360 rarer than 355!
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estacion said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but according to my research they made 408 RHD manual Berlinetta f355 and only 325 RHD manual 360 modenas. Discuss!
355 was in production from 1994 to 1999. F1 started to come in 1997 but those early ones were really horrible and it was very new technology in a road car.Edited by estacion on Monday 26th January 14:47
By the time the 360 came along in late 1999 it was much better resolved and a more popular choice. When the 360 was replaced by the 430 it was the default choice of transmission and despite owning a manual 430 in the past if I had one again I would choose F1. It simply fits better with the car.
I remember driving up the Bury Rd in Newmarket in my old banger and in front in his Ferrari 355 was Frankie Dettori, registration had LEO in it as name of one of his sons, at the time in my neck of the woods Ferraris were a very rare sight, I remember thinking how stunning that car looked.
cgt2 said:
355 was in production from 1994 to 1999. F1 started to come in 1997 but those early ones were really horrible and it was very new technology in a road car.
By the time the 360 came along in late 1999 it was much better resolved and a more popular choice. When the 360 was replaced by the 430 it was the default choice of transmission and despite owning a manual 430 in the past if I had one again I would choose F1. It simply fits better with the car.
I had a ‘98 F355 F1. There was absolutely nothing wrong with the technology as long as you drove it like a manual and feathered the throttle before changing gear. It shifted faster than I could shift manually so it was definitely a step up in performance. The evil reputation that early F1 garnered came from people who expected it to shift like a slushbox and didn’t learn how to drive it. That reputation has dogged all the robotised manual gearboxes including Aston’s sportshift and Maserati’s MC-shift. By the time the 360 came along in late 1999 it was much better resolved and a more popular choice. When the 360 was replaced by the 430 it was the default choice of transmission and despite owning a manual 430 in the past if I had one again I would choose F1. It simply fits better with the car.
Unfortunately, the rubbish about robotised manuals being bad has been repeated too many times by people who have never driven them or taken the trouble to learn how to drive them and has now become internet lore.
ANOpax said:
I had a 98 F355 F1. There was absolutely nothing wrong with the technology as long as you drove it like a manual and feathered the throttle before changing gear. It shifted faster than I could shift manually so it was definitely a step up in performance. The evil reputation that early F1 garnered came from people who expected it to shift like a slushbox and didn t learn how to drive it. That reputation has dogged all the robotised manual gearboxes including Aston s sportshift and Maserati s MC-shift.
Unfortunately, the rubbish about robotised manuals being bad has been repeated too many times by people who have never driven them or taken the trouble to learn how to drive them and has now become internet lore.
100% agree my 97 355 F1 Spider was amazing to drive if driven properly, it's the one car I'd buy back in an instantUnfortunately, the rubbish about robotised manuals being bad has been repeated too many times by people who have never driven them or taken the trouble to learn how to drive them and has now become internet lore.
ANOpax said:
I had a 98 F355 F1. There was absolutely nothing wrong with the technology as long as you drove it like a manual and feathered the throttle before changing gear. It shifted faster than I could shift manually so it was definitely a step up in performance. The evil reputation that early F1 garnered came from people who expected it to shift like a slushbox and didn t learn how to drive it. That reputation has dogged all the robotised manual gearboxes including Aston s sportshift and Maserati s MC-shift.
Unfortunately, the rubbish about robotised manuals being bad has been repeated too many times by people who have never driven them or taken the trouble to learn how to drive them and has now become internet lore.
I speak from experience as I broke down in a 355 F1 when it was quite a young car!Unfortunately, the rubbish about robotised manuals being bad has been repeated too many times by people who have never driven them or taken the trouble to learn how to drive them and has now become internet lore.
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