Volcano Yellow 570s

[Am43]

justin220 said:

Ah, you should have come and said Hi!

It depends on how long you want to go and how far north?

Old Military road from Blairgowrie up to Braemar is ace, then you can head east before you continue on up over the Tomintoul road. That takes you over to Aviemore.

West Coast, the A82 to Glencoe is also a good one

I was going too, but you were speaking to scott , the plan is;
Glasgow
Glen Coe
Fort William
Eilan donan
Up to gairloch spend the night there
Kylesku bridge
Then drop onto the A838 heading down to aviemore ( Spend the night at aviemore ) open for suggestions for this part though ?
Tomitoul
Braemar
Old military road
Glasgow.


I was out again most of the day yesterday in it again. Love it

[Am43]

A local lad asked if he could take some pictures of the car last night, turned out great.

Edited by Am43 on Friday 14th August 21:44

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MAC 720S said:

F’ing ell. Those are great. Should post them in the ‘Official McLaren Photo’ thread > https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

He sent me loads over last night , I will pick some at random and post them on there/here.

[Am43]

A couple more

[Am43]

a4ash said:

Stunning car and the positive comments about McGlasgow are comforting. I've just bought a 570s spider from there and I'm collecting it next week.

Looking forward to the drive home..... the long way . Fingers crossed it's not raining.

Oh well done, need to get some pics posted when you get it .
Mcglasgow Have been great looking after my car.
Scott must have been sick of hearing my voice .
I had a chat with one of the techs too while I was in, Derrick I think his name was, he was excellent.
I do fancy a 600LT and they had a couple of lovely ones in stock, I had to stop myself asking for a test drive !!

[Am43]

Yeah mate his Instagram is Rbs_media.

[Am43]

So my trip up north with a few guys from work went great, didn’t quite get the best weather at times but all in all the car/cars were excellent.
Justin’s Suggestion of Old military road/braemar was excellent too, Jayemm on cars was at glen shee doing some filming but not sure what of.

Anyway enough chat hereS a few pics of the trip below , now just need to sort a euro trip !!

Edited by Am43 on Wednesday 2nd September 18:57

[Am43]

Well I haven’t updated this in a while and I’m only a couple of weeks away from 1years ownership, the car continues to be faultless, I renewed the warranty as I mentioned previously for peace of mind more than anything.

I have still been using it as much as possible I actually can’t stop driving it to be honest, that’s the hardest part about ownership , but as the weather is now turning pretty grim on the west coast of Scotland i SORNed it this morning and it will remain tucked up in the garage till the new year.

The last few weeks I have found myself looking at the classifieds for a 991 GT3 and it’s becoming a bigger itch than I thought it would , So I’m tempted to put the mac up for sale......

Edited by Am43 on Tuesday 1st December 15:35

[Am43]

If I do move it on i may regret it but I would absolutely have another, I’m not sure there’s much else that’s going to give you the same experience to be honest at the price point.
I did get an offer from the dealer to buy it today ( I answered one of the are you interested in selling texts ) but I won’t be letting them have it for that !

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HIS LM said:

I did get an offer from the dealer to buy it today ( I answered one of the are you interested in selling texts ) but I won’t be letting them have it for that !

Go on then was it the full pants down experience £ ?

Sorry Sir it's the wrong colour !

70k !

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AstonExige said:

I think you’d massively regret swapping that for a 991 GT3, feels like it would be a significant backward step. They are great cars, but the 570 is on another level and so much more special. And you’ve obviously got a good one there.

I know, I’m still very much on the fence over the whole thing. I haven’t ever been in a gt3 so I may need to go try one, see what I think

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crimbo said:

This is an absolutely smashing spec, I'm sure you would have plenty of offers. It's the best spec I've seen personally and I love it. Athe bright colours look fantastic

Now in the classifieds for sale !!, I don’t need to sell it and part of me feels sick at the thought of it going because I love it so we will see how it goes.

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MrC986 said:

If the OP was to consider selling, I’d suggest speaking with someone like Alastair Bols as I understand he has a good reputation for McLarens & apparently not only buys “for stock” but also sells “on consignment” & sources cars for customers. I have no affiliation to him but if the OP had a Porsche itch, he does occasionally have them in stock as it seems owners move back/forth between the two brands. I also see Rybrook McLaren are a bit light on used stock.

I’m too far away unfortunately.

[Am43]

A little update, not much to report really. I haven’t driven the car since early December, well that’s not strictly true every other week I get it out the garage , turn everything on and off, let it warm up drive it a few miles/clean it and back the the garage it goes. I’m fortunate enough that my garage is connected to the house central heating so it’s always nice and warm in there, no issues with condensation/moisture.

I took these this morning ( bearing in mind this is where
I live, I haven’t travelled anywhere and you can see this from my house ! )

Moderator edit: no advertising please

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rat rod said:

F/SAKE, It's back again, The never ending thread.

Edited by rat rod on Tuesday 12th January 14:06

Odd comment but thanks.

[Am43]

It’s been a while since I updated this , I toyed and toyed with the idea of letting the car go but I’m just not ready to part with it.

It has been lay up in the garage over the winter, I took it out once a month on a dry day let it heat up , did a few miles let everything flex and move. Then it would be back on trickle charge for another month.

The weather has been nice the last couple of weeks, so the car is now back in regular use.

I have just clicked over 20k miles now and it’s as brilliant as the day I collected it,

I have had a couple of warranty repairs carried out since my last update,

My passenger door hinge had a hairline crack ( I seen on the forum someone had noticed his was cracked and I inspected mine, there was no noticeable difference in functionality of the door ). Warranty replaced no issue

It went in for its 4 year service including the 20k mile clutch and gearbox fluid service in July 21, they advised I had some front suspension arms bushes splitting, of no great concern. However they approached warranty and I had 4 new front suspension arms fitted ( bushes aren’t available as individual items ) and alignment carried out.

My indicator stalk when turning right would sometimes not hold up on first attempt, minor niggle but I mentioned it anyway, I had a new control column stalk module replaced. Again under warranty.


I was planning on a euro/Alps/south of France trip this summer, but due to covid and some friends not having the required vaccine status it’s been knocked on the head, I am heading out to nurburgring for a few days in June, but I may just be spectating !!

Edited by Am43 on Thursday 21st April 16:33

Edited by Am43 on Thursday 21st April 16:36

[Am43]

It’s always hard to show the colour in a photograph, it seems to look quite pale, but in person it is vibrant and metallic

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RSbandit said:

That's a track pack car right? Would be a shame not to take it round the ring but much better idea to do a trackday rather than TF. I'm there end of June but doing one day at Spa and one day at the Ring.

It is a track pack car yes, so p1 buckets and a couple of other bits, it’s not me I’m worried about at the ring, its everyone else ,

I have never been, so I will go maybe do some passenger laps with friends, taxi lap etc. see what I think of the place. I’m sure it will be very good regardless

[Am43]

I did briefly have it for sale early last year , then had a change of heart.

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Streetbeat said:

I seem to remember this being advertised just before i was in a position to buy, bet you are glad you held onto it now with the prices going up a bit too. So pleased i held out for a track pack, this was the car that set me on that course.

I have never been hung up on depreciation , how much you could make/ most likely lose, I bought it purely because I wanted one.
Even if I took a massive hit selling it one day I don’t care. I have had an excellent experience in it for the last few years which I will never forget.

I’m glad you got one in the end, what colour did you end up with ?