Every 650s has Meridian, no Huracans have Sensonum

[RS61]

I had one of the first Huracan spyders last year, delivered in April, with every option ticked. Drove it for four months, did 4.5k miles and sold it for almost list.

I want another one for this summer, now that they've dropped heavily in price. But not a single one has the sensonum upgrade. I'm planning a lot of miles again, so it's not just about "put the roof down and listen to the engine" all the time.

Yet every single 650s on sale has the meridian upgrade. So I'm confused, why does everyone upgrade the sound system in the mclarens but not in the lambos. Are the standard mac sound systems just terrible? Or are the people who drive them more likely to listen to music?

[RS61]

Yeah, I'm considering both the Huracan Spyder and 650S Spyder. The latter is much cheaper these days, but the ergonomics of the Huracan are perfect for me, whereas I've never tried the 650S. The Huracan (with sensonum) has a perfect sound system, the perfect place for my phone holder (for Waze, saved me many times in Europe), the boot is exactly the right size for a suitcase I have (Cabin Air Max Berlin for anyone who's interested - a few quid on Amazon), it's perfect on the track and safe in torrential downpours. Basically it was quite literally the perfect car. But since I only do a few road trips in the summer, then don't drive for the rest of the year, and have an RS6 as a main car, it made no sense to keep it and face the depreciation. But now I can't find the right second hand one for this summer, whereas there are quite a few perfect-spec 650S out there.

[RS61]

That looks like the best plan Rambo. Would you consider buying from a non-McLaren dealer, and would you do any kind of tests on the car before buying? For example I've had my RS6 for four years, although only 10k miles, but it's already needed a new set of carbon ceramic disks (luckily on warranty). I was wondering whether I should get the car sent to McLaren for an inspection, especially on the brakes, and whether there's anything else I should watch out for?

[RS61]

Thank you, super helpful. There's a fantastic one at Alastair Bols right now. Going to have to get in touch and see what I can wangle on the price.

[RS61]

The red one is just there for marketing purposes to make it look like they have lots - hasn't actually been on sale on the other platforms over past few months. But the orange one is also on autotrader, and ticks all the boxes. Except for it's 10k more than I reckon I can find one for..

[RS61]

Interesting - when I sold my huracan I gave it back to the original lambo dealer for sor and it went in under a week, but they wanted it there, wouldn't start selling until I actually gave it to them. Do other dealers do the marketing while letting the owners keep the car until there's an offer? I'm almost certainly going to sell my summer car in July again once the road trips are done bit before the summer is finished. But don't want it just sat there at the dealer.

[RS61]

So you guys have persuaded me and it's definitely going to be a 650S. Lots of choice on the classifieds, and they're shifting, whereas the Huracans have been up there for months and no one is buying, so I definitely don't want to be stuck with one of those.

Two questions if you can help me out:

Most of the ones I want are at non official dealers. My spec is specific. Need the lifter, need the upgraded Meridian, need lowish mileage as I'll put on 5k or so over the summer before selling and don't want to go over the 10k mark.

1. I'm worried about the car having been in an accident and fixed without going through insurance or a formal dealer. I'm also worried someone might have ruined the carbon ceramic discs. I'm assuming that an official dealer would own up to this as they'd have to fix it after when I bring it in for a service. How do I make sure I don't get myself a dud from a non official dealer? Would they send the car to mclaren for an inspection if I offer to pay for it?

2. How much movement is there typically on price? Most of the cars are £170k-£180k. Do I come in at £10k under? How would you suggest getting it down to the best price?

Thanks again.