Speccing my 458 tomorrow - opinions sought...
I am speccing my car tomorrow for a Nov or Dec build.
I am toying with the idea of moving away from red , and am considering Grigio Silverstone and then going back to Rosso Corsa for the Spider when it comes out (can only stay away for so long!). With the Grigio Silverstone I would go for either the sport wheel in the darker grey finish or the standard wheel in RICS. I am not sure how dark RICS is in real life versus the grey painted finish on the sport wheels. Either choice of wheels would be matched with yellow calipers to match the scuderia shields. Any comments / info / opinions are welcome.
Just make sure the sales person shows you the latest Product Communication 07.10 and also the Special Equipment Communication 01.10 so that you can see all of the options currently available. There are a lot of new trim and carbon fibre options in these documents that you may or may not be interested in. I don't know if they've all been added to the configurator as yet.
I have been driving Ferrari's for many years and I can say that the Silverstone is the most unflattering color you can put on the car. That is why they are difficult to peddle on resale.
I've driven Ferraris for a while too, and thought it would be nice to have a change for a year or so till the Spider arrives. Supply/ demand in the UK for coupes will remain tight in that time frame so It should shift, and as you quite rightly pointed out previously if deprecation is one's main concern then it can only be Rosso Corsa. The thing with Grigio is that it needs a good Zymol (or similar) polish and then there is a deep lustre to it even on a dull rainy day.
