At the Ferrari meeting this summer !

 

Does anyone know anything about a stop – start option on the 458?
I was offered this but I’ve never heard of it.

 

Haven't heard of it either but you can get it in a California so it's most likely the same thing.

 

It will be the same system as the California if implemented:

Unveiled the Ferrari California with Stop & Start and the HY-KERS Hybrid vettura laboratorio

Introduced with effect from March for the Ferrari California, the Stop & Start System cuts both fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by 6 per cent in the ECE + EUDC combined cycle, emitting around just 280 g/km, an excellent value for a high performance naturally-aspirated sports car. The Stop & Start cuts in virtually instantaneously - just 230 milliseconds, a time so fast that the driver barely notices the engine restarting.

This solution is a further step in Ferrari’s on-going strategy to reduce fuel consumption and emissions by working 360 degrees on all aspects of the cars. For example the Ferrari California’s direct-injection V8 boasts very low levels of friction. Purge valves in the crankcase counteract the differences in pressure below the pistons which normally increase losses. Other solutions also reduce friction, such as the DLC (Diamond Like Carbon) treatment of the valve followers and the highly polished cam lobes, an innovation that has now been adopted across the range.

 

He's a good looking normal guy that's for sure.

 

I like that,

 

You don't know me well enough. It wasn't a compliment.

 

I said no before asking the price because i'm stuck with the image sport stuff ! It sounds ok though 6% on fuel mmm @ 200mph mmm i might just get that...what it only saves when you stop ?
ok seriously you people over the pond with a cali,it's good or bad ?

 

Do you not put a million times more wear on the starting mechanical parts of the car?
If this is the case the cost effectiveness is not that obvious after all when you start & stop “the engine” 4 hours later you only start once hence minimum wear.

 

Putting the environment aside for a moment.