RE: McLaren F1: You Know You Want To
Discussion
Would love to drive one. Must admit, they never made it to my bedroom wall as they have never looked exciting enough so, in turn, as a grown-up i've not yearned for one in the same as - say - an F40. I'm sure in the modern world it would in fact be be a pretty wild drive.
£13m is just absurd. That is literally work-of-art type money and will i'm sure mean it will never be used in anger again (if it ever was to date!).
£13m is just absurd. That is literally work-of-art type money and will i'm sure mean it will never be used in anger again (if it ever was to date!).
Always admired the designers of this "concorde" car. I recall seeing Rowan Atkinson driving his and parking up at Donnington back in about 2002. The car does look terrific (to my eyes) and its actually quite small, which I like. All Cars are simply too big today. Prices for F1's have always been irrelevant to mere mortals though and even Rowan it seems has "cashed in".
Always admired the designers of this "concorde" car. I recall seeing Rowan Atkinson driving his and parking up at Donnington back in about 2002. The car does look terrific (to my eyes) and its actually quite small, which I like. All Cars are simply too big today. Prices for F1's have always been irrelevant to mere mortals though and even Rowan it seems has "cashed in".
Muzzer79 said:
J4CKO said:
not for me, would be terrified to give it the Beans...
Again, why?If you can afford to drop £14m on a car then you can afford to not be precious about it.
I don't see Nick Mason tucking his GTO in a climate-controlled garage.
99.5% of things can be fixed, especially when a car reaches this value.
I shall get my beige sports coat....
No car is worth 13 million, it is now a bargaining chip/trophy/alternate currency for the super wealthy.
williamp said:
legendary that, in detuned form they won le mans at their first attempt. And ushered in a great generation of GT racing (until the FiA...well, nevermind)
In terms of engineering and performance they moved the game on several generations. Before the F1, supercars could be bad. After, only excellence would do.
Also signifies pretty much the end of Le Mans as anything other than a rented title by a mainstream Manufacturer for marketing purposes. It defined a new era, as you say, and in a way it also one of the last cars of an era. In terms of engineering and performance they moved the game on several generations. Before the F1, supercars could be bad. After, only excellence would do.
Great investment. Shame you cant drive it though. Imagine thinking "every drive to france will cost me £100,000 in depreciation". You'd do your nut.
Not for me, this one. If I were ever lucky enough, I'd have to buy something else completely, just so I could rag it to death on a track.
Not for me, this one. If I were ever lucky enough, I'd have to buy something else completely, just so I could rag it to death on a track.
DonkeyApple said:
williamp said:
legendary that, in detuned form they won le mans at their first attempt. And ushered in a great generation of GT racing (until the FiA...well, nevermind)
In terms of engineering and performance they moved the game on several generations. Before the F1, supercars could be bad. After, only excellence would do.
Also signifies pretty much the end of Le Mans as anything other than a rented title by a mainstream Manufacturer for marketing purposes. It defined a new era, as you say, and in a way it also one of the last cars of an era. In terms of engineering and performance they moved the game on several generations. Before the F1, supercars could be bad. After, only excellence would do.
I just love the story behind it. Owners deciding they wanted to do it, asking the factory to be told 'it's not a racecar and we're not interested', then after being told the owners were going to do it anyway, reluctantly making sure they weren't shown up by an amateur effort...
My dream car. I very rarely buy a lottery ticket, but have tonight. If I win, Flemke has said a couple of times that he'd pass on the details of the mods he's done to improve the handling and fit better tyres for a chunky charity donation. I'd happily part with £20M, use it as much as I could after some serious driver training, and never part with it.
williamp said:
I've seen them race at le mans: LM, GT and GTR. Never seen one on the road, though. Only ever parked.
I've seen one on the road (well on the Eurotunnel shuttle) owned by Tony Smith and he was a really nice bloke who obviously used it quite a lot. He was very kind and showed us round the car and features, even not complaining when the engine cover hit the roof when he opened it!Max_Torque said:
2,800miles? WHAT A WASTE !!!!
Someone buy this and DRIVE IT!!
(no chance of that happening of course, poor little car)
I agree with this, this car maybe more than any other supercar was meant to be driven. Someone buy this and DRIVE IT!!
(no chance of that happening of course, poor little car)
I'd rather have the one McLaren will never, ever sell, XP5. Last time EVO had it it was coming up on 100k miles, I wonder has it passed it yet? Do you know Max?
How much do people reckon it'll go for? £15m, maybe a bit less?
leglessAlex said:
Max_Torque said:
2,800miles? WHAT A WASTE !!!!
Someone buy this and DRIVE IT!!
(no chance of that happening of course, poor little car)
I agree with this, this car maybe more than any other supercar was meant to be driven. Someone buy this and DRIVE IT!!
(no chance of that happening of course, poor little car)
I'd rather have the one McLaren will never, ever sell, XP5. Last time EVO had it it was coming up on 100k miles, I wonder has it passed it yet? Do you know Max?
How much do people reckon it'll go for? £15m, maybe a bit less?
To keep it locked away as an investment is an insult to the engineers that designed and built it.
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