Prospective New 430 owner

[kbooker]

Hello everyone,

I am thinking of dipping my toe into Ferrari ownership, however, after owning and only being interested in Porkers for several years I have to admit I have no knowledge of the F430 so I'm interested to hear any helpful hints and advice on buying and also a low down on real world running costs. I'm sure this topic has been covered many times before so if there's a link available that would be great.

Many many thanks in advance,

Kevin

[kbooker]

Thanks to everyone who have replied so far, can anyone shed some factual info on running costs, the car would cover 3-5k miles a year, no track work?

I had a look at a car last week that had just sold a couple of hours earlier of me turning up, just sat in the car did feel rather "special" certainly compared to my recently sold 997 GT3 so the next step will be a test drive, I'd like to try both manual and F1 box, any pro's and con's

[kbooker]

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I did indeed and haven't stopped smiling since, when all the handover stuff was completed with the dealer I just sat in the car for a good ten minutes soaking up the moment, it was a very special few minutes I'll never forget

[kbooker]

kbooker said:

Hello, haven't tracked mine but I do a lot of TD's, just my opinion but I think a standard exhaust would be touch and go at somewhere like Donington on a 98db day, pretty sure it would fail the drive-by at Bedford, 105db days would probably be ok?. Maybe speak to a TDO and get their informed opinion. Chris at Circuit Days is a helpful polite chap.