Is the Mclaren 600 LT Spider the most desirable sub 200k?
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Davyt said:
Yup ! That’s Volcano Red alright, got Sennas, carbon exterior 1&2 plus track tel cameras, good spec car tbh..
Yes I think that is the other U.K. car in the volcano red they are extremely rare and it’s of course the best colour, I am of course bias. 
I also know of one state side too.
List on my example was £277,000 or there abouts.
I have an LT Spider with lots of carbon packs...
Ive had all sorts of cars over the years - GT3 / GT4 / Exige S / M3 / Aston V12S / Lusso (currently) and have driven other stull like Roma and 296 GTS. I also race a fair bit. This is just for context.
There is nothing that comes close to the LT experience.
First off the power - it's stupidly fast and feels way faster than all those above. Part of thait is power to weight, but the power delivery is so boosty which isnt for everyone but I love it.
Second is the handling. It has the weird ability of being able to handle normal UK roads with no issues but also stay completely flat and firm too. Very clever damping. Nothing worse than a baldy damped stiff setup car on the road. Comapred to something like a 296, the Ferarri felt wobbly and unstable to me. It's not in its own right but when you compare it to the LT it is.
Finally - who else makes a carbon tub car which means thr Spider becomes the easy choice?
Im sure these things will climb in value given things like Artura coming out!
Ive had all sorts of cars over the years - GT3 / GT4 / Exige S / M3 / Aston V12S / Lusso (currently) and have driven other stull like Roma and 296 GTS. I also race a fair bit. This is just for context.
There is nothing that comes close to the LT experience.
First off the power - it's stupidly fast and feels way faster than all those above. Part of thait is power to weight, but the power delivery is so boosty which isnt for everyone but I love it.
Second is the handling. It has the weird ability of being able to handle normal UK roads with no issues but also stay completely flat and firm too. Very clever damping. Nothing worse than a baldy damped stiff setup car on the road. Comapred to something like a 296, the Ferarri felt wobbly and unstable to me. It's not in its own right but when you compare it to the LT it is.
Finally - who else makes a carbon tub car which means thr Spider becomes the easy choice?
Im sure these things will climb in value given things like Artura coming out!
MB 1 said:
I have an LT Spider with lots of carbon packs...
Ive had all sorts of cars over the years - GT3 / GT4 / Exige S / M3 / Aston V12S / Lusso (currently) and have driven other stull like Roma and 296 GTS. I also race a fair bit. This is just for context.
There is nothing that comes close to the LT experience.
First off the power - it's stupidly fast and feels way faster than all those above. Part of thait is power to weight, but the power delivery is so boosty which isnt for everyone but I love it.
Second is the handling. It has the weird ability of being able to handle normal UK roads with no issues but also stay completely flat and firm too. Very clever damping. Nothing worse than a baldy damped stiff setup car on the road. Comapred to something like a 296, the Ferarri felt wobbly and unstable to me. It's not in its own right but when you compare it to the LT it is.
Finally - who else makes a carbon tub car which means thr Spider becomes the easy choice?
Im sure these things will climb in value given things like Artura coming out!
We have somewhat similar car ownership experience: GT3, 458, Exige 410, M3 CSL, Caterham, Aston V8V, R8 Manual, 360 Manual.Ive had all sorts of cars over the years - GT3 / GT4 / Exige S / M3 / Aston V12S / Lusso (currently) and have driven other stull like Roma and 296 GTS. I also race a fair bit. This is just for context.
There is nothing that comes close to the LT experience.
First off the power - it's stupidly fast and feels way faster than all those above. Part of thait is power to weight, but the power delivery is so boosty which isnt for everyone but I love it.
Second is the handling. It has the weird ability of being able to handle normal UK roads with no issues but also stay completely flat and firm too. Very clever damping. Nothing worse than a baldy damped stiff setup car on the road. Comapred to something like a 296, the Ferarri felt wobbly and unstable to me. It's not in its own right but when you compare it to the LT it is.
Finally - who else makes a carbon tub car which means thr Spider becomes the easy choice?
Im sure these things will climb in value given things like Artura coming out!
McLaren was never a brand for me, having driven a 570S in the past and thinking well its OK, admittedly I drove a coupe, then tried a 720S and apart from the mental rocket ship performance I actually came away from that car just like I did from a Performante Huracan, so capable, yet so boring, zero excitement at anything under 120mph.
It was only by luck I decided to re-visit McLaren, drove a 600 LT Coupe, I was blown away how a car could feel so more serious compared to 570S it was a big difference, easily as big if not bigger than going from an E46 M3 to an M3 CSL, but I was still a little miffed about the sound track.
Tried a 600 LT Spider, fell in love, zero scuttle shake unlike Ferrari spiders, and the sound track now I could hear those top mounted exhaust and I was sold and so began the car hunt and eventually I found the car I own now.
On track is trumps the GT3 by some distance in both engagement and ability, it just has a real race car vibe about it, but then you drive it on the road and it has the ride quality of the 458 but the precision of a GT3, really is a car that can do everything.
As such I at times contemplate what next, I really cannot think of anything, a 675 LT, 750S or Artura though all great in their own right, cannot pull me from the 600 LT.
With prices between 125-140k for a coupe and 135-170k for a Spider they are somewhat a bargain, but in fairness the prices have remained solid since I purchased mine, infact good spec Spiders are maybe a tiny weeny bit up, still a bargain though when you consider a 488 Pista is 250-350k and a gen 2 GT3 RS is 200k and even at same money I'd not change the 600 to one of those and I have driven both.
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