McLaren F1 for sale delivery mileage

[Alpacaman]

http://www.tomhartleyjnr.com/used/1997/classic/mcl...

Not sure if this has been posted elsewhere, but there is an F1 for sale which hasn't even had the protective covers taken off the seats. I am sure it has been a great investment, but why would you buy a car like that and never even drive it for twenty years.

[Halmyre]

Alpacaman said:

http://www.tomhartleyjnr.com/used/1997/classic/mcl...

Not sure if this has been posted elsewhere, but there is an F1 for sale which hasn't even had the protective covers taken off the seats. I am sure it has been a great investment, but why would you buy a car like that and never even drive it for twenty years.

Answer is right there in your question, sadly.

[Guffy]

That is sad, like keeping a Cheetah in a small cage.

If I was uber rich, I would buy and drive the thing, however...

[gibbon]

Likely bought two, drove one, locked one away.

[anonymous-user]

Would that have had all liquids drained? Would things like hoses, gaskets all need replacing? How much is it worth?

I cannot imagine being stored for that amount of time will be good for it, but I'm happy to be told otherwise.

[Galsia]

That is an absolute tragedy. I hope that whoever buys it drives it into the ground.

[Alpacaman]

garyhun said:

Would that have had all liquids drained? Would things like hoses, gaskets all need replacing? How much is it worth?

I cannot imagine being stored for that amount of time will be good for it, but I'm happy to be told otherwise.

You would hope it had least been started regularly and warmed up.

[Collectingbrass]

Jeeves, I told you to lock up my daughter till she was 25 and ride the car hard regularly, not the other way round!

[anonymous-user]

Alpacaman said:

You would hope it had least been started regularly and warmed up.

Could do more harm than good without actually driving.

[Yipper]

It's probably worth £15-20m and would likely need a good £100-200k engine-out service before being safely drivable again.

[MikeyC]

garyhun said:

Would that have had all liquids drained? Would things like hoses, gaskets all need replacing? How much is it worth?

I cannot imagine being stored for that amount of time will be good for it, but I'm happy to be told otherwise.

saw an interesting video about the running costs involved for one of these: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsKDGdcb6BQ

could be expensive

[Bomma220]

Yipper said:

It's probably worth £15-20m and would likely need a good £100-200k engine-out service before being safely drivable again.

You are Wayne Carini and I claim my £5.

[PhillipM]

What a waste.
Half the parts will be fked from being stood.

[catso]

Yipper said:

would likely need a good £100-200k engine-out service before being safely drivable again.

If they want $50k to change the tyres (see the above video) then I can't see a service/engine rebuild only costing £200k...

[mackay45]

Genuine question, why would the engine need to be rebuilt? I can understand why, if the new owner wants to get the car registered (unlikely IMO) and use it in anger (even less likely IMO) they would be wise to send it to McLaren or Lanzante for an extensive service.

I'm guessing you would:

Replace tyres
Replace all fluids
New battery
New petrol tank
Replace perishables (hoses, bushes etc.)

Anything else? Maybe a new clutch but even that, I'm not sure why you'd need to?

The engine itself, if there has been no use surely there is no mechanical wear and it's essentially brand new? Why would you need to rebuild it?

I've seen some tweets which suggest that the protective coverings aren't original and have been installed more recently. There are photos of the car without the protective coverings installed, and they look too new to have been original.

[Leroy902]

Mclaren really do know how to rip-off their customers.

[PhillipM]

mackay45 said:

The engine itself, if there has been no use surely there is no mechanical wear and it's essentially brand new? Why would you need to rebuild it?

All the oil's drained to the sump and everything else has been sat in the air unprotected for years, it's probably all got flash surface rust. Bearings might well have bonded to the crank, rings are probably stuck, etc.

[Resolutionary]

This goes against everything I believe about cars like this, but I think it's pretty awesome there's an F1 for sale with 148 on the clock, in that condition and colour. What sort of mentalist specced / bought it to stow it away - maybe that oddball Jafri or a similar wealthy fella?! Quids in either way.

[paulrockliffe]

PhillipM said:

mackay45 said:

The engine itself, if there has been no use surely there is no mechanical wear and it's essentially brand new? Why would you need to rebuild it?

All the oil's drained to the sump and everything else has been sat in the air unprotected for years, it's probably all got flash surface rust. Bearings might well have bonded to the crank, rings are probably stuck, etc.

More likely it's been started every month and been back to McLaren several times. You don't buy a car like this as an investment and then let it rust.

[Uncle John]

Surely it would give the owner a bigger payday at an auction???

Pretty special, and gives us a glimpse of what a brand new F1 delivery experience would have been like.