Filling up your Ferrari

very entertaining haha. the acting could be better though...

 

Lol...I wish I could have taped me filling up yesterday. The guy across from me was practically yelling at me for not taking the car to the track.

 

Someone should do a video of the tribulations of doing a capless-tank fuel fill on a 458 in California. Some pumps just cannot be made to work.

 

I agree...On my delivery I was shown how to adjust the fuel nozzle in case it didn't seal correctly on the capless-tank, but of course that didn't work. I have since figured out some nozzles just don't work on 458's in California and to keep the tank above half full just in case.

 

I have found that if the nozzle doesn't work, what I have to do is pull the seal cap away from the car, while holding the nozzle. This defeats the vapor suction of the nozzle, but triggers the switch that lets the pump think the nozzle is fully inserted so gas will flow. Takes two hands, one to push the nozzle in, and the other to pull back in the opposite direction on the seal.
I haven't had fuel gush out (yet) when the tank is full, and the pump has always automatically turned off when full, as normal, but I still look away from the nozzle when having to fuel this way, just in case.
It's a pain, but seems to work.

 

Have not met a pump that has resisted me yet, just gotta master the technique that said as of late I tend to get my gas at the same station every time (the only one offering 100 aki fuel in the area )

 

Yeah I learned that early on. But some CA nozzles still can't be made to work.

 

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

 

This is exactly what you have to do when filling a motorcycle in CA, too. Lord, how I hated doing that. It's probably illegal there, too.....

 

Wow, I would never lean against any of my cars like that guy while getting fuel.

For the 458, its always a bit of challenge for me not to slip the metal nozzle before putting into the neck. Never had any overflow, but did buy one of these protective rubbers flaps, just in case.
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You know how to hurt a guy.
I have driven the V10 R8. The biggest problem was that the transmission was just awful. I understand that they have finally put in a DCT.

 

Porsche has had them for decades A good little touch.

 

Could come down to the driver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KQBgnVv4gs&feature=youtu.be

 

I covered my feet in gas the first time I did it..

 

Exactly...that's the secret.

 

My M3 BMW had nothing but issues with pumps in CA as well. Moronic.

 

+1

Just be sure to pull the seal cap hard enough and any pump will work

Another one of those pet peaves (a la having to plug in the battery tender) which make owning an Fcar so special!

 

EU pump nozzles fit like a glove.

 

One time a guy looked over at my car and then tried to sell me a case of frozen steaks. He said if they didn't fit the trunk, he'd follow me to my house and drop them off. Really, I guess people think Ferrari owners are both rich and naive. Or maybe it's just me, but that's never happened to me when filling up any other car!

The most amazing thing to me in the OP's video is the guy who decided he would just open the door and feel the leather.

 

OK, I'm new to the 458 but yesterday I had to seriously fight with a pump in London to fill the car to the point where I thought I was going to bust the filler mechanism on the car. What's the point of the silly design? I thought filling an F40 was pain (mustn't fill beyond 75%) but the stress to fill my Speciale beats it. Pain in the ass.

 

In Australia had a problem filling my 458 Spider - had to jiggle the nozzle all the time and filled very slowly. That was until I discovered if you just turn the pump nozzle sideways and put it in the tank then it fills up normally - not sure why that is but it has worked fine every time ever since.

David