Warehouse full of brand new 720's
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So much drama. I'm not sure what all the fuss is about, it appears these cars are being stored ready for a purpose. If you go to a dealer and ask to order a new car it will be a number of months before it is on your driveway. I expect these are in a temporary storage ready to be cargo freighted abroad, maybe from East Midlands airport which is a major cargo hub, so this location is en-route. Remember, a lot of countries drive RHD cars too - Australia, a lot of Asia etc.
From what I understand the McLaren facility at Woking is bursting at the seams, they don't have room to store cars there. When I visited the carpark was overflowing, and I was told they have to stop one production shift an hour before the next one starts in order to allow the car park to empty for the next shift.
From what I understand the McLaren facility at Woking is bursting at the seams, they don't have room to store cars there. When I visited the carpark was overflowing, and I was told they have to stop one production shift an hour before the next one starts in order to allow the car park to empty for the next shift.
Targarama said:
So much drama. I'm not sure what all the fuss is about, it appears these cars are being stored ready for a purpose. If you go to a dealer and ask to order a new car it will be a number of months before it is on your driveway. I expect these are in a temporary storage ready to be cargo freighted abroad, maybe from East Midlands airport which is a major cargo hub, so this location is en-route. Remember, a lot of countries drive RHD cars too - Australia, a lot of Asia etc.
From what I understand the McLaren facility at Woking is bursting at the seams, they don't have room to store cars there. When I visited the carpark was overflowing, and I was told they have to stop one production shift an hour before the next one starts in order to allow the car park to empty for the next shift.
From what I understand the McLaren facility at Woking is bursting at the seams, they don't have room to store cars there. When I visited the carpark was overflowing, and I was told they have to stop one production shift an hour before the next one starts in order to allow the car park to empty for the next shift.
Drama indeed.
A reflection of a strange phenomenon perpetuating on PH where non owners seem to take delight in creating negativity around the McLaren brand.
Ferruccio said:
No - the fact is that a number of owners have reported issues with their cars and problems getting them sorted.
What relevance does that have to the point I made and why some people who don’t own the brand seem to want to run it down from a position of zero first hand experience ?Brooking10 said:
Drama indeed.
A reflection of a strange phenomenon perpetuating on PH where non owners seem to take delight in creating negativity around the McLaren brand.
Ferruccio said:
Brooking10 said:
A reflection of a strange phenomenon perpetuating on PH where non owners seem to take delight in creating negativity around the McLaren brand.
No - the fact is that a number of owners have reported issues with their cars and problems getting them sorted. Over the past 12 months I've been fortunate/unfortunate enough to own 2 x 570s and a 720.
Whilst amazing cars, 2 of them were backed to the dealer for on going issues and the third was sold on privately and has spend the last 8 weeks in McLaren service after the chap used it for a month.
The problem as well is the dealer's don't even know how to deal with customers. The 720 I purchased last Christmas proceeded to spend the next 4 of the 6 weeks of ownership with the garage - it actually broke down on the way home.
By this time the arse had fallen out of them and identical spec cars could be had for £30k less (50k minimum hit if i wanted to trade it).
Whilst I don't mind taking a loss on cars if I've had the ownership experience, im not going to suffer it if it's been in the supplying dealers garage - I requested a £10k refund which I though was fair and the best they could come up with was a free service.
Anyway I requested my money back and the car came up for sale three months later for £30k less than what they had refunded me.
The brand value with McLaren is s
t, the service network along with reliability issues further enhances this and it is such a shame, if you put all of this aside it is an amazing product and nothing really touches it - the 570 with a remap leaves a 488 for dust and you get the benifit of £70k saved as well. The 720 is in a league of its own and looks a million times better in person than it does on screen and I would definately own another however, The market needs to settle along with McLaren sorting reliability and service network issues.RamboLambo said:
Precisely the same offenders should be barred from the McLaren forum or pistonheads as a whole. They de rail every thread and take great joy from it
Chap, the only person that does that consistently is you - are you totally oblivious to the tripe that comes out of your mouth?Don't post for a month and see what a better place is is around here.
Or better yet, learn some social decorum, grow the f
k up and start acting like the 50 something year old you are instead of a petulant child.Turbo cab said:
This.
Over the past 12 months I've been fortunate/unfortunate enough to own 2 x 570s and a 720.
Whilst amazing cars, 2 of them were backed to the dealer for on going issues and the third was sold on privately and has spend the last 8 weeks in McLaren service after the chap used it for a month.
The problem as well is the dealer's don't even know how to deal with customers. The 720 I purchased last Christmas proceeded to spend the next 4 of the 6 weeks of ownership with the garage - it actually broke down on the way home.
By this time the arse had fallen out of them and identical spec cars could be had for £30k less (50k minimum hit if i wanted to trade it).
Whilst I don't mind taking a loss on cars if I've had the ownership experience, im not going to suffer it if it's been in the supplying dealers garage - I requested a £10k refund which I though was fair and the best they could come up with was a free service.
Anyway I requested my money back and the car came up for sale three months later for £30k less than what they had refunded me.
The brand value with McLaren is st, the service network along with reliability issues further enhances this and it is such a shame, if you put all of this aside it is an amazing product and nothing really touches it - the 570 with a remap leaves a 488 for dust and you get the benifit of £70k saved as well. The 720 is in a league of its own and looks a million times better in person than it does on screen and I would definately own another however, The market needs to settle along with McLaren sorting reliability and service network issues.
I’m on Mac number two with three on the way next year - I sympathise with you and would have done what you did. Over the past 12 months I've been fortunate/unfortunate enough to own 2 x 570s and a 720.
Whilst amazing cars, 2 of them were backed to the dealer for on going issues and the third was sold on privately and has spend the last 8 weeks in McLaren service after the chap used it for a month.
The problem as well is the dealer's don't even know how to deal with customers. The 720 I purchased last Christmas proceeded to spend the next 4 of the 6 weeks of ownership with the garage - it actually broke down on the way home.
By this time the arse had fallen out of them and identical spec cars could be had for £30k less (50k minimum hit if i wanted to trade it).
Whilst I don't mind taking a loss on cars if I've had the ownership experience, im not going to suffer it if it's been in the supplying dealers garage - I requested a £10k refund which I though was fair and the best they could come up with was a free service.
Anyway I requested my money back and the car came up for sale three months later for £30k less than what they had refunded me.
The brand value with McLaren is s
t, the service network along with reliability issues further enhances this and it is such a shame, if you put all of this aside it is an amazing product and nothing really touches it - the 570 with a remap leaves a 488 for dust and you get the benifit of £70k saved as well. The 720 is in a league of its own and looks a million times better in person than it does on screen and I would definately own another however, The market needs to settle along with McLaren sorting reliability and service network issues.What has any of that to do with this thread and the warehouse which has been a honeypot for the regular non owner doom mongers and of course our McLaren branded village idiot.
Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 23 August 10:36
Brooking10 said:
Turbo cab said:
Stuff.
I’m on Mac number two with three on the way next year - I sympathise with you and would have done what you did. What has any of that to do with this thread and the warehouse ?
You made a comment regarding non owners bashing the McLaren brand.
This was summarising my ownership experience and the fact that you don't need to be an owner to see that McLaren ain't great on the reliability stakes, ownership stories and nightmares are here there and everywhere.
Mine was shared from a standpoint of someone who likes to use his cars, appreciate that some of these are only driven a handful of miles in a year but I daily most of my cars.
Turbo cab said:
Brooking10 said:
Turbo cab said:
Stuff.
I’m on Mac number two with three on the way next year - I sympathise with you and would have done what you did. What has any of that to do with this thread and the warehouse ?
You made a comment regarding non owners bashing the McLaren brand.
This was summarising my ownership experience and the fact that you don't need to be an owner to see that McLaren ain't great on the reliability stakes, ownership stories and nightmares are here there and everywhere.
Mine was shared from a standpoint of someone who likes to use his cars, appreciate that some of these are only driven a handful of miles in a year but I daily most of my cars.
I have no desire to come over all RL but it is increasingly frustrating reading posts from idiots like TP321 knocking the brand in an attempt to get a rise. Equally whilst impossible to prove it strikes me that this thread was started as another “oh look McLaren isn’t doing well is it ?”.
I’m fully aware of the issues some cars are having, I have been fairly lucky over two cars and 16,000 miles so far, I also believe my dealer (Glasgow) is the best in the network.
I’m sorry for the issues you have suffered and I can 100% believe them. It’s really disappointing because these are such good cars at their core.
My annoyance, and indeed bewilderment, is why it seems so many non-owners are keen to bash the brand and actively seek to promote the bad experiences genuine owners such as those you have had. I don’t see this happening on other brand fora and really don’t understand why McLaren has attracted this strange following on PH.
Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 23 August 11:31
Brooking10 said:
No offence caused I assure you old chap.
I have no desire to come over all RL but it is increasingly frustrating reading posts from idiots like TP321 knocking the brand in an attempt to get a rise. Equally whilst impossible to prove it strikes me that this thread was another “oh look McLaren isn’t doing badly”.
I’m fully aware of the issues some cars are having, I have been fairly lucky over two cars and 16,000 miles so far, I also believe my dealer (Glasgow) is the best in the network.
I’m sorry for the issues you have suffered and I can 100% believe them. It’s really disappointing because these are such good cars at their core.
My annoyance, and indeed bewilderment, is why it seems so many non-owners are keen to bash the brand and actively seek to promote bad experiences such as those you have had. I don’t see this happening on other brand fora and really don’t understand why McLaren has attracted this strange following.
TP321 is something else, if you study his posting history his doom and gloom is not just limited to McLaren, he is by and far the most pessimistic person going.I have no desire to come over all RL but it is increasingly frustrating reading posts from idiots like TP321 knocking the brand in an attempt to get a rise. Equally whilst impossible to prove it strikes me that this thread was another “oh look McLaren isn’t doing badly”.
I’m fully aware of the issues some cars are having, I have been fairly lucky over two cars and 16,000 miles so far, I also believe my dealer (Glasgow) is the best in the network.
I’m sorry for the issues you have suffered and I can 100% believe them. It’s really disappointing because these are such good cars at their core.
My annoyance, and indeed bewilderment, is why it seems so many non-owners are keen to bash the brand and actively seek to promote bad experiences such as those you have had. I don’t see this happening on other brand fora and really don’t understand why McLaren has attracted this strange following.
I think RL is the main problem on mac forum, he has alienated himself so much with his constant bragging and belittling, McLaren praising and constant enlightenment of the brand that most people just want to prove him wrong, the goading at the start of the thread proved that, him coming along after like Bertie big b
ks proved that further.It's a shame as I'm with you on it being such a brilliant brand and I agree and most other manufacturers have issues but it's how it's dealt with. My SV had a problem after two days, dealer sorted it within a week and gave me a decent discount on a future order I had in, it went wrong again two weeks later and they stuck a 4 year warranty on it, I didn't even have to ask for any of this where as McLaren take weeks to sort issues with no form of compensation - how can you expect repeat business with this approach.
With all of that being said I'm still a massive fan and still maintain there better cars than the likes of Lambo and Ferrari and will own another at some point.
ferdi p said:
I just can't see a brand new 250k spec car being sold for 200k. If true, point me in the right direction & I'm in.
I've spoken to a few dealers recently & can't get anywhere close to that!
I can see those numbers. I remember getting high-40s off an (albeit high spec) McLaren from a dealer a few years ago, and I think they've a) they've ramped up volume since then and b) this market is a bit stagnant at the moment.I've spoken to a few dealers recently & can't get anywhere close to that!
I'm not saying this is true - never tried to buy a 720 - but experience tells me it could be
DeltaOne said:
I can see those numbers. I remember getting high-40s off an (albeit high spec) McLaren from a dealer a few years ago, and I think they've a) they've ramped up volume since then and b) this market is a bit stagnant at the moment.
I'm not saying this is true - never tried to buy a 720 - but experience tells me it could be
Well I'm saying that I've tried & I can't get close. Best offer I got was 25k off a poor spec 720 in a colour that I didn't really want. Also it was pre-registered. Car is now sold.I'm not saying this is true - never tried to buy a 720 - but experience tells me it could be
Jules360 said:
Would you like to expand on this a bit more ??
I still waiting Gary. That's an offensive and derogatory allegation to make in a public forum. Are you going to substantiate it ?Edited by chris.mod on Saturday 25th August 15:23
Edited by chris.mod on Saturday 25th August 15:34
Jules360 said:
Jules360 said:
Would you like to expand on this a bit more ??
I still waiting Gary. That's an offensive and derogatory allegation to make in a public forum. Are you going to substantiate it ?Come to think of it can you see Mrs Jules at the moment ?
If you are not careful he’ll have her all signed up on a 4 year deal on a lovely new Sorrento from the Swindon branch before you know it.
Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 25th August 15:24
Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 25th August 15:50
Jules360 said:
Brooking10 said:
Jules360 said:
Would you like to expand on this a bit more ??
I still waiting Gary. That's an offensive and derogatory allegation to make in a public forum. Are you going to substantiate it ?Come to think of it can you see Mrs Jules at the moment ?
If you are not careful he’ll have her all signed up on a 4 year deal on a lovely new Sorrento from the Swindon branch before you know it.
Edited by chris.mod on Saturday 25th August 15:25
Edited by chris.mod on Saturday 25th August 15:54
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