650S or 570S?

[Griffith4ever]

You and me both. Someone looking at my R8 this weekend. When that's gone it's 650 s time...

[cutting42]

samoht said:

Nice.

On the luggage space, the coupes have the 'not a luggage compartment' luggage compartment behind the seats which is probably similar in capacity to the frunk, so overall roughly twice the space as the Spiders I think. Depends how you value that vs being able to drop the top and/or rear window.

That is great info and actually makes a difference for me. Especially as I did not actually look in detail at the coupe as was just in a daze after looking at the spider. On reflection I think the Coupe has it over the Spider for me. Love the clean lines.

Just checked insurance, still stupid cheap, not sure why but £540 seems such a bargain. Might be bank account time.

[davek_964]

cutting42 said:

samoht said:

Nice.

On the luggage space, the coupes have the 'not a luggage compartment' luggage compartment behind the seats which is probably similar in capacity to the frunk, so overall roughly twice the space as the Spiders I think. Depends how you value that vs being able to drop the top and/or rear window.

That is great info and actually makes a difference for me. Especially as I did not actually look in detail at the coupe as was just in a daze after looking at the spider. On reflection I think the Coupe has it over the Spider for me. Love the clean lines.

Just checked insurance, still stupid cheap, not sure why but £540 seems such a bargain. Might be bank account time.

We seem to be forgetting something.....

With the roof up, the roof compartment of the spider can be used for luggage. There are even rolled up storage bags in the compartment lid for that reason.
It may not be as big as the area behind the seats on a coupe, but it's a decent size - and it is definitely not the case that the coupe has twice the luggage space of the spider.
Obviously it's nicer to have to roof down, but if your car is always going to be fully loaded with luggage I'd assume you'd be buying something else anyway. On the rare occasions you need a bit more space, the roof compartment provides some

Edited by davek_964 on Saturday 24th February 06:59

Edited by davek_964 on Saturday 24th February 06:59

[wally-42cyf]

davek_964 said:

cutting42 said:

samoht said:

Nice.

On the luggage space, the coupes have the 'not a luggage compartment' luggage compartment behind the seats which is probably similar in capacity to the frunk, so overall roughly twice the space as the Spiders I think. Depends how you value that vs being able to drop the top and/or rear window.

That is great info and actually makes a difference for me. Especially as I did not actually look in detail at the coupe as was just in a daze after looking at the spider. On reflection I think the Coupe has it over the Spider for me. Love the clean lines.

Just checked insurance, still stupid cheap, not sure why but £540 seems such a bargain. Might be bank account time.

We seem to be forgetting something.....

With the roof up, the roof compartment of the spider can be used for luggage. There are even rolled up storage bags in the compartment lid for that reason.
It may not be as big as the area behind the seats on a coupe, but it's a decent size - and it is definitely not the case that the coupe has twice the luggage space of the spider.
Obviously it's nicer to have to roof down, but if your car is always going to be fully loaded with luggage I'd assume you'd be buying something else anyway. On the rare occasions you need a bit more space, the roof compartment provides some

Edited by davek_964 on Saturday 24th February 06:59

Edited by davek_964 on Saturday 24th February 06:59

The roof storage compartment is also much more secure as your property is not on show as in the coupe.

[samoht]

davek_964 said:

We seem to be forgetting something.....

With the roof up, the roof compartment of the spider can be used for luggage. There are even rolled up storage bags in the compartment lid for that reason.
It may not be as big as the area behind the seats on a coupe, but it's a decent size - and it is definitely not the case that the coupe has twice the luggage space of the spider.

I think the coupe has about as much space behind the seats as it does under the bonnet, i.e. about 150L each.
The spider's tonneau cover storage is stated as 52L by McLaren.

That would put the spider at about two thirds the total luggage space of the coupe.

[akadk]

There is no better feel good factor than buzzing along in your carbon tub supercar roof down in the sunshine with the tunes playing

Couple just doesn’t hit the same

[andymc]

akadk said:

There is no better feel good factor than buzzing along in your carbon tub supercar roof down in the sunshine with the tunes playing

Couple just doesn’t hit the same

that is my regret, I have the coupe

[macdeb]

cutting42 said:

I finally got around to a test drive today. A lovely 650s Spider at Thorneys. Not the greatest of weather but the grip on slippery roads on cold tyres was impressive. Loved the ride and cabin and think I can make the space work for trips away etc. Need to decide colour, spider or coupe but think I am ready to pull the trigger on a 650s. Thanks for the advice.

Excellent choice I actually prefer the lines of the coupe over a spider but very few 650 coupes around it seems.

[12pack]

For me, it was the spider for the howl with the backlight or top down, which is completely missing from the coupe. Besides, the car looks much nicer with the top down - which is whenever it’s not raining.

Edited by 12pack on Saturday 24th February 14:01

[Streetbeat]

macdeb said:

Excellent choice I actually prefer the lines of the coupe over a spider but very few 650 coupes around it seems.

Im with you, i dont think there is a singe coupe that looks better with the roof lopped off, but it definitely seems we are in the minority on here.

[RSbandit]

650 coupe alot rarer than Spider but that was because alot less people wanted one when new...pretty standard for McLarens given the carbon tub rigidity no real downsides dynamically to having the Spider with the added benefit of drop top motoring and if the weather is poor drop the back window for the extra noise.

[cutting42]

Griffith4ever said:

You and me both. Someone looking at my R8 this weekend. When that's gone it's 650 s time...

It was the Blue spider you posted about that I drove. Lovely lovely car. But coupe for me I think. I think there was a deal to be done on the blue spider. Good luck selling the R8

[Griffith4ever]

cutting42 said:

Griffith4ever said:

You and me both. Someone looking at my R8 this weekend. When that's gone it's 650 s time...

It was the Blue spider you posted about that I drove. Lovely lovely car. But coupe for me I think. I think there was a deal to be done on the blue spider. Good luck selling the R8

Blue with the white stripe? Yeah - defo a deal to be done.

R8 buyer found something else before seeing me. It's oinly Feb so in no rush. But.... still can't wait :-)

[Dezbo]

cutting42 said:

It was the Blue spider you posted about that I drove. Lovely lovely car. But coupe for me I think. I think there was a deal to be done on the blue spider. Good luck selling the R8

Might sound like a naive question but how do negotiations work at Thorney - presumably the cars are all SOR? He says the price is fixed but surely you can always make an offer?

[cutting42]

Dezbo said:

Might sound like a naive question but how do negotiations work at Thorney - presumably the cars are all SOR? He says the price is fixed but surely you can always make an offer?

I'll tell you after Friday ;-)

I suspect it is down to the owner ultimately not Thorney. They will pass on an offer I suspect unless they have set a lowest offer limit. Several of the cars have been there a while but we are slowly getting out of Winter and people thoughts turn to weekend toys. I am sure the price will rise by April or so, especially spiders. As they say the price goes up when the roof goes down!

[Dezbo]

cutting42 said:

I'll tell you after Friday ;-)

I suspect it is down to the owner ultimately not Thorney. They will pass on an offer I suspect unless they have set a lowest offer limit. Several of the cars have been there a while but we are slowly getting out of Winter and people thoughts turn to weekend toys. I am sure the price will rise by April or so, especially spiders. As they say the price goes up when the roof goes down!

Thanks and good luck. If some of those spiders don’t move over spring/summer there must be some good deals to be done later in the year if prepared to wait.

[Griffith4ever]

Dezbo said:

cutting42 said:

It was the Blue spider you posted about that I drove. Lovely lovely car. But coupe for me I think. I think there was a deal to be done on the blue spider. Good luck selling the R8

Might sound like a naive question but how do negotiations work at Thorney - presumably the cars are all SOR? He says the price is fixed but surely you can always make an offer?

He passes on the offer.

[ex-devonpaul]

Griffith4ever said:

Dezbo said:

Might sound like a naive question but how do negotiations work at Thorney - presumably the cars are all SOR? He says the price is fixed but surely you can always make an offer?

He passes on the offer.

So like an Estate Agent, but one that actually knows what they're talking about

[davek_964]

ex-devonpaul said:

Griffith4ever said:

Dezbo said:

Might sound like a naive question but how do negotiations work at Thorney - presumably the cars are all SOR? He says the price is fixed but surely you can always make an offer?

He passes on the offer.

So like an Estate Agent, but one that actually knows what they're talking about

Buying from Alistair Bols was similar - my offer was passed on to the seller (in my case, over the phone while I was there).

[Griffith4ever]

cutting42 said:

Dezbo said:

Might sound like a naive question but how do negotiations work at Thorney - presumably the cars are all SOR? He says the price is fixed but surely you can always make an offer?

I'll tell you after Friday ;-)

I suspect it is down to the owner ultimately not Thorney. They will pass on an offer I suspect unless they have set a lowest offer limit. Several of the cars have been there a while but we are slowly getting out of Winter and people thoughts turn to weekend toys. I am sure the price will rise by April or so, especially spiders. As they say the price goes up when the roof goes down!

Question - what was the blue like in the flesh? When I see that specific blue in auto trasder ads it look a bit "meh", but on that particular car it looks amazing, on his video and pics. I know he has great lighting there.