All of the Ferrari V8s in your mini-series have been reviewed many times before, but you bring something new with a lot more detail on the cars themselves, driving experience, and historical context. Well done! These stand a good chance of becoming the modern seminal reviews for these cars.
This is not long ago when cars like F430 don't even have over-ly aggressive styling on them compare to design of now. Simpler styling don't go outdated, but i like 360 more. 360 just look so elegant.
As an F430 owner - having had mine for 7 years now - I will concur with other comments about the steering feel. There is nothing wrong with it at all, however it is greatly affected by tires, particularly age and condition. When I first had mine I noticed it felt a little odd at the helm. While the tyres still had good tread they were still the originals that it came out of the factory with in 2008 (I took ownership in 2014). So at 6 years old they were way past there best. I had new tires fitted and the difference was night and day ! Moving on a few years to 2016 I then carried out a few mods. When it was in for service I had the dealership install Scuderia Springs & Spring Pads. Then set the whole suspension up as per Scud - ride height, tracking, camber etc. This totally transformed the steering feel again, with the nose being even more eager to obey the helm. This was even more noticeable on a track ! Lastly, with mine being a late 2008 model, the F1 gearshift & behaviour is superb. I took to it like a duck to water from day one, and have no complaints about it's operation either up or down the the gears. And at 22,000 miles it's still on its original clutch !
Everytime I see a video of a 430 I think it is a dreamcar and the best looking of the 21 st century Ferraris. The way it drives, it feels, it sounds (especially with the Tubi exhaust) is just amazing. And then I go to my garage and look whether mine is still there!😊❤
Blu Tour de France with Crema interior is oh so desirable IMO. Seen a Grigio Silverstone one with 430 Scuderia wheels, much like this one, very understated in a really good way.
@@AntoniusTyas yeah I love cream interiors and so does my dad after the Ferrari caught fire he got a Sl63 2008 so with the N/A V8 and it also has a cream interior it’s lovely but gets dirty fast
When I bought my 430 some eight years ago, everyone told me I should get F1 gearbox, but I insisted I wanted a proper manual. Seems like I made a good choice. Although the extra value is a bonus nowadays, it's not that important to me, it's just a fantastic car to drive.
Aldous top bloke helped me with my manifold change out from stock to AP F1 Box is superb when going for it and the price on the 430 now will not drop like a stone as did the 458 & 488 highly recommend. Great & fair review, no steering issues with mine Sept 2008 car
Thanks for the review, your channel is really great! I own a F430 F1 Spider and fully agree to the comments you gave. The steering is indeed not the best part of the car and the music it makes can be too loud once and a while. We use it a lot for road trips through Europe and in that case it can be exhausted. But...., the good stuff is indeed the visibility, the performances, the seat comfort, the ergonomics and those brakes. Overall a real good useable sportswear
Wow, what an introduction, the hairs were standing up on end! Don't know how you achieved that introduction, but you hit the nail on the head! Please, please please, more of this!
Excellent intro James. I wonder how much more the bar can be raised for the videos between the basic quality of the film and the stellar cars. Long live JayEmm on Cars
My Maserati GranTurismo had the F1 gearbox and once I got to know it I loved it but as you say you have to drive it hard to really appreciate it. I have driven an F430 and I would love to own one someday.
For the steering wheel feel, I guess it has something to do with tire pressures and suspension/wheel alignments more than the original setup, especially when a car is old. Merry Christmas!
@@giorx5 there’s always a compromise to be made when it comes to road v track. I lean towards somewhere in the middle on both my 360 and Granturismo 👍🏻
Best looking has to be the 355 but the 360 has grown on me recently. I'd rather a 360 CS over the 430. Although I will buy a 430 soon just to try one out 😊 good video
The F430 has become my favorite "modern classic" Ferrari. I'll happily take one with F1 paddles. The flared side nostrils have absolutely grown on me and I do love the mirrors and rear quarters of the car. It sounds angry too.
Great video Jay. Love the mid engine v8 Ferraris. Have had my eye on a F430 manual spider in Australia for sometime. Great intro to this one. Really good production. Thanks for the quality content.
Wow, one of your old school shirts showing on Christmas day. 430 seemed an improvement on the 360 but the 458 was in another world on performance and styling. As you say, the 430 stepped up technology. This once sounds good.
Christmas present to myself away from the bedlam of family zoom calls. Thank you James! Merry Christmas! Loved the intro, that noise is pure filth....fantastic!
Ha Ha that intro was very Miami Vice, driving over the causeway at night. The F430 is still one of my favorites, come close to buying one several times, my neighbor has a red 16M Spider and I love that thing. I consider it the last good NA mid-engined one, I hate the 458, think it is pig ugly, no idea why people like that thing so much? My favorite things on the F430 were the wing mirrors and the quad taillights. As time has passed though I am starting to like the 355 more. My list would start from the F430 at the bottom, then the 355, then the Testarossa and then the F12 at the top for attainable Ferraris.
Well done. That's a fantastic opening. Love the music, and the low driving shots - and the creativity. Great looking, sounding car too. Right, I'll watch the rest of the video now 😁👍👍
It’s a Christmas miracle! I shall have to watch tomorrow as just off for my one day permitted visit to family. Love the intro music, rather Driver-esque. Assume that was the intention. Do love some moody electronica. Merry Christmas all.
Loving that intro....... Reminded me of a futuristic type of Blade Runner/Terminator with a road movie thrown in just for good measure. Happy Christmas everyone 👍
Some very interesting points brought up in this video. All of your dislikes are just a few days of effort to correct. The seperation of the soft suspension is easy to accomplish and can be retrofitted. The quiet modes for Manetino I will do in next firmware update. Now on the steering, it's exactly same components as a 360 which you liked better. Actually I discovered after countless time on the track and during R&D how sensitive the helm is to tyres, ride height rake (differential of height between front and rear for polar movement) and of ofcourse camber and toe. I run zero degrees of front toe and it really wakes up the responses. I'll talk to Aldous and get all these points addressed and you can hopefully drive it again in more favourable conditions. Plus if you get chance drive my beast, it's quite a bit different than any 360 you're ever likely to drive on the open road. I think you'll love it because it's very much "Lotus" in ethos with huge weight savings over stock. Are you up for it?
Always Trev, although I do have concerns about cars which have so much stripped from them as I find they can be a somewhat tiring exercise to drive - but very keen to see how yours peforms
@@JayEmmOnCars excellent we will get in arranged in the new year. I engineered the car to be a kind of Challenge Stradale RS, so if you think of the CS being equivalent to GT3 mine is the GT3 RS. I hate understeer so mine is very much focused on steering feel and handling. The weight reduction has not made the car darty, its still very much designed to flow with the road. It's not got harsh suspension, when @seenthroughglass Sam drove it he likened it to feeling like a 600LT. High praise indeed.. It does feel quite different due to all kinds of subtle improvements like lightweight flywheel so it revs like a racing bike, etc. I think you'll be surprised 😁 might even change your opinion of modified Ferrari's. Haha on suspension points all 360s and F430s came with fully adjustable system for both ride height and obviously geo so how they feel is extremely sensitive to setup.
Equally and in addition to Trev - try driving my ‘standard’ F430 which was optioned with every light weight carbon option from the factory except the super rare carbon bonnet. The F430 was the first ferrari that was deeply configurable to the point where two cars can be very very different. Some are luxury orientated, others more sporting in their spec. They don’t have to be stripped to achieve that either. My car is fully carpeted and soundproofed yet weighs less than a scuderia.
@@Rosso456MGT good post. Well done for owning such a good spec. Don't forget you could also do these lightweight upgrades on the Scud too to the point it could be lighter than a CS but it was very rare because it was so expensive to do. However no matter which way you cut it there was only so far Ferrari where willing to bend on the V8 personalisations. You couldn't for instance spec an incornel exhaust to save weight, or sports cats or a full sound deadening delete, or aircon delete, or lithium ion battery (15kg alone on that one), or lightweight racing flywheel, etc. Etc. So while it's fantastic you could do this and I do encourage Ferrari and others to do much more in this space rather than just add more power, it's still possible to go much much further than factory and still "feel" like a factory product..
Wow! Looks like James got a special effect producer for Christmas 🎄😁 The lighting effects in the intro were awesome as was the music! Well done...Ah and yes...I'm loving the Ferrari series 👍🏾
Nice video James. I do know what you mean about having those 2 cars on the driveway (550 and 430) that’s what I have, and it’s the perfect combination to me !!
My late brother had a F430 Spider he loved that car. Last car he ever bought. Happy memories.
I hope the two things were unrelated. Merry Christmas and best wishes.
Well at some point and somewhere this coming year he’ll watch over you as you reach 250,000 subs. Guaranteed it’ll happen.
@@Tigermoto Yes unrelated. We had a common love of Ferrari
@@textm2476 Yes hope so. We worked together every day of our working life with the cars and bike.
What happened with Your brother, if i may ask.
All of the Ferrari V8s in your mini-series have been reviewed many times before, but you bring something new with a lot more detail on the cars themselves, driving experience, and historical context. Well done! These stand a good chance of becoming the modern seminal reviews for these cars.
Well said
This is the best-looking Ferrari. In fact, it looks better now than it did when it came out. I said it.
This is not long ago when cars like F430 don't even have over-ly aggressive styling on them compare to design of now. Simpler styling don't go outdated, but i like 360 more. 360 just look so elegant.
Defo my favourite Ferrari.
Loving that sinister, dark sounding electro/rock intro. Happy Christmas and may you and your channel enjoy a prosperous new year!
Look for synthwave or electrowave in you enjoy this sort of music. I most definitely do.
@@rickdeckard1984 I'll definitely check it out, thank you for the heads up.
I thought it was about music then a ferrari turned up
Loving the intro... very Michael Mann/Miami Vice...
Ah that's what it reminded me of, I could not place it.
Michael Mann 👍
Yes. The highway scene from Heat featuring Moby's cover of A New Dawn Fades by Joy Division was what came to my mind...
Props to the owners letting you drive these. Some very generous people around
Couldn't do it without them!
I never fail to be amazed by the generosity of people
You're giving me Miami Vice vibes, and I'm here for it.
Look for the 430 scene in Miami vice (2006)
I just came on here to say exactly the same! 🤣
@@jose7777777777777777 Literally watched it the other day maybe a week ago. LOL
This video should have started with phil collins singing "I can feel it coming in the air tonight..."
Had to go watch the film after watching this video... 😂
Saw an f430 yesterday funny enough, in that same colour. I think they're aging very well, still look sharp.
I'd get that steering looked at if I were you. My car is like a scalpel, I dont steer, I just think where I want to go and it goes there. I love it
That’s a brilliant intro. Thanks for the entertainment this year. Have a good one.
My pleasure!
60 hp just out of a sports exhaust, a racing intake and a remap? I'd like to see the dyno charts of that !
Killing it, brother - been such a joy and honor to watch your channel grow, hope 2021 is great for you!
As an F430 owner - having had mine for 7 years now - I will concur with other comments about the steering feel. There is nothing wrong with it at all, however it is greatly affected by tires, particularly age and condition.
When I first had mine I noticed it felt a little odd at the helm. While the tyres still had good tread they were still the originals that it came out of the factory with in 2008 (I took ownership in 2014). So at 6 years old they were way past there best.
I had new tires fitted and the difference was night and day !
Moving on a few years to 2016 I then carried out a few mods. When it was in for service I had the dealership install Scuderia Springs & Spring Pads. Then set the whole suspension up as per Scud - ride height, tracking, camber etc. This totally transformed the steering feel again, with the nose being even more eager to obey the helm. This was even more noticeable on a track !
Lastly, with mine being a late 2008 model, the F1 gearshift & behaviour is superb. I took to it like a duck to water from day one, and have no complaints about it's operation either up or down the the gears. And at 22,000 miles it's still on its original clutch !
I know the difference between 'its' and 'it's' but I can't afford to run an F430. I must have made some wrong life decisions.
Everytime I see a video of a 430 I think it is a dreamcar and the best looking of the 21 st century Ferraris. The way it drives, it feels, it sounds (especially with the Tubi exhaust) is just amazing. And then I go to my garage and look whether mine is still there!😊❤
Thought they were boring when they came out. Now I think they’ve dated very well, especially ones in black or grey
Blu Tour de France with Crema interior is oh so desirable IMO. Seen a Grigio Silverstone one with 430 Scuderia wheels, much like this one, very understated in a really good way.
@@AntoniusTyas my dad had a 2006 F430 spider with cream interior and red exterior it was amazing
@@Thenormalguy_real_one Rosso Corsa on Crema is actually rather tasteful. A little bit flash but in a good way.
@@AntoniusTyas yeah I love cream interiors and so does my dad after the Ferrari caught fire he got a Sl63 2008 so with the N/A V8 and it also has a cream interior it’s lovely but gets dirty fast
When I bought my 430 some eight years ago, everyone told me I should get F1 gearbox, but I insisted I wanted a proper manual. Seems like I made a good choice. Although the extra value is a bonus nowadays, it's not that important to me, it's just a fantastic car to drive.
The marvelous engine sound that many super cars had prior to particulate filters.
Had the Spider
Absolutely love the F430
It’s truly a car that I want to own again. I’d take the 458 thou
Aldous top bloke helped me with my manifold change out from stock to AP F1 Box is superb when going for it and the price on the 430 now will not drop like a stone as did the 458 & 488 highly recommend. Great & fair review, no steering issues with mine Sept 2008 car
Merry Christmas James
That’s F430 sounds amazing
Nice homage to Miami Vice - for those of us that were around then
Thanks for the review, your channel is really great! I own a F430 F1 Spider and fully agree to the comments you gave. The steering is indeed not the best part of the car and the music it makes can be too loud once and a while. We use it a lot for road trips through Europe and in that case it can be exhausted. But...., the good stuff is indeed the visibility, the performances, the seat comfort, the ergonomics and those brakes. Overall a real good useable sportswear
Happy Christmas James.
Greetings from The Caribbean Island of Trinidad.
Wishing you and All at Home Good Health
Welcome Carlyle,from juffing cold Derbyshire england 🖐️
Wow, what an introduction, the hairs were standing up on end! Don't know how you achieved that introduction, but you hit the nail on the head! Please, please please, more of this!
This video didn't need any talking over it.. That intro could have gone on for the full 18minutes,pure 80s vibes 👌👌. Brilliant
Best intro to a video you have ever done 👍
My favourite things about the f430, brake feel, front end bite, control on limit, and NOISE!!! An amazing machine, the last of a kind.
Sweet synth wave opening music and night shoot? Love it
The 360 and 430 are ageing better than me😁 loving the content.. Merry Christmas
The music alone is worth the like!
A manual F430 is the dream forever car to go alongside the Vantage Roadster
Excellent intro James. I wonder how much more the bar can be raised for the videos between the basic quality of the film and the stellar cars. Long live JayEmm on Cars
A couple of GoPro’s , and a some trick editing, (it’s all in the editing) , and you’re Sonny Burnet?!?!
It’s cool, I am jealous 😻
We need more night clips, they're extremely cool
Synth Pop, Night Drive, Ferrari Sounds...
I feel you man. If you don't feel it, you're not alive.👍🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻👍🏻
I nearly bought one of these so close! I got a 1996 3 door Toyota Rav 4 instead. In dark green. Happy Times
Um....badass intro!! I had a 430 Spider from ‘08 and loved the thing so much! Even when the 458 and 488 came, they did not move me to swap for them.
F430 was my poster car 😍
Awesome video. That intro was fantastic. Great car. Looking forward to the next video. Keep up the good work.
The grey on grey looks great. Sound is typical Ferrari V8 👍. The upgrades take it to a hp to compete with more modern supercars. Nice!
One of the best soundtracks for ages . . . glorious noise :)
My Maserati GranTurismo had the F1 gearbox and once I got to know it I loved it but as you say you have to drive it hard to really appreciate it. I have driven an F430 and I would love to own one someday.
For the steering wheel feel, I guess it has something to do with tire pressures and suspension/wheel alignments more than the original setup, especially when a car is old. Merry Christmas!
Yes! Tyres and toe setting can make a huge difference
This is AV’s own 430 so it will be spot on re suspension and alignments
@@EbbesenBrian It’s a matter of taste and how every person like their steering to feel. 😊
@@EbbesenBrian Spot on maybe for grip on a track but not for steering wheel feeling on low speeds.
@@giorx5 there’s always a compromise to be made when it comes to road v track. I lean towards somewhere in the middle on both my 360 and Granturismo 👍🏻
I was 13/14ish when this car came out. This was THE FERRARI that made me fall in love with them. This was my poster car.
Best looking has to be the 355 but the 360 has grown on me recently. I'd rather a 360 CS over the 430. Although I will buy a 430 soon just to try one out 😊 good video
What an intro. Hats off to you James!
I don’t like rock and I don’t usually like night videos, but this here was your best video yet, absolutely wavey don.
what an exhaust note! truly spine tingling.
Merry Christmas... a video today was an unexpected gift. Cheers from Canada!!
The F430 has become my favorite "modern classic" Ferrari. I'll happily take one with F1 paddles. The flared side nostrils have absolutely grown on me and I do love the mirrors and rear quarters of the car. It sounds angry too.
That intro was really cool and the music.
Man that grey is spot on
Well I'm in a slightly different league of car; I have a F-Type Sport.....& that Ferrari engine note just blows my car out of the water. Amazing.
Great intro JayEmm Gosling. Your sound game is on point
Best intro you've had!! Do more like these! The synth music and the night drives was too rad
What an intro. What a car! Merry Christmas
Omg that noise !!! Wow 😳just added the f430 to my list of best sounding cars in the world and it’s near the damn top !!
Have a wonderful Christmas and as always a wonderful review
Thumbs up just for that night drive opening!!! Merry Christmas!
Michael Mann vibe in the intro! Merry Xmas James. Thanks for the excellent content this year. Best for 2021.
A good friend of mine had one, he loved it, I would buy one.
Buy yourself the dream Xmas present!
@@LarryKippings What a very good idea.
Watched your video twice already just to listen to that engine music. Great sound recording! Merry Christmas!
That V8 noise is just heaven!
That was a bit John Carpenter like at the start !👍🏻
Great video Jay. Love the mid engine v8 Ferraris. Have had my eye on a F430 manual spider in Australia for sometime. Great intro to this one. Really good production. Thanks for the quality content.
Fantastic review! I love the second bump of power at 5K+ rpms. F430s are a bargain right now
well done on the intro, it certainly makes for a video that stands out, as do the engine noise captures. nice work.
definitely one of my first loved Ferraris the 430!
HC..love your channel...hope to see more of it in the 2021..have a great NY.
Wow, one of your old school shirts showing on Christmas day. 430 seemed an improvement on the 360 but the 458 was in another world on performance and styling. As you say, the 430 stepped up technology. This once sounds good.
The Opening Sequence reminded Me of To Live and Die In LA!!!
Christmas day and a video of my favourite Ferrari 😊
Merry Christmas one an all, and a happy holiday to the rest 🥳
Christmas present to myself away from the bedlam of family zoom calls. Thank you James! Merry Christmas! Loved the intro, that noise is pure filth....fantastic!
Ha Ha that intro was very Miami Vice, driving over the causeway at night. The F430 is still one of my favorites, come close to buying one several times, my neighbor has a red 16M Spider and I love that thing. I consider it the last good NA mid-engined one, I hate the 458, think it is pig ugly, no idea why people like that thing so much? My favorite things on the F430 were the wing mirrors and the quad taillights. As time has passed though I am starting to like the 355 more. My list would start from the F430 at the bottom, then the 355, then the Testarossa and then the F12 at the top for attainable Ferraris.
Well done. That's a fantastic opening. Love the music, and the low driving shots - and the creativity. Great looking, sounding car too. Right, I'll watch the rest of the video now 😁👍👍
Loved your ferrari mid engine v8 series Jayemm! Merry Christmas to you and your family😎.. Can’t wait to see the 458 review!
It’s a Christmas miracle! I shall have to watch tomorrow as just off for my one day permitted visit to family.
Love the intro music, rather Driver-esque. Assume that was the intention. Do love some moody electronica.
Merry Christmas all.
Great video. Incredible commentary, and the camera work and production values are something else!! Thank you!!!
Great intro concept! Always wanted to film something like that with my car
That intro... epic!
More stylised videos please! And Happy Christmas to you James...
That intro!!! 👀🙌🏻
Loving the intro music and the night time driving scenes.
Reminds me a bit of Terminator 2 Judgement Day for some reason.
Loving that intro.......
Reminded me of a futuristic type of Blade Runner/Terminator with a road movie thrown in just for good measure.
Happy Christmas everyone 👍
Some very interesting points brought up in this video. All of your dislikes are just a few days of effort to correct. The seperation of the soft suspension is easy to accomplish and can be retrofitted. The quiet modes for Manetino I will do in next firmware update. Now on the steering, it's exactly same components as a 360 which you liked better. Actually I discovered after countless time on the track and during R&D how sensitive the helm is to tyres, ride height rake (differential of height between front and rear for polar movement) and of ofcourse camber and toe. I run zero degrees of front toe and it really wakes up the responses. I'll talk to Aldous and get all these points addressed and you can hopefully drive it again in more favourable conditions. Plus if you get chance drive my beast, it's quite a bit different than any 360 you're ever likely to drive on the open road. I think you'll love it because it's very much "Lotus" in ethos with huge weight savings over stock. Are you up for it?
Always Trev, although I do have concerns about cars which have so much stripped from them as I find they can be a somewhat tiring exercise to drive - but very keen to see how yours peforms
@@JayEmmOnCars excellent we will get in arranged in the new year. I engineered the car to be a kind of Challenge Stradale RS, so if you think of the CS being equivalent to GT3 mine is the GT3 RS. I hate understeer so mine is very much focused on steering feel and handling. The weight reduction has not made the car darty, its still very much designed to flow with the road. It's not got harsh suspension, when @seenthroughglass Sam drove it he likened it to feeling like a 600LT. High praise indeed.. It does feel quite different due to all kinds of subtle improvements like lightweight flywheel so it revs like a racing bike, etc. I think you'll be surprised 😁 might even change your opinion of modified Ferrari's. Haha on suspension points all 360s and F430s came with fully adjustable system for both ride height and obviously geo so how they feel is extremely sensitive to setup.
Equally and in addition to Trev - try driving my ‘standard’ F430 which was optioned with every light weight carbon option from the factory except the super rare carbon bonnet. The F430 was the first ferrari that was deeply configurable to the point where two cars can be very very different. Some are luxury orientated, others more sporting in their spec. They don’t have to be stripped to achieve that either. My car is fully carpeted and soundproofed yet weighs less than a scuderia.
Drop me a line
@@Rosso456MGT good post. Well done for owning such a good spec. Don't forget you could also do these lightweight upgrades on the Scud too to the point it could be lighter than a CS but it was very rare because it was so expensive to do. However no matter which way you cut it there was only so far Ferrari where willing to bend on the V8 personalisations. You couldn't for instance spec an incornel exhaust to save weight, or sports cats or a full sound deadening delete, or aircon delete, or lithium ion battery (15kg alone on that one), or lightweight racing flywheel, etc. Etc. So while it's fantastic you could do this and I do encourage Ferrari and others to do much more in this space rather than just add more power, it's still possible to go much much further than factory and still "feel" like a factory product..
With that introduction I was expecting it developing into rendezvous
Wow! Looks like James got a special effect producer for Christmas 🎄😁 The lighting effects in the intro were awesome as was the music! Well done...Ah and yes...I'm loving the Ferrari series 👍🏾
Love the intro synth and supercar👌 Merry Christmas James
"the firewall is covered in lovely dead cow" 🐄😂
Any dead cow should be in a mans stomach.
@@supercooled I'd rather not eat the hide though. Makes sense to use it for something else :)
@@supercooled Because it's "manly" to eat dead animals that someone else killed is it? Sounds like you're not confident in your masculinity.
@@azlean5323 shut up
@@reececlarke9861 Wow, a grown up joined in the conversation, wanker ✊🏻 🙂
Jay, can someone please lend you an F40 to review. Love that car and it fits well with your V8 mini series😎
Awesome review! Merry Xmas!
Love the Miami Vice homage...
Nice video James. I do know what you mean about having those 2 cars on the driveway (550 and 430) that’s what I have, and it’s the perfect combination to me !!
Good honest review, Thank you!
Splendid!!! Forza Ferrari!!!
Nice micheal Mann homage Jay emm.
Great series of videos mate. Thanks. Happy new year!
Merry Christmas, James! You've outdone yourself again that intro :)
430 was a chassi up grade with the Alcoa deal.. Sideview mirror split arm was on all the TRs