snatchy throttle made gearchanges difficult to get right. LOTS of driveline backlash made slow progress very jerky

cramped footwell made it difficult to press the clutch without finding either the brake or the footrest as well

Don't get me wrong, its still a staggering car - just needs a bit of modification to get it right

Somewhere else on the old forum I wrote that it would be a terrible car for £68,000, but would be a bargain at £30,000. Now they're down to <£15k, they are almost as much of a performance bargain as the Coupe.

Mine's an Assetto Corsa in red with a manual box

Thanks Nigel, very informative.

I've started thinking about possible replacements for the Coupe (not quite yet though, I'm more than happy with my car atm ) and this is definitely an option.

Congrats to Stuart btw, a lovely car indeed

AFAIK these issues were addressed on the 2001 cars so the later ones should be better in this respect

i must admit mu uncle lent me hit 4200gt grandsport and the auto tiptraonic box is amazing it is lovely to use and the same as the ferrari430 box. the whole car is a work of art and a car i want to own sometime in my life.