Possibly the dumbest question ever

This is why manuals are better for 15 year old + cars.

 

It's never going to be a DCT. That said, are you sure it's setup optimal? You keep it in sport mode, right? You ship with the paddles at mid- high RPM's?

 

CS TCU?

 

CS TSU upgrade with a well adjusted PIS?

 

Contact Matt Burns in Miami and have him take a look. I have a 355 F1 that shifts super fast (no, not like a DCT) so something sounds wrong.

Matt Burns
(954) 328-2089
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Exotic Performance Engineering
10788 SW 188th Street
Miami, FL 33157

 

BTW i agree with you about the 360, I absolutely love the styling. The spider with its leather wrapped roll bars, large glass engine engine cover and challenge grille to me give it the perfect combination of special styling cues making it my favorite styled (non-hyper) Ferrari.

 

Well, in a couple more years there will be a transmission that will make the ones in your Huracan and McLaren feel the same way. It never ends.

 

That is not the dumbest question

The dumbest question I got was on my F430 spider at a gas station. A lady looked at the Prancing horse one the back and asked "Is this the new Mustang?"

 

why not go buy gated shifted Ferrari, really experience what driving is all about why would you want 3 paddle shifted cars ? playing devils advocate i would not think it matters how fast it shifts it would bore me half to death in 30 minutes drive maybe on track u can learn left foot brake thats all paddle is good for my estimation sell spyder 360 buy 430 manual or 355 manual or just go with the F40 thats the best drive experience on entire planet ! lol

 

You can buy parts to convert it to manual. Not cheap but it's been done.

 

Same thing happened to me!

 

Maybe sell it and get a manual? I can't stay out of my 360 stick because it is so satisfying to drive. Andrew mentioned a manual conversion, which is possible, but it would probably be cheaper and less hassle to sell the F1 and get a manual. That said, I'm thinking of getting a 612, which has an upgraded F1/a transmission, and if I don't like it, I have a place here locally that can convert it to manual (I don't care about any resale hit; that would be a problem for the executor of my will).

 

LOL


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Add me to the "it has a horsey on it so it must be a Mustang" group....

Thought her husband was going to pull a Ralph Kramden move and send her straight to the moon when she said "is that the new Mustang?"

 

I think the "major update" is called an F430. Kidding aside, it sounds like your F1 system is performing sub par. Contact the guy Dave Rocks mentioned to have it checked. I'm not 100% sure how a properly working F1 gearbox should feel in a 360, but I suspect it shouldn't be too far off that of an F430's. Mine feels almost like the newer double clutch gearbox. As a note, the slower you drive, the slower it shifts. But if you're pedal to the medal at 6000rpms, it should shift as fast as you blink

 

A security guard at my building said the same thing when he saw my 612. Doh.

 

My 2003 F1 shifts wonderfully (also an Azzuro blue / Crema combo). Crisp and hard under acceleration; civilized in traffic. And I always keep it in "Sport" mode.
If you had the TCU updated it's hard to believe you can find fault with it. Perhaps as suggested, it's got issues (?)

I too have had stick 911's all my life. This Ferrari is my first paddle shift car of any kind so I really can't compare it to others with paddle shifting. I will agree that the take offs when cold do tend to have a little more "slippage" than I would like. But with that said, you also have to find the way the car wants to be driven from a stop. There is a technique to it.
I have no regrets buying an F1 car and I did drive a three pedal 360. I decided it wasn't for me after becoming accustomed to the precise shifts of my 911s.

I have classic motorcycles too. Once a review writer said about one of my British bikes: "You cannot ride the machine and force it to be the ride you want it to be. You must ride the bike the way it wants to be ridden."

IMO, the F1 takes a little bit of finesse and learning (ie. accelerator input) The same I have to do with my other cars that have been sticks. Drive them and get to know them.

To add, like yourself, the color combo is a knock out for me. So maybe I'm willing to accept some things that may be cured by a dual clutch. But I really don't see myself parting with my 360 anytime soon.

 

A 612?! Wow.

 

Beautiful combo...I have owned and driven manual and F1 versions of several Ferrari models. It’s all in the setup and how the car has been maintained. I moved from a manual 360 to an F1 with a Challenge TCU which has been setup brilliantly and I would not switch back. It’s just perfect both in traffic and on the open road. So I think unless you are dead set against an F1 experience (and that’s personal taste), I am sure that your issue is just in the setup. I too have driven poorly setup F1’s and they can be atrocious!

I also spotted that you mention the difference in sport mode is hardly noticeable for you - that tells me something is not quite right as with mine the difference is night and day.

Good luck with it.


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Interesting, I never found my 360F1 unenjoyable but I have found every DCT car unenjoyable, (boring) from the trans point of view.

 

Personal preference I guess but I love my 360 F1, Its fantastic to me. It isn't like brand new cars of today with DCT but that's what I like about it. The way it changes gears and throws me back in the seat is the best. I was taken out passenger in a brand new BMW M4 a while ago and found it a little too 'perfect' for me as I could hardly tell when it changed gear (apart from the revs).

Mine came with the CS TCU and find it very enjoyable even in traffic, so glad I didn't buy manual (yes I said it lol). I have driven a normal F1 360 on the track but that was a few years ago and can't remember how that shifted gears (slept since then lol).