2005 Ferrari F430 Spider Is Our Bring a Trailer Auction Pick of the Day

• This 2005 Ferrari F430 is equipped with the six-speed manual and shows 13,000 miles on the odometer.

• It's powered by a 483-hp 4.3-liter V-8 that revs to 8500 rpm.

• Bids are up to $125,000 as of May 12, and the auction ends on Tuesday, May 17.

Ferrari hasn't sold a manual transmission in about a decade, so I often find myself daydreaming of ripping an Italian V-8 and rowing the gears myself. A convertible would be the icing on the cake, so that's why I'm salivating over this 2005 Ferrari F430 Spider manual that's up for bidding on the Bring a Trailer auction site—which, like Car and Driver, is owned by Hearst Autos.

After the F430 came the 458 Italia, which was the last of the high-revving naturally aspirated mid-engine V-8 Ferraris. But that car wasn't offered with a manual transmission, just a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox since less than 1 percent of F430 buyers went for the stick. Shame. Good thing this F430 with the six-speed manual is up for grabs. Or you could go for this six-speed conversion, but we wouldn't.

The F430 was powered by a 4.3-liter F136 V-8 that revved to 8500 rpm and produced 483 horsepower and 343 pound-feet of torque, sent to the rear wheels through the six-speed and electronically controlled limited-slip differential. In Car and Driver testing, an F430 Spider with the F1 automated manual gearbox reached 60 mph in 3.9 seconds.