My first ever Ferrari has arrived, 2019 488 GTB [updated] now 458 Speciale.

A real beauty! Enjoy.



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I’ve seen this car in person and it is one of the best looking speciales out there! Huge congrats and thanks for the write up. I have been missing my 488 dearly and was searching for another but I cannot get over how good looking the speciale is. Hmmmm....

 

Very nice Sam. Very nice indeed. That's one heck of a beautiful car.

I'll be interested in hearing your thoughts on owning the Speciale vs the 488 after you've had the car for 6 months or so. The 458 grows on you quite a lot, the more you drive it.

Anyway, congratulations - that's a really spectacular car; and now that you own a Speciale with a black dash board, I'll have to start taking you a bit more seriously as a Ferrari owner.



Ray

 

Wow, What a beauty!!!!! Congratulations

 

I've experienced that same looseness on basically a smooth roll on of throttle in a sweeper; in a 911 it's fun time as the rear tires hook up; in the speciale and the 488 it's more like "pay attention because those rear tires are not loaded enough to hook up and blast"

 

but they do look and sound better . . .

 

Congratulations, a truly stunning Speciale.

 

Just caught up on this whole thread, fun! Beautiful car! Enjoy in good health.

 

Speaking of more comfortable in the seat...

one thing I noticed on my 458 was that proper seat adjustment really made a big difference w/ my Italia. When I first purchased the car and drove it, I felt like something was off a bit. Then I realized it was because my seating position was all out of whack. I remember I spent like 30 or 45 minutes sitting in the car (in the garage) and running through every position for all the seat adjustments, until I found all the perfect angles and what felt best. After doing that, driving the car felt worlds better to me.

I'm not sure if you have tried doing that, but for me that made a huge difference in how connected I felt when driving the 458.

Ray

 

Nice shots!

 

Congratulations! Beautiful spec!! I just passed the 1K mile mark...

you know it’s true love when you go to pick up your friends new merc but you take a pic of your speciale... along with every one else at the dealership... lol

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Nice Speciale and nice parking ... moved up from a bimmer I presume. Image Unavailable, Please Login

 

Thanks haha no...Had a 458 spider.

 

I have been told that the base 458 actually has a more aggressive sound than the Speciale, something to do with the cam used as part of the package to get the extra power. Is this true in your experience?

I'm considering whether it's worth moving to a Speciale from the Spider but I don't want to lose both my dome burner and my perfect sound.

 

I opened up the valves and that has not been my experience. It’s like driving the spider with the back window down, probably a little bit louder. It’s amazing. I highly recommend the upgrade. The speciale is other worldly.

 

no 458 sounds as good as the spider, end of story!

 

have you driven a speciale with the exhaust valves open?

 

Not driven, I was shotgun, spider still louder and high pitch.

 

Hm. That has not been my experience. Maybe with the top down, but I think the speciale sounds better when compared to the back window down on the spider. Are you sure the exhaust valves were open? It makes a huge difference. I think what I like the most about the speciale is that the sound builds as you go from low RPMs all the way up to 9K and the nice high pitch starts around 7K.

 

Okay, I must be a moron....sunrise, over the water? But it looks like you live in California....