RE: 'Buying' a McLaren 570GT

[Gary C]

Love the idea of going for the GT spec, love the idea of it as a daily driver which must be a good decision. On of the big problems of my classic 911 is I'm too worried about using it as a daily such that I am tempted to swap it for a 997 gt3 as a daily.

[Xpuffin]

Ice Silver is a truly stunning colour, well chosen imo.
(Unless you've actually seen the colour you'd be forgiven for thinking it "boring" because it really isnt)

[SturdyHSV]

Anubis said:

Something that makes you go "wow" before you get in it - it's not a Mercedes that should be black or silver. It's a supercar.

That looks fantastic, first of the GT / S models I've thought looked really good. Good spec work

[NAS]

RamboLambo said:

RenesisEvo said:

RUF.

Down shep, down

Unfortunately for you, he is right.

[TheDrBrian]

What shade of grey is elite ice silver?

[lee_erm]

The rear haunch on the silver one has a look of McLaren F1 which I haven't detected before on the more lairy coloured cars.

[Raudus42]

Silver yes, but red leather - perfect!

[GranCab]

TheDrBrian said:

What shade of grey is elite ice silver?

One of 50 ?

[ukaskew]

Striple said:

Looking forward to hearing how you get on with this as a daily. 900 quid for red calipers tho!

Is there any actual, genuine reason why red calipers should cost £900, other than 'because they can get away with it'?

Genuinely intrigued.

[lotelan]

£900 for red brake callipers! Why? Does the red paint make it stop better?

[anonymous-user]

I'd get standard ones and get them painted myself.

[Dan Trent]

Could be worse - Ferrari charges £864 for you to have them NOT painted red going by the build sheet on the 488 GTB we had in on test last year!

Dan

488 GTB press car options spend said:

Price: £183,974 (£238,214 as tested comprising carbon fibre outer sill £1,152; black brake calipers £864; embroidered logos on headrests £720; carbon engine compartment £4,512; carbon sill cover £4,896; carbon diffuser £5,472; carbon driver zone with LEDs £4,320; carbon upper tunnel £2,304; titanium exhaust £1,440; carbon dash inserts £3,840; carbon side vent splitters £2,112; carbon rear air ducts £2,400; colour on request for lower dash £768; carbon door trim £3,936; 'Goldrake' carbon racing seat £5,184; sat nav/cruise/parking sensors/USB port £0 for UK; carbon front spoiler £4,320; carbon steering wheel with LEDs £2,880; Scuderia shields on wings £1,056; colour on request for standard stitching £432; carbon tunnel bridge £1,632; total extras £54,240)

[nicfaz]

garyhun said:

nicfaz said:

I'm ok with the paint, but disappointed that you went for the interior carbon pack. Functional carbon (like the tub in this car) is very, very cool. Non-functional carbon (interior packs) look very naff.

In your humble opinion of course!

Time is the key though isn't it? When the first carbon details came into interiors, I could sort of see the argument. However, now every Barry is wrapping the glovebox of his Corsa in this stuff:

http://www.halfords.com/motoring/car-accessories/e...

I think the association is now more "naff" than "nice".

I'm the thin end of the wedge, in 2 years no-one will be ticking the carbon box...

[Dan Trent]

nicfaz said:

garyhun said:

nicfaz said:

I'm ok with the paint, but disappointed that you went for the interior carbon pack. Functional carbon (like the tub in this car) is very, very cool. Non-functional carbon (interior packs) look very naff.

In your humble opinion of course!

Time is the key though isn't it? When the first carbon details came into interiors, I could sort of see the argument. However, now every Barry is wrapping the glovebox of his Corsa in this stuff:

http://www.halfords.com/motoring/car-accessories/e...

I think the association is now more "naff" than "nice".

I'm the thin end of the wedge, in 2 years no-one will be ticking the carbon box...

Another interesting topic for discussion and one I kind of agree with. But ticked the box anyway. FWIW you can get the A-pillars of the 720S in 'raw' structural carbon to show off the Monocage II so I'm guessing McLaren may be be sensitive to/aware of accusations of fakery and dress-up options.

But to my mind if you want properly raw carbon you can't beat an F40's interior, which looks like they stuck the rest of the bits in while the resin was still curing!

Dan

[p1stonhead]

SturdyHSV said:

Anubis said:

Something that makes you go "wow" before you get in it - it's not a Mercedes that should be black or silver. It's a supercar.

That looks fantastic, first of the GT / S models I've thought looked really good. Good spec work

thats the best combo I have ever seen.

[blueg33]

Well I wouldn't have chosen grey for this type of car, or a tan interior with grey, don't like the wheels either!

[Fetchez la vache]

Its a good job people like different things, or everyone would be driving golf R's, which they almost already are round here...

I must be getting old then, as I like the chosen colours Can't beat a brown interior (though the red up there somewhere does look nice..)

Edit: Can't spell for toffee..

Edited by Fetchez la vache on Monday 13th March 13:46

[neil1jnr]

nicfaz said:

garyhun said:

nicfaz said:

I'm ok with the paint, but disappointed that you went for the interior carbon pack. Functional carbon (like the tub in this car) is very, very cool. Non-functional carbon (interior packs) look very naff.

In your humble opinion of course!

Time is the key though isn't it? When the first carbon details came into interiors, I could sort of see the argument. However, now every Barry is wrapping the glovebox of his Corsa in this stuff:

http://www.halfords.com/motoring/car-accessories/e...

I think the association is now more "naff" than "nice".

I'm the thin end of the wedge, in 2 years no-one will be ticking the carbon box...

+1 Not a fan

[anonymous-user]

Fetchez la vache said:

Its a good job people like different things, or everyone would be driving golf R's, which they almost already are round here...

I must be getting old then, as I like the chosen colours Can't beat a brown interior (though the red up there somewhere does look nice..)

Edit: Can't spell for toffee..

Edited by Fetchez la vache on Monday 13th March 13:46

Something very stylish and classy about a brown or tan interior.

[blueg33]

garyhun said:

Something very stylish and classy about a brown or tan interior.

With a silver/grey car though?