Flemke - Is this your McLaren? (Vol 5)

[thegreenhell]

ntiz said:

hyphen said:

F1natic said:

Thankfully we will never see, or be interested in, a Chris Harris style of thrash and "drift it in slow motion around every turn " with whooping and hollering.

Speak for yourself Grandad. Its a 600BHP car with no electronic aids. Live stream it

Add me to the list for the slow mo drift club. Will never happen though. A review and maybe a hot lap would be great though.

Apparently it's not an easy car to drift, but I'd like to see him try. Even the original Tiff TG review wasn't really drifting; just some mid corner snap oversteer, and then lighting the tyres up on the exit.

Speaking of Tiff, I read somewhere that he was going to do a modern remake of that review, but not filmed on a potato like the original. I guess that hasn't happened yet.

[TheJimi]

F1natic said:

Thankfully we will never see, or be interested in, a Chris Harris style of thrash and "drift it in slow motion around every turn " with whooping and hollering.

In the nicest possible way, kindly sod-off with your presumption to speak for others

[F1natic]

ArgonautX said:

Harry has already driven at least one F1, so it would not be the first time for him.

I stand corrected, just watched the Carrera video. Since it was a fair while ago and memories fade perhaps the reaction would be similar?

[F1natic]

TheJimi said:

In the nicest possible way, kindly sod-off with your presumption to speak for others

Quite right, Thejimi, I stand corrected again. That we should have been an I

Edited by F1natic on Monday 24th August 13:02

[TheJimi]

F1natic said:

TheJimi said:

In the nicest possible way, kindly sod-off with your presumption to speak for others

Quite right, Thejimi, I stand corrected again. That we should have been an I

Edited by F1natic on Monday 24th August 13:02

Pet hate of mine, that, appreciate the acknowledgement

Edited by TheJimi on Monday 24th August 16:53

[flemke]

lauda said:

flemke said:

BigBen said:

flemke said:

What happens in the videos - Q&A; going over the details of the car; driving by owner; driving by Harry?

Typically just Harry, does a walk around the car pointing out interesting features then a bit of a drive round the Cotswolds. The owners rarely, if ever, feature.

So the question would be whether one would be comfortable with him driving one's car?

It's a big question! I think Harry is a very safe pair of hands though. He's not out to prove anything to anyone and has been driving high performance cars for decades now, including his Zonda, so I wouldn't expect him to get carried away and do anything stupid.

Personally I think it would be a fantastic video as he is exactly the right sort of person to do justice to your F1. He's a proper enthusiast and knows his onions. You could even tap him up for those expenses evo still owe you from when you last lent them the car...

I wouldn't be concerned as to whether he would do something foolish, as I know he is a grown-up. My concern would be the clutch, which is quite sensitive to (inadvertent) misuse.

[flemke]

Jules Sunley said:

flemke said:

So the question would be whether one would be comfortable with him driving one's car?

Yes I think so. Would be great to see your car featured though, even if as it is so special you do the driving with Harry as a passenger (if someone his height can fit in one of the passenger seats). I'm sure if you did this and wanted to keep anonymity (as who you are is frankly none of our business and we would just appreciate being able to see the car) he would be very happy to focus the camera on the dash and hands on the wheel only. Harry's channel is what I see as 'the thinking mans YouTube' and he is always respectful with the cars he drives.

I'll think about it. I am privileged to have the car and am glad to be able to share my enthusiasm with others.

[PushedDover]

Or there is Shmee ?

[flemke]

thegreenhell said:

ntiz said:

hyphen said:

F1natic said:

Thankfully we will never see, or be interested in, a Chris Harris style of thrash and "drift it in slow motion around every turn " with whooping and hollering.

Speak for yourself Grandad. Its a 600BHP car with no electronic aids. Live stream it

Add me to the list for the slow mo drift club. Will never happen though. A review and maybe a hot lap would be great though.

Apparently it's not an easy car to drift, but I'd like to see him try. Even the original Tiff TG review wasn't really drifting; just some mid corner snap oversteer, and then lighting the tyres up on the exit.

Speaking of Tiff, I read somewhere that he was going to do a modern remake of that review, but not filmed on a potato like the original. I guess that hasn't happened yet.

The F1 is not actually that difficult to drift, although the transition from understeer to snap oversteer has to be, shall we say, managed.

[Sway]

PushedDover said:

Or there is Shmee ?

[flemke]

PushedDover said:

Or there is Shmee ?

I have known him independently of his social media work. One of his first videos, back in I think 2011, was of my car.

[TyrannosauRoss Lex]

Sway said:

PushedDover said:

Or there is Shmee ?

Indeed. I think if I'm going to trust anyone with a very expensive car to do a good, honest review and being totally safe with the car then it would be Harry Metcalfe.

RE the clutch Flemke - I guess that is something you need to decide whether you feel it is something that could be learned relatively quickly, OR whether you and Harry would be happy to do a review but any of the driving part of the review would be you driving, with the cameras away from you, if you were to be happy to have some sort of review done. I know I would be very grateful of being able to see such a thing, but we would all of course be fully understanding for you not to wish to do so!

[CraigyMc]

Sway said:

PushedDover said:

Or there is Shmee ?

Somewhat frustratingly he's been learning to drive properly, recently. 90-odd laps of the nordschleife, amongst other things.

[Quags]

flemke said:

I'll think about it. I am privileged to have the car and am glad to be able to share my enthusiasm with others.

I doff my cap to you sir for considering this. But I do think it would be wonderful for us to see a review by arguably the most genuine car journo out there.

Harry comes across as a proper gent, respectful of other peoples property, does his research and respects the machinery. By far the most interesting channel on YT.

I fear in a time not so long from now, when keeping an F1 on the road becomes prohibitively expensive either due to the age of the cars, value or draconian legislation, we will only have grainy videos from the 90s to get our moving fix of such an amazing car.

I think we'd all understand if it didn't happen, but i can't think of a more suitable reviewer were you to allow it.

[S1KRR]

CraigyMc said:

Somewhat frustratingly he's been learning to drive properly, recently. 90-odd laps of the nordschleife, amongst other things.

Clearly making friends too....







In other news McLaren Chicago launched the "Elva" and LM2 turned up! Owner also has Road car #001 and isn't afraid to use them!




Source : https://www.instagram.com/paul_b.photo/


LM2 previously seen at Amelia Island in 17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1EYcXT01Dw

Edited by S1KRR on Monday 24th August 22:45

Edited by S1KRR on Tuesday 25th August 20:46

[ArgonautX]

Hm, I think I prefer the HDF kit looks over standard.
The mystery of the LM engine still haunts me. Are there any power/torque graphs for the S70/2?

[Don1]

To my eyes, that is perfection. I've been lucky enough to see Mr Newey in his a few times and it is jaw dropping.

[hurstg01]

ArgonautX said:

Not only that but insurance is also probably prohibitive. Probably the most likely way to do it would be for McLaren to supply XP4.

XP5

flemke said:

PushedDover said:

Or there is Shmee ?

I have known him independently of his social media work. One of his first videos, back in I think 2011, was of my car.

I’ve checked back and it was that long ago! Wowsers, times flies....

[Jules Sunley]

flemke said:

I'll think about it. I am privileged to have the car and am glad to be able to share my enthusiasm with others.

Thank you, I appreciate it and I'm sure many other here would too.

[S1KRR]

Don1 said:

To my eyes, that is perfection. I've been lucky enough to see Mr Newey in his a few times and it is jaw dropping.

Mr Newey owns a GTR converted to road legal (Chassis 14R) not a "LM"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF7F_tak3Jg

Was originally the sister car to "Andy74B"'s Lark car in the JGTC 1996



Andys car (yellow flashes at top of screen)

Neweys car 3rd on pic

Last raced in 1996 at Sugo where it had a bit of a bump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAoDCBeyehg

I wish Newey would put it back to the OEM livery. The "LM-alike" Orange is great, but wouldn't be my choice

hurstg01 said:

I’ve checked back and it was that long ago! Wowsers, times flies....

It's the ONLY Shmee video I'll watch.

Edited by S1KRR on Tuesday 25th August 21:00