Am I CRAZY To DAILY DRIVE My Ferrari SF90 Stradale?

I'm daily driving my Ferrari SF90 Stradale, but is that a good idea?! It might sounds crazy but with over 4,000 miles in, let me tell you about the good and the bad, why I'm enjoying it so much and what problems I've had so far. Plus, there are some amazing cars to spot in London!
I picked up my SF90 in Italy and immediately embarked on a big tour with it all around Europe. However, in more recent times I've found myself literally driving it non-stop for daily driving and commuting purposes, and I absolutely love it. Ferrari created a supercar that's wonderful to drive on the road, boasts a tonne of different driving modes and settings to learn and become familiar with, and by having a range in eDrive it creates a great car to use for the city too.
After an update on the recent miles, including the previous tank clocking in at 26.5mpg, it's out to the countryside and then into London to car spot from a Ferrari! With a Bugatti Chiron stealing the show, there are endless luxury cars to see around the hot spots of the city. Where the SF90 Stradale is so fascinating is the clue from the name, "Stradale" meaning Road from Italian, and very much being a car engineered to be a great road car while happening to have 1,000hp too.
The crazy element of all of this... driving so many miles in a Ferrari is never quite so good for value, and arguably it takes away from some of the special-ness of the car being so familiar with it, but to be honest the smiles this brings outweigh any of that!
Thanks for watching, Tim
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:28 SF90 Fuel Economy Update
05:44 Problems To Date?
07:38 Surprises About the SF90
11:21 Learning the Hybrid Technology
12:30 Tunnel Run
13:27 Arriving in London
17:08 Car Spotting
21:50 Bugatti Chiron Spotted
24:08 Parked up the SF90
25:01 SF90 Cold Start Issue
28:26 Final Thoughts
29:53 Wrap Up
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[@IvanCherganski]

Every now and again an old school car spotting video is really appreciated in between the rest of the awesomeness! Thanks for the content, Tim

[@Shmee150]

I always love going car spotting, never know what you'll find

[@bcsmith5]

Zz

[@beardedboon]

I couldnt have said it better myself!

[@f-natic]

Absolutely agree! Tim going back to his ”roots” where it all began is so refreshing, wish you did this more often! Though i do like watching other content of yours as well (except for that freaking stupid farting frog tojota, so glad it’s gone!), cheers!

[@cooloreo3]

The SF90 is not old school it’s new

[@divyanshusrivastav3706]

You are the most genuine petrolhead who is able to afford them and drive them as smiles per miles. There is nothing wrong in it.

[@moizuddinahmed7764]

Really love how Tim is still stuck to his roots of car spotting. Imagine owning hypercars yourself and still drooling over the others! That's real class!! 😎

[@pratikagrawal4190]

Dude started with a Clio and now Daily Drives a half a million dollar Ferrari! Mad respect Tim 🙌

[@Shmee150]

Thanks for the support

[@Svrcko944]

Pump those number up. Its more like 1m 😄

[@pratikagrawal4190]

@@Svrcko944 Not sure about its pricing in the US market but in UK the car starts at about 380,000£ , with all of the options and stuff his must've cost around 450,000£ which is roughly 540,000$ . So, little over half a million dollars!

[@michaelgakanga]

@@pratikagrawal4190 what about the used market?

[@pratikagrawal4190]

@@michaelgakanga It's certainly depreciating very very fast! Even low mileage cars are trading for about 10 percent less than the list price and it just gets worse with higher mileage cars .

[@michaelgakanga]

I'm genuinely glad you've come to the realization that driving these cars frequently is the key to understanding why manufacturers make them this way. I usually get frustrated when journalists sway people the wrong way after only experiencing a car for a few hours or days at most. Also that some owners jump into conclusions after driving a thousand miles

[@randomchannel323]

The crazy car shortage right now probably helps ease the depreciation too

[@gregorygudin8216]

Very smart comment ❤ car reviewers who drive the car for a couple hours are clueless and usually have preconceived ideas and biases

[@paullb2440]

It’s when you come back to Tim’s videos you realise what a genuine petrolhead he is. With Tim you get a full run down on what the car is like to drive and live with, and a encyclopaedic knowledge of every car he passes - so different to a certain other blonde car KZbinr who I shan’t name who pretty much only talks about the shape of the key fob. Thanks Tim.

[@kaigordon2900]

As if I didn't like it already, your sf90 is growing on me even more, the colour certainly to thank for that, lovely spec!

[@neilstothard]

Love that fact that even though now you own the types of cars that you started your channel spotting you still get the enjoyment of going out looking for what is about on a given day.

[@albs1201]

That feeling of switching around in modes I definitely understand and feel ! I have a Cupra Leon eHybrid and I switch around so much between different driving settings and e-mode / hybrid ! It’s such a joy to go into a town quietly and smooth on electric and leaving and going on a small twisty round in full attack mode and have fun !

[@ryanhoffmann9341]

"Nice to be those guys" Shmee, you are THAT guy!

[@greatdoodad]

shmee you and stradman are my 2 favorite car creators, 3 mins into the vid and loving the content... you 2 are 2 of the most positive people ive ever seen on the internet.. keep being amazing, keep smiling, keep the great content going

[@svgaming2716]

Always love when you go traditional car spotting, would love to see you do it more often. Cheers!!

[@williamrogercummings277]

This thirty minute example shows the supercar experience in a very mellow and throughly enjoyable way. Enjoyable, thank you, Tim.

[@ibeentossinaunties]

I LOVE HOW MUCH YOU DRIVE YOUR CARS MAN ITS REAL LOVE every car enthusiast knows and its totally worth every dollar with every thousand miles you make , thank you 😌😌

[@sams-pg7hj]

I appreciate you actually use your cars, and use them often, not just saving them for special occasions or track days or something. I dislike car collectors who don't actually use their cars for their intended purposes

[@saradrugi6760]

Tim's is probably the best spec SF90 I've seen. Others have the colours & hood design etc that make them look more "race car" but that blue with silver wheels make it look elegant & suit the laid back style. Who would have thought any car with 1000hp could be "laid back" ?! But thats what it is...until it isnt !

[@marcvanderbent9262]

Love to see you back at your roots once again, and yes you have put in a lot of work to get to this point with your channel.

[@IDv8I]

Your car knowledge is next level bud. Thanks for the drive today.

[@philg6613]

Insane number of supercars - fantastic to look at, Tim, and great to see you have retained your schoolboy enthusiasm for them despite owning a good number yourself. I still have no idea how you can possibly know all of the models and their variants and so quickly. Sidebar: Amusing to see just how low down you sit in the SF90 compared to almost every other vehicle on the road, which for me, would be a little daunting. Another fab video.

[@scalecrawlnl]

Awesome Shmee, thank you. Crazy cool Thunderbird drop-top driving past. And it is fantastic you use your SF90 to go car-spotting and present us the results, very nice 😎✌

[@Footlamp]

Super enjoyed this video. Especially the London drive. Having just returned from there on holiday, I saw similar vehicles had the same wow experience. Walked many of the same roads you drove down. Regents Park, Mayfair, Knightsbridge are excellent spots for car spotting. Very happy you spent the time doing this and sharing.

[@MarcSob22]

A friend from Monaco has been using a TDF as a daily since 2018, so using an SF90 doesn't make you crazy! Incredible machine! Great content!

[@thiosemicarbizidebenzoylal2921]

Much different than driving around London. The only places besides the middle east where you can daily is Southern California and Florida. Southern California is made for supercars. In fact the entire state is made for supercars. London isnt and neither is Monaco. I still dont get why anyone wants to drive anything other than a Mini in Monaco.

[@breakupgoogle]

PPF saves all.

[@Kronos0999]

@@thiosemicarbizidebenzoylal2921 Lol, yes, the homeless villages sure is made for supercars all over Cali

[@thiosemicarbizidebenzoylal2921]

@@Kronos0999 Watch what happens to Monaco now the Russians are gone. The Oligarchs made that place.

[@MarcSob22]

@@thiosemicarbizidebenzoylal2921 California and Florida are boring! Monaco region is amazing, Italy just ten minutes , Alpes just over 2h , perfect places for supercars!

[@cameronbradley3466]

It’s always gd seeing a video that takes us back to the start of the shmee150 channel tim

[@epyk]

Love seeing you go back to your roots; how surreal in a ~hypercar of your own!

[@paulkrapp]

I truly enjoyed this easy tour of London with you Tim! Thanks!

[@thenovicewildcamper9192]

Car spotting in London again...thank you tim

[@JW_M]

Nothing wrong with it. Its cool that your daily driving it and not a garage queen

[@Shmee150]

Exactly! Say no to Garage Queens

[@ronaldwilliford301]

Ferrari SF90 Stradale is a crazy cool beautiful car, Just Fantastic ride, practical too, You Go Shmee I like the way Shmee looks for super cars in Central London, this is Just a Great Video. Fuel prices in London are just 🤪🤪Crazy, Thankful to be in America, GO USA!!!

[@carloslewis8448]

I agree with you Tim. Just because you have an 1000hp car doesn't mean that you have to go all out in order to enjoy it. What a high technological machine. Wow!!! It is beautiful

[@HellcatDreaminJosh]

Shmee150 Great Video I'm glad you've had a great owner experience with your SF90 Stradale and I think it's absolutey incredible that you saw that Absolutely Gorgeous Bugatti Chiron

[@nanolog522]

Germany has significantly lower gas prices now. You get E5 for 1,80€ per litre and E10 for 1,70€ (that´s 1,44-1,54 pound). And the prices you mentioned, around 2,54€ per litre, we only had for a couple of days along the motorways.

[@duncanwood4313]

Obviously vastly different price points, but the duality of purpose and the ability to play with / switch modes is exactly what I enjoy about my 2018 530e. Great video Tim!

[@CarspottingInToronto]

Hi Shmee! Thank you for sharing this video! The SF90 is one of my favourite Ferrari's!!

[@CarYouTuberNews]

That was really fun to watch, do that more often champ!!!

[@McMeevin]

Ever since I saw it on this channel, the SF90 became my dream car. If I owned one I would be driving it as much as I could lol.

[@David-gk8sv]

My fave type of videos, casual spotting in London. Yes

[@4_r_e_dad]

Yes‼️ 🙌 Living vicariously through you brother 👌🏾

[@kevinnctc]

Man I consider myself quite a “car guy” but it’s insane how you just rattle of car names, production numbers, etc! Genuinely amazing

[@matthew07shquad31]

Great video as always shmee!!!!!

[@skeletor1375]

This man not only has a good taste in cars but also in watches with that mars moonswatch

[@yearight6294]

feels very nostalgic of the old carspotting videos. living in america its so insane to see so many great cara back to back .

[@cameronjenks9102]

Epic video as always Tim!

[@transport740]

What great ownership perspective by @shmee150. Very interesting to hear about the modes, and how it changes the characteristics of the car. I can see how it is a practical (dare I say) with the specification you had yours built and it is fun to have a car with different characteristics. I’m not a huge EV fan, but Ferrari did a great job with the SF90 and the “hybrid” aspect

[@johnv4866]

Hats off to you Tim on the color choice/spec on the SF90. 👍

[@shanesc2291]

Absolutely love this style of video really enjoyed watching it

[@nataliegrima1033]

Good on ya Shmee! Living the supercar dream.

[@Arthur-ke9vz]

Best car enthusiast ever. I love this channel.

[@thatonequail1262]

The spec is absolutely amazing, love the car!

[@joedirt6222]

Tim completely geeking out about his SF90 was great to see.

[@Apac1226]

As a life long fanboy of all things Aston Martin, and with respect to your Vantage, your SF90 is easily my favorite of all your cars. From how beautiful it is at whatever angle you view it to the absolutey perfect blue color and hybrid technology I love that car. Well done Tim

[@bling1634]

The FS90 is a cool to go car spotting in ans these types of vids are awesome to watch

[@allensaunders449]

I can see that you are loving everything this car has to offer. It offers slot. Great buy

[@darthgriff]

That blue is STUNNING

[@kurothecarspotter667]

I'm here early today! Great video.

[@Shmee150]

Yay! Thank you!

[@floridamankyle5461]

Your videos have changed my mind on these SF90s, I first thought it was overly complicated and the sound was muffled, but the capability of this hybrid setup is truly UNREAL! You are right about the Jekyll and Hyde nature of this car, I only wish this hybrid setup was put in a GTC4 Lusso style body, for more versatility.

[@davewesley11]

Who would have thought years ago when you was driving round London spotting cars Tim that you would be doing it years to come in a lovely Ferrari. Your soo lucky.

[@bjakobs98]

You are a legend for dailying it! The car would be perfect it you would add the novitec 'asetto fiorano' look painted in body colour, their nf10 wheels and their exhausts 😍

[@saadfarooqui5649]

I really like your videos. so much info without it being a "explanation" video

[@sakshampaliya]

At First I didn't liked your decision to go with silver wheels 😅☺️, but now, seeing it in flesh makes me change my mind. It looks even more special and elegant now😃

[@user35399]

I live in West London (Ealing) and I study and work as delivery rider with Uber Eats and Deliveroo by bycicle. I started it because of the flexibility but also because I knew that I could learn about roads and new places. When I discovered Mayfair, I started to spend entire hours just for car spotting. London in general is just so packed of super cool super cars! I am the same of Shmee in this video, just that me on bycicle, him on a SF90 😃 Congrats to you!

[@jamesrapp9778]

Cheers for the video mate 😎 👌

[@ksdesigns360]

im one step closer to u mate. im in london on vacation. hope i can meet up with you bro. you are a huge inspiration to me

[@nossta5242]

Love to see just a casual drive through London doing Carspotting

[@supercarpaul_cs8147]

I know this is going to sound pointless and even embarrassing but I have been and got myself a new phone today and BOY THE COLOUR OF THE SF90 IS BLOODY BEAUTIFUL

[@sidrens5292]

Ah my gosh! The SF90 in white looks absolutely awesome!!! I’m not too keen on the head light design, however overall a beautiful thing!

[@daityaOP]

No u are not crazy- u are just simply amazing and phenomenally different 😂😂

[@muhammadyousufkhan207]

I didn't originally appreciate the sf90 as such. Seeing you use it and in motion on your channel has made this grow a bit on me. Idk if it's fair to call it underrated

[@AvtarDhillon]

Good video and I agree to drive daily and enjoy what you have purchased rather than storing it away and just collecting Life can be short and let’s enjoy and drive what we have rather than preserving for years that we cannot guarantee

[@colinpaton3770]

Hi Tim, I totally get it. You touch on key points- performance without crazy noise and it looks beautiful. Suppose it’s main rival is the 296 gtb. If you had to have only 1 car (any) in your garage I bet this would be it?! Cheers!

[@fatmanoverlanding]

I was in my early teens when the first gen Honda NSX was released. And I remember how the motoring journalist criticised it for being so easy to drive, and for having good ergonomics, and doing everything so efficiently, whether that's pottering around town or doing high speed drives. Making statements like "why would I want a supercar that is as easy to drive as a Civic?". Citing it had no drama, as it did everything with minimal effort, or the NSX was clinical etc. Some even commenting these dramas are the reasons for driving a supercar. Now everyone praises how modern day supercars are so comfortable, and how easy they are to drive daily. So it was either brand snobbery, and/or the first gen Honda NSX was ahead of its time. As it seems it took some 20-30 years for the established supercar makers to catch up on the formula.

[@GabrielHakulin]

The color is absolutely stunning!

[@aris1956]

This car is really beautiful ! As a whole, including exterior color and interior color.

[@fearthedark7652]

the novitec sf90 looks amazing

[@kiansmith1288]

I was in london the last 2 days...the bit by the london eye was rammed with people. I went down to london to do some car spotting i briefley went to mayfair just before you arrived. I should have gone now instead of going to leister square. I went to ferrari ,bugatti and bentley. And over the cause of the 2 days i saw at least 20 to 30 g wagens 😂

[@Treesuss]

My Volvo estate averaged 17 mpg. That mileage is incredible

[@br4nd0nh347]

Great points, I was thinking the same for hybrid supercars.

[@TUBEamp121fred]

Tim, Thank you...For sharing...I love that car...

[@Crownfield820]

It’s so interesting to see so many cars brought to The UK from different parts of the world. It’s no often you see something like that in the U.S.

[@claudioagmfilho]

🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷👏🏻, So, you don't like the são Paulo yellow on the M4C G82? I gree with you Tim, the green is more subdued, but for that matter, I would go with a darker blue. Anyhow awesome video, lots of prestige cars. By the way, I have been to London once, and when I was there, it was Easter, and it was a little chilly I would say. London is a very nice aristocratic city. One last thing is, what's happening to your car when you go from electric MODE INTO THE ICE is that maybe the car is getting into some sort of a cold start, to make sure that it is warm enough as soon as possible, so that the internals won't be cold if you do a hard pull on it...

[@JonMichaelDeShazer]

I'm literally flying in from the US to London today. Gonna do some car spotting myself when I'm out there.

[@yashveersingh1795]

Best content shmee ❣️✨♨️ Too good

[@Tomaldiniho]

That blue on the sf90 is spectacular Love the channel

[@Shmee150]

Thank you

[@iainf6]

#shquad.......hi Tim, excellent insight into a truly wonderful super car. So many great spots in London too 👌😉

[@ali-un6vj]

Loved the car spotting

[@quintinsmits]

I have the same fun switching between 'power', 'hybrid' and 'electric' in my G20 330e. It has a little less than 1/3 the power of your SF90, but it is still more than enough to get into trouble with. The sound, though... There is no comparing that...

[@maereanm]

Tim, my VW PHEV 2016 model also does the lurching forward on cold starts. So it's a common feature of Plug-In-Hybrids, it's not just on your SF90. But it's not scary and I already know when to expect it. The benefits of the Plug-In-Hybrid drive outweigh these small differences from an old-fashioned ICE car.

[@85yearoleofdeepconversatio33]

Tim you should possibly get a older style Ferrari or Lamborghini or something it would stand out among the many newer style cars driving around where you are from just a idea

[@lilsweeny1678]

The rims on the SF90 are glowing! I like that!

[@Thisismyhandle218]

Tim you earned it, I say do as you want - I know most of us here would daily it in a heartbeat 🤣👍🏻

[@dickeyseamus]

I paid $3.99 for a gallon of gas this morning in the upper midwest of the USA. So nice seeing that 3 again.

[@TheReggie121]

Bloody lucky, you have an amazing collection

[@robinellard]

Tim, thanks for the review. I’ve got a SF90 spider being delivered in November. I have the same paint colour as you but changed other details. Needed the lift kit so didn’t spec Fiorano pack however I love the rear spoiler Fiorano gives you. Thankfully Novitec have release a kit for our standard versions which I think I’ll be fitting. Anyhow, your reviews are great and I’m really looking forward to mine arriving soon 👍🏻👍🏻

[@calvinkarara7224]

I hope you daily it aswell

[@SimonLaudati]

In my very little little little I totally understand your pleasure in having the possibility to switch between a comfortable cruiser and a sports car. I own a Golf 8 R that I use 200km daily and I love how I can cruise it like a diesel and when I want do a 0-60 in 4.5sec 😄

[@gregbunting1]

I've gotten 400 miles with a tank of gas in my SF90!! It's fun to get great mileage and just a touch with the petal it turns into a beast....it's a great road car.....happy motoring. Greg

[@laytonjaynes8300]

I would if I had one. Lucky enough to have driven one early this year, hands down the best super car on the market with very good tech and comfort

[@muhammadashir8890]

Can not wait for the drag races with this thing

[@HJW018]

22:45 2CV just chilling.

[@sakshampaliya]

And I must say, that you have a very good taste, mate!!👍😄

[@vincentjenkins4045]

Awesome vlog

[@Billywoo12]

Fascinating mpg analysis. Best of all worlds….