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    Here is a Top Gear article explaining what makes the 430

    so good and so fast. Some interesting observations.

    http://www.owners.ferrari.com/esImages/Ferrari/20041213/regno_unito_top_gear.pdf

    Interesting perspectives.

    Not the best written article - CAR writers have a better way with words - but not bad. I disagree with his conclusion that e-diff is better than 4 wheel drive. True it's less costly and less weight but in a wet or actual snowy/icy condition, it's clear that 4 wheels grabbing for traction will outperform 2 wheels any day. Then again, I don't suppose for a minute to see any F car out in the snow and rarely the rain - conditions that Turbo owners aren't as afraid of.

    Re: Here is a Top Gear article explaining what makes the 430

    Yeah I was hoping that article would provide something useful, but it seemed to be a rehash of everything else that has been said (except written terribly). At this point I'm looking for more of a driving feel evaluation rather than only telling me what an e-diff is for the billionth time and that you can switch between modes using the manettidontcarewhatitiscalledanymore

    Nick, hurry up and get yours, I want a driving report from a 360 owner's perspective

    Re: Here is a Top Gear article explaining what makes the 430

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    Raz (NC) said:
    Yeah I was hoping that article would provide something useful, but it seemed to be a rehash of everything else that has been said (except written terribly). At this point I'm looking for more of a driving feel evaluation rather than only telling me what an e-diff is for the billionth time and that you can switch between modes using the manettidontcarewhatitiscalledanymore

    Nick, hurry up and get yours, I want a driving report from a 360 owner's perspective



    I have a delivery date of Feb 8th 2005 give or take two weeks.

    Re: Here is a Top Gear article explaining what makes the 430

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    nberry said:
    I have a delivery date of Feb 8th 2005 give or take two weeks.



    That's MUCH earlier than I would have thought! That's great news, keep us posted.

    Gary

    Re: Here is a Top Gear article explaining what makes the 430

    You can get F430's here for inmediate delivery if you want. Matter of fact, just saw an add in a magazine today were a dealer had two available.

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    carlos fromspain said:
    You can get F430's here for inmediate delivery if you want. Matter of fact, just saw an add in a magazine today were a dealer had two available.



    Do you have to pay over sticker price?

    Re: Here is a Top Gear article explaining what makes the 430

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    carlos fromspain said:
    You can get F430's here for inmediate delivery if you want. Matter of fact, just saw an add in a magazine today were a dealer had two available.



    strange, in Belgium, dealer has trouble to get any cars

    Re: Here is a Top Gear article explaining what makes the 430

    I would think so Grant, but not something that would seriously impact on the overall price of the car though, maybe 6-10k at the most but I'm just guessing.
    In Spain dealers do not have the monopoly of their brand make, anybody, even a supermarket can sell cars of any brand with official warranty and everything according to the law. So there are many dealerships that are called "multi-brand" which are basically a private business' dedicated to get on waiting lists for exclusive cars and they get them quick with their pull and sell then without you having to go to the official dealer and so on. So you can go there and drive off with any car inmediately, for a premium if the car is very exclusive. But if you are spending big $$$ on a car then the premium beats waiting a year and they sell a lot of cars that way (I even saw an ENZO for 2004 delivery available a couple on months back). They also import cars that are not sold in europe, and sell used high-end cars as well. For example, these types of non-official dealers sold half of the total new Cayenne sales in Spain, they sold as much as the official delaers! the reason? their waiting lists were much much shorter than the official Porsche dealerships for more or less the same prices.

    Re: Here is a Top Gear article explaining what makes the 430

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    nberry said:
    Quote:
    Raz (NC) said:
    Yeah I was hoping that article would provide something useful, but it seemed to be a rehash of everything else that has been said (except written terribly). At this point I'm looking for more of a driving feel evaluation rather than only telling me what an e-diff is for the billionth time and that you can switch between modes using the manettidontcarewhatitiscalledanymore

    Nick, hurry up and get yours, I want a driving report from a 360 owner's perspective



    I have a delivery date of Feb 8th 2005 give or take two weeks.



    I was told the date is best guess and could be longer. However, when I ordered my Spider the date given to me was Jan 29th and the car was delivered Feb.14th.

    Hopefully the same time frames work with the 430.

     
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