^^^ Congratulations. You'll will always remember your first Ferrari drive.
Near red line, the F360/F355 sound the closest to the infamous Ferrari F1 shriek. As mentioned, it is about the driving experience, rather than what cars' spec sheet rules.
Not my quote but revelant all the same:
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If anybody catches wind of me buying a car based solely on specs, feel free to hit me with a crow bar.
Yesterday, I was coming up an on-ramp in my F430. It was one of those long, straight approaches with concrete barricades on each side. I was with my twelve year old daughter and both of the windows were down. I squeeze the loud pedal and crack through the gears with the F1 at about 8000 rpm. The barricades serve as a rolling sound room, and the hair stands up on the back of my neck. My daughter, who is deep in a text message frenzy, looks up, smiles, and says "now THAT sounds like a Ferrari." We immerge from the chute and onto the freeway like a sparkling red jewel in a sea of the ordinary. I felt like singing in Italian, but I didn’t know the words.
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