For those who have never driven a Ferrari before, the engine starts at low speeds by making the sort of deep growl you expect from a race car. But as you mash the throttle, you don’t get a predictable automotive “vroom vroom.” Instead, you hear the growl develop slowly into a wail, and then into a piercing scream. Heard trackside at races, Ferraris emit a deafening banshee wail. In the driver’s seat, thanks to that sky-high redline, you seem to hear the engine saying, “Go ahead. Keep pushing me. I dare you. You’ll buckle before I do.”
When you gun the F430 for the first time, you will marvel at how the tachometer keeps climbing higher than you think it can climb, and also at the hyper-sensitivity of the accelerator. This touchiness–evident when you come on as well as off the gas pedal–requires some getting used to, and first drives of the vehicle can make for some awkward jostling of the passengers as the car’s weight transfers forward and backward. But once you adapt to the accelerator, you will love the fury it can dispense.
Driving an exotic automobile used to require a special skill set. This is no longer the case with vehicles such as the F430, thanks to features like an automatic shifting mode on the sequential manual transmission and electronic stability control. The F430 is only the second Ferrari (after the new 612 Scaglietti) to use stability control, but that sequential gearbox is now used on about 80% of all road-going Ferraris
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