How Crazy Expensive Is It to Maintain a McLaren F1
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Watched this clip. God, i would never had thought it was "that" much to maintain!
https://youtu.be/EsKDGdcb6BQ
Great clip
Also talks on this clip about selling cars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoXLvvMJoyA
https://youtu.be/EsKDGdcb6BQ
Great clip
Also talks on this clip about selling cars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoXLvvMJoyA
Speed 3 said:
Someone on the new TVR thread was with GM recently and he had recently sold his because it needed a new water pump, lord knows what the bill was but apparently you could have bought a new family car for the same price 
Surely he wouldn't have been asked to pay anything like the full price?Digger said:
Speed 3 said:
Someone on the new TVR thread was with GM recently and he had recently sold his because it needed a new water pump, lord knows what the bill was but apparently you could have bought a new family car for the same price
Surely he wouldn't have been asked to pay anything like the full price?Speed 3 said:
Someone on the new TVR thread was with GM recently and he had recently sold his because it needed a new water pump, lord knows what the bill was but apparently you could have bought a new family car for the same price
That's where he must have got the money for his Mk1 Escort project from!Speed 3 said:
Someone on the new TVR thread was with GM recently and he had recently sold his because it needed a new water pump, lord knows what the bill was but apparently you could have bought a new family car for the same price
That was me... watching the vid explains why!($HOW MUCH for a set of tyres!)
Edited by GetCarter on Friday 20th October 14:53
Digger said:
Surely he wouldn't have been asked to pay anything like the full price?
Almost certainly... but still the price of a family car (watch the vid!).Of the many cars he owns, this was the car he said he drove the least. (He drives the Rocket to work regularly). Plus he had a big shopping list of cars he wanted - mostly classic racing cars - and bikes from the 50's 60s (and now has bought with the money from the sale)
Mr MXT said:
I disn't quite get his explanation of why you needed to hire a racetrack to change tyres..?
Apparently the suspension needs to be readjusted, presumably the tyre specifications had changed? Or perhaps they insist that the suspension is readjusted even when tyres are changed for an identical model.I assume if you refuse to perform recommended work that is all logged and would be a black mark against the vehicle.
IINM, other owners have verified that a lot of the costs in that clip have been exaggerated or downright made up.
They're (obviously) not cheap to run, but they can be run without a blank chequebook.
Didn't know GM had sold his. I guess when they reach that value, it opens up so much more that you can do.
Slightly off-topic but I'm surprised in a way that Nick Mason still has his GTO. It must be worth circa £50m and there's an awful lot you can do with that kind of money. Nick's not short of a few quid as it is, but still....
They're (obviously) not cheap to run, but they can be run without a blank chequebook.
Didn't know GM had sold his. I guess when they reach that value, it opens up so much more that you can do.
Slightly off-topic but I'm surprised in a way that Nick Mason still has his GTO. It must be worth circa £50m and there's an awful lot you can do with that kind of money. Nick's not short of a few quid as it is, but still....
Mr MXT said:
I disn't quite get his explanation of why you needed to hire a racetrack to change tyres..?
The reason is that McLaren insist on scrubbing in new tyres after they have been fitted. The owner pays for hiring the track for a brief time plus the labour required to scrub the tyres plus to transport the car to and from. Even if the tyres are not being replaced, after a car has been serviced the factory want to drive it briefly on a track anyhow, to make sure that everything is working properly. Re that video interview, which was done I think about 11-12 years ago, most of the guy's claims about prices were exaggerations, in some cases large ones.
Re Gordon saying that he sold his car because it needed a new water pump, okay, replacing the water pump is going to be expensive relative to replacing the water pump on most cars, but it's not going to be that expensive!
Too Late said:
Watched this clip. God, i would never had thought it was "that" much to maintain!
https://youtu.be/EsKDGdcb6BQ
Great clip
Fwiw, I have just watched that video again. I have nothing against Bruce Weiner (have never met the man), but almost everything he has to say about the F1 is incorrect.https://youtu.be/EsKDGdcb6BQ
Great clip
DuraAce said:
Its all relative though isn't it?
If you've got 10M+ for a car then you ain't short of a few quid are you?
30k to an F1 owner will be like £30 to me!
Many owners bought them when they were under £1mil. £30k looks quite big when you have given up the income that the £1m invested could have returned, funnily enough probably £40k after tax and running costs. If you've got 10M+ for a car then you ain't short of a few quid are you?
30k to an F1 owner will be like £30 to me!
Caddyshack said:
Many owners bought them when they were under £1mil. £30k looks quite big when you have given up the income that the £1m invested could have returned, funnily enough probably £40k after tax and running costs.
funny that people don't slate the F1 for this whereas the Veyron they do despite it being 1,200bhp and unrivaled Speed 3 said:
Someone on the new TVR thread was with GM recently and he had recently sold his because it needed a new water pump, lord knows what the bill was but apparently you could have bought a new family car for the same price
tsk tsk, selling car with a known issue, he should know better 
Surely a reconditioned one would've be a more frugal avenue for GM to go down?
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