This is a speculative question and not one I am able to support with a great deal of data except my own opinion. This is the first car I had with carbon ceramic brakes and whilst I am careful in VDA warm up the discs are almost green from starting. When enjoying a bit of spirited driving I must say that on occasions I was less than convinced of the performance of them and I hope that it is just that I did not get them onto their optimum range. I had previously tried to left foot brake lightly to increase friction before needing. Thoughts?
I've found the CC brakes on all our Ferraris to be beyond reproach for street driving. I have never needed to bring them up to temp to make them work on the street. If you're finding them soft or wooden at low temps, perhaps they're glazed and you need to run them through a bedding-in?
Thanks Treynor. They are certainly not soft and can be really good at say 60 mph but at higher speeds they initially react well but go through a linear period of uncertainty or reduced confidence. The car has around 370 miles so it may still be bedding in. The hazards were on in the braking period so I was asking a bit of the system
Just picked my new 488 yesterday and I will agree with you that the brakes needed a lot of pedal travel compared to my Cali T HS, which also had ceramic brakes equipped, needed to slam on them in order to avoid rear ending another car my heart dropped. Things should change after the first 200 miles with brakes and 600+ miles with engine and transmission properly broken in.
Can't speak for the streets yet, but the 488's I ran at the track for a couple of days had no issues with braking. Jim
