Best reasons for moving from 996 Turbo S to F430 F1
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Slickhillsy said:
It's not a Porsche so less coffee beans 
I know this was (probably?) said in jest, but based on my experience this is totally true.Driving a Porsche - most of the time people wouldn't let me out at junctions, would judge every minor transgression (e.g. being slightly over the limit) very harshly, shout abuse (e.g. ponce) when driving on roads in/around town centres, etc.
Driving a Ferrari - zero negative reactions, everyone loves the sound despite the fact it's at least as loud as "boy racer" cars, encourage typically anti-social behaviour like revving, let you out of everywhere - I had people go out of their way to pull in to make it easier for me to get past, or pull in far in advance of me getting to them (e.g. single file traffic with cars parked on one side), etc.
Obviously you ought not to be treated any differently, and I don't personally care for or seek out the attention - but the negative attention even when I wasn't doing anything wrong in the Porsche (was "only" a Cayman, too) became quite off-putting.
Durzel said:
I know this was (probably?) said in jest, but based on my experience this is totally true.
Driving a Porsche - most of the time people wouldn't let me out at junctions, would judge every minor transgression (e.g. being slightly over the limit) very harshly, shout abuse (e.g. ponce) when driving on roads in/around town centres, etc.
Driving a Ferrari - zero negative reactions, everyone loves the sound despite the fact it's at least as loud as "boy racer" cars, encourage typically anti-social behaviour like revving, let you out of everywhere - I had people go out of their way to pull in to make it easier for me to get past, or pull in far in advance of me getting to them (e.g. single file traffic with cars parked on one side), etc.
Obviously you ought not to be treated any differently, and I don't personally care for or seek out the attention - but the negative attention even when I wasn't doing anything wrong in the Porsche (was "only" a Cayman, too) became quite off-putting.
Interesting. We live in the South East and have only had positive reactions to the red 360. I've had people stop on the road to let us out at junctions even though there's completely clear road behind them. As for Porsche, in this part of the world they pretty much blend in and I've never experienced anything negative with that either - although you don't see passengers of other cars taking photos of you Driving a Porsche - most of the time people wouldn't let me out at junctions, would judge every minor transgression (e.g. being slightly over the limit) very harshly, shout abuse (e.g. ponce) when driving on roads in/around town centres, etc.
Driving a Ferrari - zero negative reactions, everyone loves the sound despite the fact it's at least as loud as "boy racer" cars, encourage typically anti-social behaviour like revving, let you out of everywhere - I had people go out of their way to pull in to make it easier for me to get past, or pull in far in advance of me getting to them (e.g. single file traffic with cars parked on one side), etc.
Obviously you ought not to be treated any differently, and I don't personally care for or seek out the attention - but the negative attention even when I wasn't doing anything wrong in the Porsche (was "only" a Cayman, too) became quite off-putting.
Kyodo said:
Interesting. We live in the South East and have only had positive reactions to the red 360. I've had people stop on the road to let us out at junctions even though there's completely clear road behind them. As for Porsche, in this part of the world they pretty much blend in and I've never experienced anything negative with that either - although you don't see passengers of other cars taking photos of you
I should say that it's not like the negative treatment was a daily occurrence, and regards being let out of junctions it's not particularly scientific, more like a "vibe". It's hard to put my finger on it exactly, vibe is probably the best word to use, at times I felt like I needed to drive under the radar in the Porsche so to speak.With the Ferrari (430, I assume they are all broadly similar reactions wise) it was more a case of noticing people really going out of their way to accommodate you.
I guess on a long enough timeline you're going to get abuse in both cars, though.
Edited by Durzel on Monday 11th May 11:55
Woolfie said:
Driving my Porsche down the M1 last night I saw a lot of aggressive driving in effect as a challenge to me. I ignored them. When I drove my previous Ferrari albeit a 348 I had a lot of great looks and no aggression.
That's surprising. I generally find my Porsche is treated as a fairly anonymous car. When I had a 348, even idiots in people carriers seemed desperate to prove something, and same with my 360.Gassing Station | Ferrari V8 | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff