MP4-12C photos and review/comparison

MP4-12C photos and review/comparison

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FloppyRaccoon

1,916 posts

165 months

Monday 9th April 2012
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Beautiful, my favourite colour + wheels on the 12C.

Is that your truck up on the driveway as well? Those are great fun in a totally different way.

Gorbyrev

1,160 posts

153 months

Tuesday 10th April 2012
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Volcanic orange for me too - looks great in the rain. The other colour looks like the flat racing orange used on the GT-3 cars. Bet you Volcanic Orange will look good on a Caterham which is the closest I will be getting to that performance! Under promise and over deliver may have been a good watchword for McLaren but I am glad this thread is moving away from bashing the Woking boys and girls. As has been said, any new car incorporating this much new technology will face teething problems and it is impressive that the drivetrain seems near perfect. Good on McLaren.

traxx

3,143 posts

221 months

Tuesday 10th April 2012
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I really like the black with orange one shown here




munch997

2,325 posts

186 months

Tuesday 10th April 2012
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Blue one looks very nice, add the wheels from the Volcano orange car though.

CraigVmax

12,248 posts

281 months

Tuesday 10th April 2012
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we had 2 at vmax200 starfire, white and a sort of deep cherry red which I was surprised but I absolutely loved.. sorry about the terrible pics, we did have a pro there who got better ones!






CraigVmax

12,248 posts

281 months

Tuesday 10th April 2012
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one more...


George H

14,706 posts

163 months

Tuesday 10th April 2012
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traxx said:
I really like the black with orange one shown here


I love the one with the Union Jack roof. Shame that the majority have black wheels in that pic, really spoils the look of them imo.

mhh

1,558 posts

241 months

Tuesday 10th April 2012
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I sat in my first MP4 today - brand new car. Very nice. I couldn't close the door though. It wasn't an air pressure issue, because the other door was open. I slammed it pretty hard but it just wouldn't close...

AndrewD

7,527 posts

283 months

Tuesday 10th April 2012
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mhh said:
I sat in my first MP4 today - brand new car. Very nice. I couldn't close the door though. It wasn't an air pressure issue, because the other door was open. I slammed it pretty hard but it just wouldn't close...
How's the salesman's hand? smile

russman777

167 posts

162 months

Tuesday 10th April 2012
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If your un-happy with the turbo-lag then install an anti-lag system,if you know cars,or see if someone can help,have done it with my friend on his toyota ae86 smile

Edited by russman777 on Tuesday 10th April 23:56

falb

14 posts

158 months

Wednesday 11th April 2012
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FloppyRaccoon said:
Beautiful, my favourite colour + wheels on the 12C.

Is that your truck up on the driveway as well? Those are great fun in a totally different way.
Thanks! Yep an F350 dually quad cab. Good for towing race cars. smile I have a couple of other English derivatives as well, Radical sr3rs and Rossion Q1 (read Noble M400). Cheers!

Pesty

42,655 posts

255 months

Wednesday 11th April 2012
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Is the blue MP4 the same colour as the f1 owned by a PHer?

cc8s

4,209 posts

202 months

Wednesday 11th April 2012
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Nope, the usual blue on the mclaren 12C I know of is Azure Blue (there is a 'standard blue' but it is navy). I'm not sure the name of Flemke's blue but it is not metallic and is dark whereas Azure is bright and metallic. I think Standard Blue would be much closer to Flemke's colour but imagine that it could be unique to his car.

ETA: the blue on the previous page is Standard Blue, I believe.

Edited by cc8s on Wednesday 11th April 08:31

toohuge

3,430 posts

215 months

Wednesday 11th April 2012
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AndrewD said:
mhh said:
I sat in my first MP4 today - brand new car. Very nice. I couldn't close the door though. It wasn't an air pressure issue, because the other door was open. I slammed it pretty hard but it just wouldn't close...
How's the salesman's hand? smile
rofl

Wanta996Gotta

5,622 posts

206 months

Wednesday 11th April 2012
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Some nice shots/angles of the car in this Youtube Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb8xQnB4Iso&fea...

Dwayne Wade for those not into US sports is Beckham'esque like Basketball player.

El Guapo

2,787 posts

189 months

Friday 13th April 2012
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Congratulations falb.
falb said:
Still not keen on the dash though

crimbo

1,308 posts

227 months

Friday 13th April 2012
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Reguarding the colour Volcano orange does anyone know a paint code or roughly how much a litre it is. Don't think my local Mclaren Dearler will just let me walk in to ask. Would think its appointment only. Tried searching a few times but obviously with it being rather new there is not much info on it.

LongLiveTazio

2,714 posts

196 months

Monday 16th April 2012
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Anyone expecting a silver one from Rybrook Bham?

Had a nose round it sat outside their service place in Cofton, first one I've had a decent look round. Build quality looks fantastic. Spec sheet/price was left in the passenger footwell as a reminder to work harder...

Very impressed.

ANDYCLAX

191 posts

163 months

Monday 16th April 2012
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crimbo said:
Reguarding the colour Volcano orange does anyone know a paint code or roughly how much a litre it is. Don't think my local Mclaren Dearler will just let me walk in to ask. Would think its appointment only. Tried searching a few times but obviously with it being rather new there is not much info on it.
Dont know the code,but its approx £1000 per litre,at least thats what i was told by another VO owner who had to have a bit of work done!!!!.
I need to get my front wrapped ASAP

tjob

782 posts

150 months

Monday 16th April 2012
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ANDYCLAX said:
Dont know the code,but its approx £1000 per litre,at least thats what i was told by another VO owner who had to have a bit of work done!!!!.
I need to get my front wrapped ASAP
Andy did you get my email after our chat a few weeks back?