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Pink Panther said:
I am considering an F430 F1 and wondered what sort of unwanted attention you F430 owners suffer. Also, any opinions on what colours to pick if you want to minimise unwanted attention. I am thinking grigio silverstone.
The dealer tells me that this car does not get keyed no matter where you leave it.
Is this car also immune to theft, ie because they stand out so much in which case best to go for red?
My worst fear is of attracting unsavoury types following me home.
Dealer thinks the only problem I may not like is kids taking pics with mobile phones which would not bother me.
The F430 gets a lot of attention, no matter where or when you drive it. In red the situation surely gets worse, since this is the classical Ferrari colour, but to think you can go stealth in a grey F430 is self-deception. The sound of the engine/exhaust alone attracts people everywhere.
If you want a relatively discreet colour, go for black or grigio silverstone, the latter is something like the new fashion colour for new Ferrari.
Concerning theft, I know of at least one Challenge Stradale (which is even more flashy than the F430), which got stolen during the Racing Days in Germany last year and yes, this car was rosso corsa.
What types of attraction you must consider are the following:
- people staring and shouting at you when you drive by
- people taking pics of you car
- people gazing (often with their fingers) at your car when parked
- people asking you questions about the car when you park it or stop at a filling station
- people closing the gap behind you rapidly when you go for a ride (because they want to be as near to a Ferrari as they can get)
All of these points are relatively trouble-free, the only problem is the last thing. They don't want to hassle you, they just want to get as near as they can to the Ferrari driving in front of them, just to gaze at the car and so they are closing the gap as much as they can. This sometimes leads to situations where you think they just get too close.
A touch of the accelerator will solve the problem, but sometimes there is no space to go in front of you.