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

Congratulations! Welcome to the family!

 

Looks GREAT. As I have said which you also took up the standard rims and aluminium calipers. IMO looks better.

Just one thing you might go for as an option change the center cap to silver. That way there is no clash of yellow with the shields as the yellows are different

 

Despite everybody chipping in with their personal taste, i believe you did the right thing by following your own instinctive taste, and listening to your heart.
Titanio with Cuoio is an absolute stunning color combo and a nice change from red.

 

Ownership Experience You are right to sign up for My Ferrari. Ask the dealer if there is anything special you should do. You should attend some events when you are invited. Especially if they are from Ferrari/ FNA. If you happen to be near Maranello, you should go see the factory. You can have a tour, but you will need to schedule it well in advance.

HELE You're right- its start/ stop. I think all cars are mandated to have this by US law. So you are out of luck on this one. The start stop system defeat button is on the headliner next to the door lock button (right above the rear view mirror). It will become a ritual after you press the engine start button.

PPF Do what you did on your Porsche except this time wrap the whole car. Just my 2 cents.

Once you get it, follow the break in procedure, and then drive drive drive drive it. It won't melt in the rain, just enjoy it.

 

I'd read the owners manual cover to cover a few times. Before I ever turned the key on my 458, I had read the manual 3 times. It really helps to fully understand the car and also the programming and messages, lights, etc. You should be able to setup an account at Ferrari.com and download the manual

Ray

 

Don't know where you are but yes sign up. You can then down load the manual. Read it but it will also make more sense when you have the car.

There will be a time when they will upload the production pictures.

We over in Australia do get some nice presents From the dealer several bottles of Italian wine.

A subscription to Ferrari magazine.

A telephone call from a really nice sounding Italian girl to thanks us and if everything was alright with the dealer.

A leather pouch with a letter congratulating us.

A silver car in a box with space to put our key ( wouldn't do that though )

and now I've been told another present a model replica of the car I ordered with vin number etc. ( pick it up tomorrow )

Ild PPF the car and ceramic it for sure. Even take it to a higher level and get them to custom PPF under the panels where the standard cut outs of the PPF don't include ( under the bumper , under the sills , under the rear bumper. Basically the most likely spots for gravel rash. Tint looks good also

Glad we didn't have to have HELE , Hat hearing cars start up when your at the lights. Looks like its an expensive white elephant.

Make sure dealer only double side tape the rear number plate and if you have to have the one in the front the carbonio removable unit is great.

Another great thing is to get water filter to use when washing the car. I use snow and then blow down tha car. Makes washing easy and fast and you don't even touch the car as the everything slides of easy with the PPF and ceramic.

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Sam, what was the cost on the Carplay? I do not have it but love it in my other car.

 

You can get it on both sides. Reason is there are other countries in the world that drive on the correct side

 

Regarding HELE, not sure whether this has been changed but initially it was possible to put it off once and for all, so that it was not necessary to turn it off at each start up.

 

I hate HELE and it's one reason I bought a new 2018 from a straw buyer instead of waiting on my spec to arrive last November. It would have been a 2019 and I would have been forced into HELE. On my 2014 991tts and CayenneTTS the stop/start switch was like a toggle switch. You pressed it once and didn't have to press it ever again unless you just wanted it on. That changed in 2015 I think because my 2015 RR Sport and 2016 Maserati both had it where the button had to be pushed every time you started the car in order to disable the auto start stop.

 

I can answer a few questions...
Auto easy exit is the default mode (that you cannot escape, apparently) at start up, it's auto but it will revert to manual if you use the paddle to shift... so what I do usually is to shift to 2nd gear before the auto system does (early upshift is not an issue with a cold engine, and there's enough torque to allow it). This "easy exit" mode worked the same on the old F1 gearboxes.
Manual mode will downshift automatically to prevent you from stalling, even in manual mode; in race it will not upshift (it will just prevent the rev to build up), but I'm not sure what happens in sport mode.
Ti exhaust are just the tips, so it's rather cosmetic.

 

You'd be surprised how fast that stock battery can go flat. Also, when a battery is cold (i.e. the car is not parked in a warm garage), that can have a negative impact on supplying cranking amps when you go to start. This is why batteries usually have a "cold cranking amp" rating. In my experience, the 488 chews through reserve capacity a little faster than the 458 also. The only real work around (other than the tender) is to upgrade to a Lithium Ion battery, which doesn't lose its reserve as fast. Even then, because the 488 doesn't charge exactly the same as the 458, you may still need to use the tender once in a great while. However, on my 488, with the Braille i48CS, I could usually go about three weeks without risking the car not cranking over. In the 6 months I had my 488, I only ran into one case where after about a month of not driving, I had to top off the Braille battery (which surprised me, because with the 458 Italia, that never happened at all). With the stock 488 battery, I think it went flat in something like three or four days, but maybe other owners can chime in with their experiences.

That's just comical to me. If you asked the GM to order you Titanium bolts via their parts department, they'd get right on it. Too funny.

I don't think you are getting a full titanium exhaust system from Ferrari for $3K... $30K maybe

Ray