Do I have to hand in my car enthusiast card?

Chuck33079

I drove a Ferrari. And didn't like it.

My buddy and I found a Groupon type deal to take a couple of autox laps of a F430. I don't think I've ever been less impressed with a ~200k car. Granted, I had to use it in automatic mode and the traction control stayed on. Top speed was 65-75ish. It was absolutely gutless under 5k rpm, then it put you back in your seat pretty good. Handling was good, not great. Interior was not anywhere close to what I would find acceptable in a car that costs as much as my house.

Has anyone else here had a chance to get behind the wheel of one of these? Am I missing something? Did the fact I couldn't fiddle with all of the settings make that much of a difference? Was the car I drove just ragged out and tired? The only thing I really loved was the noise it made. There is no doubt in my mind a boosted 370 would run away from one of these (on a closed course, of course).

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