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Old 01-01-2019, 10:36 AM
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Let it play out ......why would a guy burn his own car that has oodles of them, and risk going to jail. Guy can be perceived as a DB, but doesn’t mean he burned his own car. Other hyper cars burn, and this is the first I’ve heard the owner did it ....gee wiz hello 2019.
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Old 01-01-2019, 10:49 AM
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Why so much hate for the guy? I don’t watch his videos and had no idea who he was but his story seems pretty fascinating to me:

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Old 01-01-2019, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by hf1
Why so much hate for the guy? I don’t watch his videos and had no idea who he was but his story seems pretty fascinating to me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8XclwNS6Xk
great story ......don’t hate the player hate the game. (:
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Old 01-01-2019, 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by C.J. Ichiban
which is why I think it's an insurance scam
Originally Posted by fskof
It’s Salomondrin so anything is possible.

As much as he's known for deceitful drama and causing trouble with different manufacturers.. I don't quite see the motivation for an insurance scam on a Senna atm. He custom ordered it so presumably he paid MSRP, and they are trading $2-300k above MSRP. Where's the return on the massive risk?
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Old 01-01-2019, 11:44 AM
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Dang guys, and I thought I was jaded, lol. Kinda sad when a fellow car enthusiast has a special car burn to the ground, and the first thought is he committed a serious felony.
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Old 01-01-2019, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by CAlexio
As much as he's known for deceitful drama and causing trouble with different manufacturers.. I don't quite see the motivation for an insurance scam on a Senna atm. He custom ordered it so presumably he paid MSRP, and they are trading $2-300k above MSRP. Where's the return on the massive risk?
He did not custom order it.
He paid a guy from OC/ thru dealer 500k over
Slapped his weed company stickers on it.
Bought it as a corporate vehicle?
Replacement value is X.Xm

He gets check, mclaren replaces him a car at msrp
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Old 01-01-2019, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by C.J. Ichiban
He did not custom order it.
He paid a guy from OC/ thru dealer 500k over
Slapped his weed company stickers on it.
Bought it as a corporate vehicle?
Replacement value is X.Xm

He gets check, mclaren replaces him a car at msrp
Interesting to say the least
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Old 01-01-2019, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by C.J. Ichiban
He did not custom order it.
He paid a guy from OC/ thru dealer 500k over
Slapped his weed company stickers on it.
Bought it as a corporate vehicle?
Replacement value is X.Xm

He gets check, mclaren replaces him a car at msrp
Sure, because any insurance company that's still in business will just pay him X.Xm without interpreting a msrp replacement (a below market gift) from McLaren as their admission of fault.
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Old 01-01-2019, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by C.J. Ichiban
He did not custom order it.
He paid a guy from OC/ thru dealer 500k over
Slapped his weed company stickers on it.
Bought it as a corporate vehicle?
Replacement value is X.Xm

He gets check, mclaren replaces him a car at msrp
Mildly spicy; I thought I was hallucinating when the title of his initial upload was "Buying a $1.5M Hypercar", which then inexplicably changed to "Buying/Picking up My McLaren Senna"
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Old 01-01-2019, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Maverick787
great story ......don’t hate the player hate the game. (:
Hate is masochistic. Hurts the hater more than anyone else.
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Old 01-01-2019, 12:25 PM
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Seems strange to say the least. He was definitely planning on using the car to promote his cannabis brand.
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Old 01-01-2019, 12:45 PM
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He is good at marketing. Everyone is talking about this incident and he is getting free advertising for his weed company and YouTube channel.

I never said he did burn his own car but when I was in LA this summer I heard plenty of stories of his shady business ethics. I never did do any research to verify these “stories” but would be very cautious doing any type of business with him and his associates.
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Old 01-01-2019, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by richk
Seems strange to say the least. He was definitely planning on using the car to promote his cannabis brand.
Up In Smoke! Sorry, I was a child of the '70s.
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I would be shocked if he did this on purpose. I am going to assume that this is not the case, and see where the facts take us.
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Old 01-01-2019, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by robmypro
I would be shocked if he did this on purpose. I am going to assume that this is not the case, and see where the facts take us.
Agree
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