I finally took the F12 Plundge - any advice?

we bought F12 around same time and i still have my 2016 as well but added back a 2008 F430 spider!

totally different cars and both really fun to drive back to back to see! if you have the means...

 

Both great cars. I have both. I hope you drove the F12 before you purchased. Its much different then the 458 and around town its going to be much more placid. You have to work a bit more to get the crazy out of it while the 458 is always crazy. Not a bad thing at all just different.

 

I've bought a yellow F12 (2017), taking delivery in the coming days/weeks. As much as I like the F8 that's I bought, the exhaust sound is a real let down. Hopefully the F12 fixes that's (without having to remove the cats )

 

Can't wait for pics! And your comparisons between the two!

 

i was in the dealership last week getting the brake fluid recall done and browsed the showroom. i couldn't tell the difference between 488 or F8 and the 296 looked like a guppy. if it was supposed to evoke a Dino 246 i didn't see it at all. also on the turbo cars the traditional central red intake manifolds are now just hollow face plates the actual manifolds are much larger and hidden in the sides of the engine bay. no real key either just a remote puck. roma looks very plain amid all the muscular designs. sf90 looked pretty cool tho.

 

I just can’t get over the shark fin on the sf90


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Here some pics

And as far as comparison goes.... I've never driven on a track so I don't know if I'm the right person to say something about it. But F8 is easier to drive despite feeling more of a sport/supercar. F12 is more nervous/jerky and your field of vision is much more limited (although this one has cameras and F8 doesn't so parking is easier ).

Funny enough F8 is more of a daily driver (save for lack of cargo space and looking like a ****** driving it to go do grocery ) but the sound of the F12 and it's a stock exhaust.

F12 is definitely more of a keeper than F8 to me. And although F8 looks like a supercar and gets the attention of a supercar wherever you go (even while driving from other drivers) the F12 also gets a lot of attention and compliments.


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Back to advice- fit the best tires you can.


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You're a couple of years too late with you response

But if anyone knows a solution the following I'd like to Hear it:

Audio through Bluetooth works. That means I can play songs on Spotify on my iphone and it goes through. But the notification sounds of Flitsmeister (An app that warns for speed traps) doesn't work.

Neither while Spotify is playing (it then pauses Spotify but you don't hear Flitsmeister and it continues after couple of seconds playing Spotify) nor when it's not.

I have tried different Flitsmeister settings (including using the Bluetooth channel that's meant for phone connection) but nothing works.

 

dig the yellow and the seats look cool

 

Those smileys were supposed to be at the end of the post not at the top. So it was not addressed to you

 

can you feel the difference between naturally aspirated and turbo between the F8 and F12?

 

In what senses? Sound (yes)? Consumption (yes)? Turbo lag (no, at least not me)? Power (funny enough F8 feels more linear and controlled)? Fun (yes)? Pressing the pedal making the car shake and wake up like an angry bull (yes)?

 

Novitec Xpipe and Novitec Switchtronic, Subtle and refined exhaust note.

Side Note...This is completely reversible if you decide to sell later