F12 ordered!

A great spec. You will be delighted (as will Traveler)... and excited when the time draws near.

Just one cautionary note which might be all wet. The yellow tach in my 458 is virtually unreadable in many daylight conditions. It is not backlit and sits in a long dark tunnel that is not illuminated. I don't know if the F12 has as long a tunnel but you might ask owners here about their experience. Or check one out yourself. As I say it may be a red herring in the F12, but based on my experience I ordered a white tach in my FF, which is just fine.

 

I am delighted with mine except after the 458 I currently find it just too much for the UK roads unless you know them very well. I never found this with my 458. Unbelievable engine and to me, such a step up and am sure you will love it. I too have the yellow tac and whilst it does sit in a deep tunnel find no problem as I rarely use it, relying on the LEDs in the wheel.

Congratulations, what a first F car

 

Congratulations as well.

We had a yellow tach on 458; agree, hard to see. Have black on the F12 and, while not as colorful, it works better if you actually want to use it.

We swear by AFS. It works. We live where there are a lot of very narrow, twisty roads and at night they are clearly helpful. If you live in a grid-pattern, urban location you might never need it or notice (eg. Los Angeles, Las Vegas). We have on our BMW as well - it's one of those options once you have you won't want to live without again.

Lift? We had on 458, have on FF, not on F12. Rarely used it or needed it.

Enjoy the car, it's phenomenal

 

Congratulations. What's the wait time?

 

congratulations .... sounds very nice........
what part of the world are you in....

 

Goddam... there are average days and there are the days when you exit the dealership with the Spec Sheet of a V12 Ferrari in your hand... the wait must be nightmarish... But what a hell of a summer it's going to be... Enjoy.

 

Congrats Sounds exciting - If I may ask what part of the world are you located ?

 

I was in ferrari of Palm Beach a couple of days ago and on the floor was a F12 waiting to be delivered .. and it was fairly lightly optioned black with black leather and alcantara interior with std alum accents (i.e. no carbon ) on the interior it had the leather headliner and rear bulk head etc. alum with silver stitching and calipers .. on the std seats .... also silver stitched horses on the headrest... The car was stunning ...
although I have only seen a couple of F12s this was very nice....really made me think
also had the dark wheels....

 

Congrats! What a first Ferrari.

Have you asked about the aftermarket exhaust system and the warranty?

 

Congratulations. AFS is the kind of thing you wonder about when you've never had a car with it. Once you do, its hard to go back. I file it under "very nice to have" but not under "must have".

 

Hi, that is just great news, congrats.

I'm new here, but the July delivery date you mentioned caught my eye. And elsewhere I think I saw that a forum member walked into a dealership and purchased one out of inventory.

What am I doing wrong? I initiated my own F12 process late in 2013 and I'm not expecting to take delivery until early 2015.

Is this the "first time buyer" thing that you sometimes hear about (this would be my first)?

If that's what it is, guess I'll just have to buy another one in the future.

 

I walked in as 1st time buyer in December 2013, and bought a car that month. Car to my order has just been delivered - 12 weeks order to delivery.

 

Congratulations!! Sounds really good.

 

Congrats! Spec sounds incredible. Only thing I'm personally not a big fan of are the carbon wheel caps, I like the yellow that comes standard as it gives a nice definition to the wheels.

3-4 months for delivery is very good, I'd say. Certainly better than what the Americans get!

 

3 years here in Atlanta!

 

It could be "first time buyer has to wait", for sure.

You also live in NYC - so even though there are 3 dealers, there are a lot of long-time buyers in line ahead of you.

Last, it really appears that F12 allocations have been on a slow trickle...we just got ours and it was the first one in a few months, though a couple more have just come in.

FWIW, FNA provides allocations only out a few months in advance - so dealers in April will be getting their June build allocations, those cars started in June will likely arrive in October depending on production sequencing and ship schedules. So, if you are thinking early '15 delivery, that's a dealer projection, not a hard allocation....you could move up quicker if FNA loosens up supply or people drop out

 

my order officially went in on 24 March '14, i will receive my car end-June/Early-July '14 - i have 3-layer outside "norm" paint. my opinion is that it's based on the market you are in; of course if you are a "regular" it helps, but some of you gents are talking "years" of waiting which doesn't make sense.

 

IMHO the yellow centre-caps as opposed to CF ones are a very nice compliment to the yellow SF badges on the wings

Re exhaust: Have a good look at Capristo before you pull the trigger on any of the others

 

Thanks Entropy, that's helpful information. I really don't mind the wait, anticipation has its own distinct pleasures, like watching others enjoy taking delivery of theirs.