430 Anyone regret selling their F430?

That's kind of the issue. I don't have that emotional connection to the car for some reason. Maybe I just need more drive time, but not sure. Perhaps I romanticized the manual aspect too much. The sound is amazing and it is beautiful and the click clack on the gates is also hypnotic.

But for example, I turo'd a 911 earlier this week because I'm trying to get out of my M8 as a daily and go to a 911, and I couldn't contain myself. I just WANTED that car. And then I woke up at night physically missing it.

 

If it's just a car to you, then the above arguments don't hold weight. The F430 has to mean something first. I've gone through a lot of cars that were fun to own and I wanted for some reason or another but didn't miss owning them. Trade it in for something that will strike passion if that is the case.

 

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I am usually a 2 year car guy. After about 2 years I get the itch for something new. I am coming up on 18 months with the f430 and every no and then think about getting something I can use more often or something that I am not scared to park in a busy parking lot. I have been looking at C7 Z06's, Shelby 350 GT's and I keep feeling like I will be missing something. Nobody tells you this before you get your attainable dream car! It ruins all the other cars!!!!

 

That is one nice F430, awesome color inside and out and gated to boot what's there not to Love.

 

Certainly different. Is it a factory manual? I would probably hang on to it if it is?

 

Nope converted. If it was factory would be a different story, then get into the whole collector's aspect, etc.

 

Soon the F430 will be a classic, but it's truly the last of the raw single clutch Ferrari's and will be very much missed by you if you sell it. I love that my kids are now older and can ride in it with me when we go get Pizza or Crumble Cookie, but it s special car with a body line that most people still turn their heads on and stop and look. No new 2025 Porsche or McLaren does this. It's easy to fix/maintain it to a certain degree and still enjoyable to drive with it's unique exhaust note. I would not sell mine as its a part of the family.

 

Long story short, we sold our first 430 and regretted it greatly so we bought another one. I don't know that we could ever sell it.