NEW SCUD OWNER

Congrats! Lots of good info on this forum. Not sure how interested in wrenching on your own car but be ready to start making changes/fixes.

 

Nice! Best of luck. I hope to join you in scudsville someday.


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That's awesome! Take a look at my track rat scud "refreshstoration" thread. You and I sound like kindred spirits. I love a project, and although mine has never been in an accident, it did need a lot of minor tlc after some odd 50k track miles! These cars are surprisingly robust if taken care of and not all that expensive to maintain if you are able/willing to get your hands a bit dirty. I bet you will be in good shape! Just change that battery out first thing so you are starting out fresh with no question marks, and always keep it tended. These cars do not like batteries even slightly depleted. Trust me on this. Just replace it to begin your ownership experience and then you can always rule that out as a culprit for an issue (and I will bet good money you will have less issues that require searching for a culprit! (miss my gated gallardo but scud is better in almost every way, except for the lack of a gated shifter!).

 

Ha, I've never had it to the track ( yet). My car was a former track rental superstar lol! So lots of track mileage (but also lots of regular maintenance and repair history!). My car long ago shed its CCB's and have been on girodiscs for sometime, so I'm not sure how they stack up to the stock stoppers. I have a lift as well and it makes everything 10x easier (especially removal of the dang undertray, since I have a four post...two posts lifts make removal of the undertray cumbersome as you will soon find out if yours is a two-post!)

 

Hey Chad welcome to the Ferrari world! I have followed your lovely Diablo GT before on the lambo forums I believe. As Scott said, check out his thread on his Scud...it rocks. I have a F430 and they are pretty solid cars. I think you will really enjoy ownership. The F136 engine is a gem. Enjoy and ask any questions you have on Fchat! I have learned a lot on this forum and it has saved me a ton of money with my 550 and now F430.

 

Congrats, I just picked up my Scud a few months ago and my 1st Ferrari as well! Scuds are awesome.

 

Also on my first Ferrari, which also happens to be a scud. She was out with a lot of high profile Ferrari’s at COTA, what a blast. Held her own a drew a lot of interest. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login


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Welcome all to the wolf pack!!!

The Scuderia is the only car I've personally ever kept longer than 2 yrs...truly something special. That F1 Superfast kick is just amazing and addictive. Amazingly balanced blend of analog+rawness with contemporary performance.

11 yrs of ownership flew by in a blink...I still grin when I take off the covers to look at her and still giggle like a school girl when I put her through the motions and pop off canon bombs when I downshift.

Nothing like it, nothing. If you know, you know.

 

I like the Scud missile plate. Looks like a blast on the track.

 

Scud shifts satisfactorily fast on race mode (60ms) with all the drama you need. I don't see how anyone would need it to feel faster than what it already does. It only feels noticeably sluggish in sport mode (100ms). That's when you really start to appreciate the Scud's 60ms race mode shifts.

My main argument for a manual is smoother driving at lower speeds around town and you can orchestrate the sound of the car to your liking with manual gear selection and rev timing etcc... Aside from that, the SF2 is Ferrari's best paddle shift experience if you are factoring drama, speed, and feel and unfortunately (or fortunately) they aren't being made anymore.

 

Congratulations on the scud buy. I bought mine in 2011 and its still fun every time I drive it. Its has a great engine and the best looking engine compartment of all the v8 cars. Our roads are almost ready to drive on again, can't wait. It has also been very low maintenance.

 

+1. Couldn't agree more. My Scud is very reliable. Other than routine tire and fluids changes, I have only had to replace the TPMS sensors (batteries died after 12 yrs) and recently replace a broken header stud and trued the warped header at year 13. Not bad for an F-car.

 

Another ‘new’ scud owner here in SoCal... two weeks so far and really liking the experience. Love the sound and shift speed. Only downside is everyone wants to race me...

 

Congrats! Was this the black one that was being asked around 129k for it?