488 VS

[RamboLambo]

ghost83 said:

Any pics of the huracan on here? Think they’re one of the best looking cars currently available

I know when I'm being goaded into something.
This is a FERRARI VS thread so it would be rude to post a Lamborghini or McLaren picture but I'm not arguing with you



Apologies for lift up but at least its Ferrari red

Edited by RamboLambo on Thursday 8th March 13:38

[traxx]

bertie said:

I’m told £18k for carbon wheels.

Most of the other carbon is standard on Pista

It certainly is not standard
I had a look at the Silver car at Geneva today and it has over 100,000 CHF of options - a lot of them carbon

[Yipper]

The Pista is coming in for quite a lot of criticism on YouTube since it was announced.

https://youtu.be/CJ9MkRdmUKI

[_Leg_]

Yipper said:

The Pista is coming in for quite a lot of criticism on YouTube since it was announced.

https://youtu.be/CJ9MkRdmUKI

Couldn't watch it right through due to his annoying tone but it seems to be a yank moaning that a European car manufacturer used 98RON fuel when measuring the BHP of it's car and that's not fair because cheap ass yanks don't have 98RON?

I'm not what you would call a big fan of the 488 so wouldn't defend it blindly but that's what he seems to be saying. Hardly Ferrari's fault. Didn't watch it all though so I may have missed something?

Power is irrelevant now though. We went beyond what was necessary to have fun a long time ago.

[Camlet]

Yipper said:

The Pista is coming in for quite a lot of criticism on YouTube since it was announced.

https://youtu.be/CJ9MkRdmUKI

You think this dude's migraine inducing video qualifies as "quite a lot of criticism''? Please.

He uses the headline ''Ferrari is LYING'' as clickbait but in nearly 14 minutes of ear-bashing badly cut narrative he never once goes for the kill. BS.

I have an Pista in-coming, I'll live with his criticism, he loves the Speciale which I'm keeping. Guess the Dude can't be all bad though I'd definitely be reaching for a parachute if I had to sit next to him on a 10 hour flight. Shmee is Orson Welles by comparison.

[bertie]

traxx said:

It certainly is not standard
I had a look at the Silver car at Geneva today and it has over 100,000 CHF of options - a lot of them carbon

I was surprised, that’s more typical .

Hey ho , still liking forward to it and the annoying yank won’t stop me 👍🏼

[seawise]

Camlet said:

Shmee is Orson Welles by comparison.

haha, definitely won't be clicking on that you-tube video then !

[PhantomPH]

traxx said:

It certainly is not standard
I had a look at the Silver car at Geneva today and it has over 100,000 CHF of options - a lot of them carbon

£76k in The Queen's? Ouch! Although to be fair, seeing Ferrari's options lists recently it's genuinely no surprise. £2,500 for Apple CarPlay??!! £15,000 for white paint!!! (sorry, I still cannot get over that one). Have a word.

To me, Ferrari's options list feels a lot like when my friend buys a new Gucci handbag for her collection - it's £4k BECAUSE they can charge £4k and people pay it.

[bertie]

PhantomPH said:

£76k in The Queen's? Ouch! Although to be fair, seeing Ferrari's options lists recently it's genuinely no surprise. £2,500 for Apple CarPlay??!! £15,000 for white paint!!! (sorry, I still cannot get over that one). Have a word.

To me, Ferrari's options list feels a lot like when my friend buys a new Gucci handbag for her collection - it's £4k BECAUSE they can charge £4k and people pay it.

Get out with you’re white paint !!

[PhantomPH]

bertie said:

PhantomPH said:

£76k in The Queen's? Ouch! Although to be fair, seeing Ferrari's options lists recently it's genuinely no surprise. £2,500 for Apple CarPlay??!! £15,000 for white paint!!! (sorry, I still cannot get over that one). Have a word.

To me, Ferrari's options list feels a lot like when my friend buys a new Gucci handbag for her collection - it's £4k BECAUSE they can charge £4k and people pay it.

Get out with you’re white paint !!

It's becoming an obsession! I need therapy...they should offer that at Ferrari HQ.

[RamboLambo]

I can picture the board meeting now where they sit around laughing at us idiots and say how much more do you think we can charge for these option trinkets and still get away with it. How about £15,000 for paint and what about if we made 4 wheels and a steering wheel optional extras as well

[bertie]

PhantomPH said:

It's becoming an obsession! I need therapy...they should offer that at Ferrari HQ.

They do, it’s called Pilota .... £11k to you sir

[bertie]

RamboLambo said:

I can picture the board meeting now where they sit around laughing at us idiots and say how much more do you think we can charge for these option trinkets and still get away with it. How about £15,000 for paint and what about if we made 4 wheels and a steering wheel optional extras as well

£15k is for triple layer paint... I’ll let you guess how much the 4 layer paints are....

[traxx]

RamboLambo said:

I can picture the board meeting now where they sit around laughing at us idiots and say how much more do you think we can charge for these option trinkets and still get away with it. How about £15,000 for paint and what about if we made 4 wheels and a steering wheel optional extras as well

It was partly because of these profit margins and seeing the willingness of customers to pay that I've bought so many Ferrari shares over the last few years

Hopefully when the analysts work out the increased profits from switching production from 488 to 488Pista they will get another leg up

Edited by traxx on Friday 9th March 10:35

Edited by traxx on Friday 9th March 10:36

[RamboLambo]

traxx said:

It was partly because of these profit margins and seeing the willingness of customers to pay that I've bought so many Ferrari shares over the last few years

Hopefully when the analysts work out the increased profits from switching production from 488 to 488Pista they will get another leg up

Edited by traxx on Friday 9th March 10:35

Edited by traxx on Friday 9th March 10:36

Fair play. As long as the product development can keep pace as the competition from Lamborghini and McLaren is hotting up and they cannot continue to trade on the prancing horse badge. There is a fine line that they are currently treading IMHO and no other brand could possibly get away with it

[bertie]

RamboLambo said:

Fair play. As long as the product development can keep pace as the competition from Lamborghini and McLaren is hotting up and they cannot continue to trade on the prancing horse badge. There is a fine line that they are currently treading IMHO and no other brand could possibly get away with it

No one is successful without good product, and Ferrari , Lamborghini and McLaren all have great cars.

People will always have brand preferences based on perceived image amongst other things.

Each to their own, I love them all for different reasons, there is no right or wrong IMHO

Make your choice and enjoy.

[Bunty Killa]

Well said Bertie

bertie said:

No one is successful without good product, and Ferrari , Lamborghini and McLaren all have great cars.

People will always have brand preferences based on perceived image amongst other things.

Each to their own, I love them all for different reasons, there is no right or wrong IMHO

Make your choice and enjoy.

[KenC]

RamboLambo said:

I know when I'm being goaded into something.
This is a FERRARI VS thread so it would be rude to post a Lamborghini or McLaren picture but I'm not arguing with you



Apologies for lift up but at least its Ferrari red

Edited by RamboLambo on Thursday 8th March 13:38

I've just seen two of these, one black and one white, both on trade plates, while out cycling. Sounded wonderful. They parked up for a photo in a garden centre so I had a good look. Gold wheels on both

[WCZ]

traxx said:

It certainly is not standard
I had a look at the Silver car at Geneva today and it has over 100,000 CHF of options - a lot of them carbon

some of the carbon is FOC though

[bertie]

WCZ said:

some of the carbon is FOC though

And no one knows what will be UK standard yet