Road Legal, seriously?!
Road Legal, seriously?!
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BelfastBoy

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779 posts

191 months

Monday 7th November 2011
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http://www.joemacari.com/All-Cars-for-Sale/_prod_M...

It would be brave man to take this onto a public road! Look at the thing, it's f**king amazing! Anyone want to take a guess at the possible cost - north of £1.5m maybe? Despite what the advert says, I doubt if it's as "totally user friendly" as they claim, especially on an icy or wet road.

birdcage

2,935 posts

236 months

Monday 7th November 2011
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I would like to see that try and drive around Islington!

Allandwf

1,773 posts

226 months

Monday 7th November 2011
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Runs out and buys lottery ticket........

iandc

3,893 posts

237 months

Monday 7th November 2011
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Fantastic car!! Only problem is it has "Licence Loser" written all over it.

LongLiveTazio

2,714 posts

228 months

Monday 7th November 2011
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Do people considering spending £1.5m on a car need the traditional sales patter in an advert like that?!

CIE560

19,652 posts

224 months

Monday 7th November 2011
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iandc said:
Fantastic car!! Only problem is it has "Licence Loser" written all over it.
hehe

Shmee

7,565 posts

244 months

Monday 7th November 2011
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birdcage said:
I would like to see that try and drive around Islington!
Believe me I really would!!

will_

6,035 posts

234 months

Monday 7th November 2011
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BelfastBoy said:
http://www.joemacari.com/All-Cars-for-Sale/_prod_M...

It would be brave man to take this onto a public road! Look at the thing, it's f**king amazing! Anyone want to take a guess at the possible cost - north of £1.5m maybe? Despite what the advert says, I doubt if it's as "totally user friendly" as they claim, especially on an icy or wet road.
Coys had this up at auction earlier in the year - clearly didn't sell, but I wonder what it was bid to?

Justices

3,682 posts

195 months

Monday 7th November 2011
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Strangely I was reading about this very example last week after seeing the those metallic blue cars in Tokyo. Had no idea it had come up for sale before.

Always loved the mc12, corse even more so. This would be phenomenal to see out on the road! But for a few more pennies..

Murcielago_Boy

2,014 posts

270 months

Monday 7th November 2011
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BelfastBoy said:
http://www.joemacari.com/All-Cars-for-Sale/_prod_M...

It would be brave man to take this onto a public road! Look at the thing, it's f**king amazing! Anyone want to take a guess at the possible cost - north of £1.5m maybe? Despite what the advert says, I doubt if it's as "totally user friendly" as they claim, especially on an icy or wet road.
Spoke to Joe about this. The owner really did/does use it to commute into London every morning - all the way into Mayfair. VERY early morning.

BelfastBoy

Original Poster:

779 posts

191 months

Monday 7th November 2011
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will_ said:
Coys had this up at auction earlier in the year - clearly didn't sell, but I wonder what it was bid to?
Based on your mention of Coys, found this link on their website which has some more information on the car:

http://www.coys.co.uk/auction.php?itemID=785&a...

1 of only 12 made, and the only one that's road legal. That's a rare vehicle indeed.

Murcielago Boy: thanks for that info! Fair play to the guy, hope he had somewhere with plenty of space to park, because I'd hate to have to manouevre something so large but with limited visibility. One twitch on the loud pedal and you'd be through the nearest wall / bus / line of pedestrians etc!


Justices

3,682 posts

195 months

Monday 7th November 2011
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Murcielago_Boy said:
Spoke to Joe about this. The owner really did/does use it to commute into London every morning - all the way into Mayfair. VERY early morning.
Hero. That's exactly what I'd do.

will_

6,035 posts

234 months

Monday 7th November 2011
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Justices said:
Murcielago_Boy said:
Spoke to Joe about this. The owner really did/does use it to commute into London every morning - all the way into Mayfair. VERY early morning.
Hero. That's exactly what I'd do.
On that basis I'm quite surprised it's never been "spotted" here? He must have driven it home too!

The pics on the Coys link certainly aren't in the UK - I'm not sure if it's UK registered.

There is another black MC12 which is in the UK - but it's not a Corsa.

Shmee

7,565 posts

244 months

Monday 7th November 2011
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will_ said:
Justices said:
Murcielago_Boy said:
Spoke to Joe about this. The owner really did/does use it to commute into London every morning - all the way into Mayfair. VERY early morning.
Hero. That's exactly what I'd do.
On that basis I'm quite surprised it's never been "spotted" here? He must have driven it home too!
I would be very confident that it has not been used on a regular basis for that purpose, there is no way a car like that would not have been spotted driving through London, at any time of day.

I assume it's this car, as spotted in Monaco: http://www.autogespot.com/nl/viewimages.php?id=521...

will_

6,035 posts

234 months

Monday 7th November 2011
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Shmee said:
will_ said:
Justices said:
Murcielago_Boy said:
Spoke to Joe about this. The owner really did/does use it to commute into London every morning - all the way into Mayfair. VERY early morning.
Hero. That's exactly what I'd do.
On that basis I'm quite surprised it's never been "spotted" here? He must have driven it home too!
I would be very confident that it has not been used on a regular basis for that purpose, there is no way a car like that would not have been spotted driving through London, at any time of day.

I assume it's this car, as spotted in Monaco: http://www.autogespot.com/nl/viewimages.php?id=521...
hehe Now why did I instantly think of you as I was typing the above...!

BelfastBoy

Original Poster:

779 posts

191 months

Monday 7th November 2011
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Shmee said:
I would be very confident that it has not been used on a regular basis for that purpose, there is no way a car like that would not have been spotted driving through London, at any time of day.
I've got to agree - something so unusual and (presumably) noisy would've been spotted on the daily grind!

BelfastBoy

Original Poster:

779 posts

191 months

Monday 7th November 2011
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Shmee said:
I would be very confident that it has not been used on a regular basis for that purpose, there is no way a car like that would not have been spotted driving through London, at any time of day.
I've got to agree - something so unusual and (presumably) noisy would've been spotted on the daily grind!

BelfastBoy

Original Poster:

779 posts

191 months

Thursday 10th November 2011
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Want to bump this thread up again because I had a thought this morning. I recently MOT'ed my Renault Megane, and in advance I had to replace my windscreen washer pump because the car would've failed on this. So my question is this, with reference to converted racers or track-only cars: when something like an MC12 Corse or McLaren F1 GTR is made 'road legal', do the same rules apply as to purpose-built road cars? In other words, when this Maserati eventually has to come up for MOT, presumably it'll have to have all headlights, sidelights, screenwashers etc present and correct in order to stay road legal?

bertie

8,569 posts

315 months

Thursday 10th November 2011
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BelfastBoy said:
Want to bump this thread up again because I had a thought this morning. I recently MOT'ed my Renault Megane, and in advance I had to replace my windscreen washer pump because the car would've failed on this. So my question is this, with reference to converted racers or track-only cars: when something like an MC12 Corse or McLaren F1 GTR is made 'road legal', do the same rules apply as to purpose-built road cars? In other words, when this Maserati eventually has to come up for MOT, presumably it'll have to have all headlights, sidelights, screenwashers etc present and correct in order to stay road legal?
To get it registered in the first place it will need to comply with all the normal regs, probably through the IVA route.

So yes, all lights etc

Drclarke

1,201 posts

204 months

Sunday 13th November 2011
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Bugger to driving that to work on a damp cold Monday morning!