Lead on a 488 GTB allocation, review my potential spec?

Yes. The memories....

 

The glare issue with full Cuoio is real. My friend’s 458 with it looked great, but it was annoying to drive.

I have Nero exterior and Nero on the top of the interior and Cuoio elsewhere, and think it works great. The seats are such a dominating part of the interior, that it does feel “colorful” inside. I strongly recommend the Cavillino stitching (I did Nero) as it adds a nice touch to the seats.

I use my lifter fairly regularly around town, just to be extra careful.

I have homelink and haven’t even tried to set it up, and just use a clicker. It came with the electric seats for some reason, but I definitely don’t think that is “must have.”

If you really want CarPlay it’s your car, but man, the price for the value there is just offensive ... I just connect my iPhone with Bluetooth and the music sounds fine, and never need Nav in this car (I just drive it for fun), so it just depends on your wallet’s pain tolerance.

 

A buddy of mine was looking at this however ended up buying McLaren 720 today instead, but thought would pass along as only 317 miles and may be close to what you are looking for (at substantial savings). Anyways, good luck either way.

https://www.ferrarilakeforest.com/inventory/used-2017-ferrari-488-gtb-rwd-2dr-car-zff79ala9h0224489

 

https://www.romansinternational.com/used-vehicle-details/Ferrari-488-U7414/

Great color!

 

With the cars basically priced double than the States, when you actually save to buy your first Ferrari a second hand one just wont do, well for me even if it had 50 kms exact spec and 50 grand cheaper.

It was an experience of a life time well for me.

I wish my father or father-in-law were around I would have loved to have taken them with me and i would bet they would have asked me before I asked them. Ferrari lovers

I noticed you wanted a dedication plate . Well I got one , and befitting to my dads and father-in-law memory
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The grigio titanio has a subtle blue hue under the sunlight. It's my favorite part of the color. I am sure you will LOVE it!

 

I ordered the leather headliner and leather rear shelf, as well as the LED steering wheel in full leather ( no CF).

The sport exhaust is really just the tips finished in flat black.

I hope this helps clarify.

 

Sam,

LIFT. I know you have a GT3 ... do you have the FAL on the GT3? If you don't, can you get by without it? If so, then you don't need it on the 488. Even if you do use the FAL on the GT3, chances are you will not need it on the 488 as it rides much higher than the GT3 and the shape of the front overhang is less aggressive (i.e., it slopes upwards as opposed to jutting straight out horizontally like on the GT3).

Parking Sensor/Camera. I would keep and/or option both parking sensor and rear camera (front camera not necessary IMO if you have the parking sensors)

Apple CarPlay. Ditch Apple CarPlay. It is nowhere as fast as it is on the 991.2 GT3. If the 488 suffers from any kind of lag, it's with the electronics, not with its turbo chargers.

Seat Lift. No need for lift, even with the Goldrake seats.

Congrats on the allocation. The waiting will be difficult but worth it.

 

i have a cuio lower and black upper dash which works well for me. The wheel is CF, LED and black so it looks perfect with a black tach..Exterior is grigio silverstone. I have my calipers in gray/charcoal which looks great, lighter colors need too much cleaning (brake dust makes them look unkept). lift is a good option to have. keep in mind there is a embossed logo on the headrest anyway the stiching in my opinion makes it too busy especially if you are not getting contrast stitching. dont have home link I keep the remote in my car.
Titanium exhaust should be amazing !

congrats on your car !

 

Most likely skip the front axle lift. I too have a 2018 GT3 Manual and almost never use it. The 488 is definitely much higher in stance.

Definitely skip the silly overpriced Apple CarPlay. The standard bluetooth capable interface is fine.Nero interior is my taste due to glare. Race seats plus a nero interior seem to be a popular "488 thing"

+1 on the JBL sound system and definite on the leather headliner (it gives you deviated stitching in a nice pattern on the headliner as well).

 

Applecar option is simply BAD idea.

I would rather use the money to get something else, such as carbon fiber in the back - between the headlight.

Wait, it's 488.. not 458. Never mind

 

488 doesn‘t need lift - unless u go offroad.
Front height is not comparable with GT3, etc. Much more space and still short distance to front axle.

 

The front end lift question is much like the 458 vs. 488 debate. Most are either strongly in favor or strongly opposed. I use the front end lifter on my 488 every time I take the car out, so for me it's a must have. If you only need it once, you'll recover your investment and be glad that you had it. In all fairness to those opposed, road conditions in your local areas have much to do with your POV.

 

Front camera stands out on the 488 like a bullet hole. And if it performs anything like the rear camera, fuggedaboudit.

Going with leather rather than CF did not increase or decrease the cost of my wheel. The cost is in the LED’s.

 

Theres a lot of great advice and I apologize but I can't read through everything right now. Some quick thoughts:

1- Get the lifter. At some point you will regret not having it- it could be when you drive the car or when you some day go to sell it.

2- Interior: How about Blu Sterling for the dash and steering wheel and lower areas and Cuoio for the seats and upper areas (aside from a-pillars which should also be dark). It would be very luxurious and elegant. Blu Sterling is like a navy blue.

3- Car Play: hideously expensive- the best guess I can up with is its a licensing fee (much smaller group of buyers vs the German brands (where it can cost a few hundred bucks sometimes). But, if you want Waze, or easy Spotify/ Tidal integration, you will want it. Yes on the face of it, its stupidly priced, but its your car and if you will enjoy it more with it, then get it.

4- HiFi- you can get the basic 488 stereo to sound pretty good, but if you're going to get the CarPlay, you might as well get the hi-fi- which does sound considerably better.

5- LED on steering wheel, definitely get this as its part of the Ferrari theater- I also actually use mine all the time!- you can have them wrap the steering wheel in leather and no CF on the center part- the cost is the same as the LED wheel.

6- I wouldn't worry if you see the CF on the back of the seats. You really won't notice it often.

7- Make sure to spec the seats in the right size for you- most people find Large is a good choice.

8- Definitely get the rear camera and I would recommend the sensors in the back. The front sensors are nice to have, but I think disturb the look a bit and the front of this car is not so hard to judge. Same thoughts for the front camera.

9- Ferrari ceramic brakes make almost no observable brake dust when street driving. On the track you will get some.

 

Not trying to talk to you out of the Blue Sterling, but know that it will be a resale issue. Just saying.

 

I've not encountered that on a few cars with BS/ Blu Scuro (the predecessor). I have seen the full Cuoio dash/ steering wheel become a resale issue (which I happen to like). I think there's always someone for whatever spec it is. Someone will like it, or someone won't.

 

Its really special to take your dad to spec your first Ferrari..Lifetime memories long after the Ferrari is gone..
Now to the car.
If i had a 488 in Hawaii it would be a 488 Spider non negotiable..All pros and no cons in Hawaii.
Personally i would get the Rosso exterior with the two tone Tan leather with Nero dash..I've been watching the NEW Magnum on TV and can't imagine a Hawaiian 488 in anything other than a Spider and full Magnum look..
Good luck whatever you do..FWIW i recently bought my first Ferrari which is a Grigio Silverstone 458 Italia and my 78 year old dad wanted a drive in it the day it arrived..I own nice Porsches like a 991.2GT3 and 981 Spyder and funnily he never asked for a spin in those.
The Ferrari magic is unrivalled IMO.

 

Good luck with your order....you really can't go wrong. My new 488 Spider is on order (went to paint shop last week) and like you, I chose Grigio Titanio. I traded in a red/nero '18 GTB so I already had tried that direction.

One thing I did that I would recommend is download into my photo file every picture on Ferrai Chat that showed Goldrake seats. Then one can quickly go though and compare and discard. I really liked the seats that had the optional stripe down the middle and also the (seldom seen) optional stripe around the outer edge so that's what I got. My interior will be grey and black with the red trim leather and red stitching. Computer pictures look nice but I have never seen that exact combination on a real car.

No Apple CarPlay for me. Bluetooth was fine on my previous one and on this one I will be top down listening to the exhaust (without the titanium tips). I did get the seat lift and front end lift (based upon recomendations) but did not feel either was really essential.

Steering wheel lights are essential since the cars winds so fast there really isn't time to look at the tach. And frankly I found the yellow faced tach that is so popular (it looks great) was hard to read at a glance. This time I stuck with the standard black face with white indicator and numbers. Maybe I can learn to digest it's information more quickly.

 

Countries have different specifications. Whether its because we pay so much more for our cars I found out the Full electric seats were standard no cost.
Hen why pay more to get the goldrake. Plus i wanted electric seats for memory function. Its great press a button seat goes back , reclines, steering wheel goes up and in. Max room getting in and out without premature wearing of the seats bolsters. Then with the want all leather I also did the back of the seats the rear upper , headlining , steering wheel all leather and with the white stitching shows all the shapes. Red stitch was a bit Japanese for me and gets lost. The white pops.

The all leather steering wheel is just a simple option now where as when I did it, it was extra.
The feel of the leather wins hands down rather than touching plastic

As stated the roof material Do not like and the rear view mirror. Doesn't look good on such a dear car.

Remember its what you want / like, hence why I went for a 20 k extra on the Rosso Corsa to Metalized version. There is a reason for that. Or the passenger display.
Most people wouldn't pick those options.

BTW I found the standard black taco to be better with my scheme and no cost.

Rear sensors are standard. Funnily I didn't spec the front sensors and as we were finalising the price i just asked how about a discount or something for free and blow me down he said they would include the front sensors no cost