I've worked with product marketing managers before, and this technique is top of the list: how many times have you heard an ad like "The <boring POS pretend sports car>. <Significant pause>. More trunk space than a Ferrari 458. Better mileage than a Hummer. Shorter stopping distance than a school bus. Available…

But, even if this were true (i.e. your credit card would show a charge of 10 or 7.30 euros), you'd still be flying on, you know, RyanAir.

While it's true that early 458s had a "catching on fire" problem, the cause was isolated (wrong glue application in wheel wells) and a recall fixed it. There were some early DCT gearbox issues, also fixed. Nobody was left with an out-of-warranty car with expensive repairs. Ferrari also instituted 7 years' free…

US octane ratings use a different scale than European. 91 octane US is roughly 95 octane in Europe. CA only offers up to 91 octane. Much of the rest of the US offer 93. A 458 runs just fine on 91, but runs better (as a dyno will prove) on 93. Above that, no measurable difference. 100 octane is not recommended by…