PHer with a Mclaren F1 (it's for real this time)
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I've just spent a very interesting couple of hours down the pub 
(nice Guinness) with a PH member who has a McLaren F1!
Now I know what you're all thinking. Have I lost my marbles and started drinking with fictional members of the fictional Dokic family.
However, wary of that incident (he's been a reader of PH since 1999), this chap brought along some pictures and info about his car. In fact he even brought the V5 and MOT certificates!
He was a real gent and regaled many fascinating tales of the realities of ownership and driving. (e.g. top speed achieved on the Autobahn one Sunday morning, GPS verified at 221mph).
He'd sort of like to share his experiences of ownership with PHers but given the hoax we underwent previously he was wary of piping up for fear of getting shot down in a barrage of accusations about being another fantastist. He's not keep on revealing his complete identity for other fairly obvious reasons which wouldn't help either if he started posting out of nowhere.
So, I can 100% verify that he is the owner of an F1 and in fact he turned up a PH HQ in a fine example of one of Porsche's best track day toys.
Hopefully I'll get the chance to ride in his car at some point in the next six months or so and will report back when I do. In the meantime if he chooses to pipe up on a thread please accept that he is genuine!
(nice Guinness) with a PH member who has a McLaren F1! Now I know what you're all thinking. Have I lost my marbles and started drinking with fictional members of the fictional Dokic family.
However, wary of that incident (he's been a reader of PH since 1999), this chap brought along some pictures and info about his car. In fact he even brought the V5 and MOT certificates!
He was a real gent and regaled many fascinating tales of the realities of ownership and driving. (e.g. top speed achieved on the Autobahn one Sunday morning, GPS verified at 221mph).
He'd sort of like to share his experiences of ownership with PHers but given the hoax we underwent previously he was wary of piping up for fear of getting shot down in a barrage of accusations about being another fantastist. He's not keep on revealing his complete identity for other fairly obvious reasons which wouldn't help either if he started posting out of nowhere.
So, I can 100% verify that he is the owner of an F1 and in fact he turned up a PH HQ in a fine example of one of Porsche's best track day toys.
Hopefully I'll get the chance to ride in his car at some point in the next six months or so and will report back when I do. In the meantime if he chooses to pipe up on a thread please accept that he is genuine!
Davey S1 said:
top speed achieved on the Autobahn one Sunday morning, GPS verified at 221mph
Bloody Sunday drivers
twas interesting. Apparently there's a bit of the Autobahn near Frankfurt that is about 5 miles long and four lanes wide (where they used to do speed testing years back apparently).
He did the run early on a June morning (i.e. sunrise very early) when there was only traffic in lanes 1 and 2 (couldn't do that in the UK could you with all the middle lane morons).
After several runs he notched up a 221mph on the GPS including overtaking a police car (the road is unrestricted so they didn't mind).
The service bills were interesting. Very detailed, they looked more like business proposals, each one in its own folder.
The car is corner weighted before and after the service and all the disks measured and all sorts of other minute detail which got lost at the bottom of my pint of Guinness.
Needless to say a service cost several K (labour rate was a reasonable £70 per hour though
)
The car is corner weighted before and after the service and all the disks measured and all sorts of other minute detail which got lost at the bottom of my pint of Guinness.
Needless to say a service cost several K (labour rate was a reasonable £70 per hour though
)
mungo said:
Flemke seemed like a very nice chap to me and a real petrolhead.
Sounds good but the way people will react to him now because he has a McF1 is probably going to be cringeworthy...
Hopefully when / if he starts posting, people will eventually look past the fact he has one of the most sought after cars ever built and treat him same as anyone else here - Just think there may be a few starstruck members posting to him on the basis of his motor - I could be wrong of course (it's happened more than once)
Well, no one mentioned such a possibility until you did...rolex said:Aha... thanks for pointing that out. AOL email bouncing strikes again. I'll sort that.
It's <a href="http://www.pistonheads.com/members/showprofile.asp?name=flemke" target="_self">flemke</a>
Strange, Did a members search this morning to see if the chap has turned up yet and it appears he does not exist
enough mungo said:
He may have a Mclaren F1 - Lovely, but at the end of the day he's a person same as anyone else here and I think this is a big build up here for nothing to be honest.
Give it a rest Mungo. You're the only one banging on about it - everyone else just wants to hear about the car.
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