-Satish

 

Thank you however, my order probably locked as soon as I literally walked out the door. I was told no changes after I signed off on the order this afternoon. Also, much as I like Metallica, I didn't like the price tag knowing that I probably won't have this car forever...I figured I'll get pickier next go around.

 

Yes, that's what my dealer told me as well. He said that the build is late December and delivery is first-second week of Februrary.

 

I scrutinized the lifter as well; however one of my salesman told me that unlike the 458, the sport seat is not adjustable manually (via unbolting and reconfiguring the seat brackets) on the 488. Therefore, without the seat lifter, there is absolutely no adjustability whatsoever; manual or otherwise. Therefore, I went with the option. I had also read that some buyers may shy away from the car if they couldn't at least adjust the driver's seat height to some extent.

 

BTW, I also wanted the red seat stripe (vertical stripe in the center of each seat) but was told that this option would have added 4-6 MONTHS to my build!! Therefore, I went with the red seat belts instead. I did find that having both, the vertical seat stripe AND the red seat belts together didn't look good (in the configurator) as having those two strong vertical elements within 12" of each other kinda "competed" against each other. So for me, because I passed on the red vertical seat stripe, I ordered the red seat belts instead (and saved $1000 btw).

 

Gosh I’m glad I didn’t order it!! I thought February delivery was perfect for next Spring season. Enough time for paint protection film etc

 

Yeah...I was told that anything outside of the normal configurable option sheet...in other words, those options that your can build yourself in the online configurator, would delay the order. Otherwise, the build would take place within 90 days.

 

In my situation, the dealer received an additional allocation slated for immediate option lock. I was able to spec the vehicle exactly how I wanted it. However, I was told that those options that were not in the "standard list" would simply take longer. This fact wasn't unique to my situation as I was told that regular orders with the special additional options always take an order of magnitude longer than the "standard" option builds.