1999 355 F1, need advice

yellowducatista11 · Jan 6, 2015

Robin said: ↑

After 8 years and 42k miles on top of the 11k it had when I bought mine, the only things I had to deal with relating to the transmission were replacing the F1 pump, replacing the LEDs in the gear select display, and replacing the clutch a few times. These aren't too expensive and you'd have to replace the clutch every once in a while in either setup, so I figure it's really not much different than dealing with a standard transmission.

The only downside/problems I had with mine were a few situations on very steep hills, once in reverse, that pretty much took years off the life of the clutch disk. If you live in SF you might want 3 pedals, otherwise I wouldn't worry too much about it.

When I bought my car there was another one with the exact same spec but with a stick, but I opted for the F1 because I can't get comfortable in the 3 pedal car. There's no room in the footwell for my feet so I have to bend my legs at a weird angle, which is no fun considering I frequently did long road trips in it. You can't go wrong either way, but like others have said just drive both and see which one you prefer.
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The "footwell space" issue is a good point, and one that is not often mentioned. A nice addition to the discussion.

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