Rejoining the F car Group

As a very active Lambo-talk member and having owned many Lamborghini cars(currently have 2015 AV roadster in the stable,) I have purchased a 458 this week. It is a 2011 that I picked up with 3300 miles here in Puerto Rico and so far the car drives nice, looks nice, and sounds very nice! Nothing compares to my Aventador but it does sound great! I should mention that my first and only F car was a 2004 360 spyder.

I've ordered a Forza controller for the exhaust valves. I had some questions regarding this car.

The car was under Ferrari maintenance here until Feb of 2019, so it's been fully serviced. I noticed that the brakes were a bit squishy while driving around some mountain roads yesterday. Much different than the Ceramic brakes in my Huracan I just sold recently.

I got an Adaptive Light Control failure while driving, parked, turned the car on and it hasn't come back. Anyone have any insight on this?

The RPMs on the steering wheel do not work. I went into the settings, car settings and it's in the 'on' position, still not working.

I usually park most of my cars that are equipped with a single/dual clutch trans in neutral, engage the ebrake and be done with it, but I noticed this car goes in car wash mode if I do this. Is proper protocol to just leave in first gear, engage brake and turn car off?

Near the e-brake I see auto park button, can anyone help me figure out what this does specifically?

Car has a New power warranty for another year. Does this cover the electronics on the car? ie: Radio, nav, steering wheel, gauges, etc.

I have searched the forum for answers and quite frankly there are so many threads and the many I read didn't help. Will post some more as I get to know the car more.

I will say this, one of my favorite features is that I can put the front lift down even after the car is off. This is not an option on Lamborghini, nor do they alert you it is up, so I've had to restart the cars many many times to put it down over the years. Thanks in advance.

 

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Thanks for the reply. I'm not asking what the auto button does, i'm asking what the auto park button does. This button is above the parking brake button.

As far the warranty, i'm simply asking if the New Power warranty covers those things as the car has one until next summer. I am definitely in agreement with most on whether or not a warranty is needed, or worth the cost for that matter.

 

I'm aware, hence comparing them to my Huracan CCB. These feel squishy, is this common? I have to press them very hard to get the car to stop and it doesn't feel like it has great stopping capabilities.

 

The brakes aren't so touchy, in order to feel it stopping when coming from a high speed, I need to press the pedal quite hard and it just doesn't "bite" like I am used to.

 

Car has 3300 miles on it and never tracked. Brake fluid changed in April. Taking to the dealer next week to see what's going on.

 

We definitely don't have cold mornings here, but Tuesday I'm going to take it to the dealer to see if they are performing as they should. When I stop the car, I have been leaving it in 1st gear and turning the car off and the parking brake engages automatically. When I turn the car on, press the accelerator, the brake releases automatically. I will try this in neutral.

Thanks, however I still have my Aventador and actively looking for a Performante that I can twin turbo. I just sold my Huracan that I had done a twin turbo kit on and was awesome, now I want to do it to a Performante. So far liking this 458, hoping to install the Forza controller this week as it came in the mail a few days ago.