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Old 12-23-2018, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by wolfmobil
Funny how I mention 4 reasons Mclaren doesn't appeal to me: reliability, mandatory pre/post track inspections, sparse dealer network and depreciation. Yippie who bought his 720 last month cant let go of the last one. I guess it really hurts and the need to justify his decision to spend $$ on a fast depreciating car is strong.
Maybe buy a Honda next time...
Which Honda model should I buy since you seem to be the expert?

and still looking for that elusive 100k below msrp car just a few months old. Please post a link when you can. Thx
Old 12-23-2018, 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by wolfmobil
Funny how I mention 4 reasons Mclaren doesn't appeal to me: reliability, mandatory pre/post track inspections, sparse dealer network and depreciation. Yippie who bought his 720 last month cant let go of the last one. I guess it really hurts and the need to justify his decision to spend $$ on a fast depreciating car is strong.
Maybe buy a Honda next time...
The decision was to buy a vehicle that is probably the best production car on the road today. And way less than other exotics like the Aventador. I'm sure Yippie has a grin from ear to ear every time he gets in the car. No McLaren owner is as hung up about depreciation than you my friend.
Old 12-23-2018, 10:29 AM
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Greetings to my fellow Mclaren owners who care about the drive and not depreciation and to all the GT owners who keep an open mind.
Happy Holidays from the Tokyo Christmas market tonight.
Old 12-23-2018, 10:35 AM
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Greetings to my fellow Mclaren owners who care about the drive and not depreciation and to all the GT owners who keep an open mind.
Happy Holidays from the Tokyo Christmas market tonight.

Lovely pic. Have a wonderful holiday. Just got back from visiting the Taj Mahal. We are on holiday as well. It’s quite the site to behold.
Let’s see if I can get a pic to upload:


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Dang- no luck- one more try...





Old 12-23-2018, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Yippiekiaye
Dang- no luck- one more try...





Wow, brings back memories, was there in 1985. I go to India 3-4 times a year, I really should go see the Taj again.

Cheers brother!!!
Old 12-23-2018, 10:45 AM
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Cheers to you my man! Have a great time on holiday and enjoy that time with your family.

And since I now figured out how to upload photos- a few pics to get the thread back on track. Apologies if some of these are reposts- I lost my phone and had to start over and lost a
bunch of pics:



Recent photo shoot.

My other toy. I quite like the stripe.

This turned out great. In Scottsdale.

Front of my house.

The bat mobile - one sale locally.

The first 600 lt in Scottsdale. At CJs dealership.
Old 12-23-2018, 10:47 AM
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^beauties...720 looks like a bullet.
Old 12-23-2018, 11:05 AM
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Dang that black LT - so much want! Enjoy those vacay's fellas. The Taj looks amazing - been to India several times but never there. I woke up early for a Canyon run in the Perf but my son was too lazy so we postpone till Thursday. Its all about experiences and creating lasting memories.
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Originally Posted by rodsky
Dang that black LT - so much want! Enjoy those vacay's fellas. The Taj looks amazing - been to India several times but never there. I woke up early for a Canyon run in the Perf but my son was too lazy so we postpone till Thursday. Its all about experiences and creating lasting memories.
the black car is a 720. The blue is 600lt.

post a pic of the perf. My buddy has one- it’s an amazing visceral drive!
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Where are you staying in tokyo? was there last summer. the Aman is amazing.
Old 12-23-2018, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Yippiekiaye


the black car is a 720. The blue is 600lt.

post a pic of the perf. My buddy has one- it’s an amazing visceral drive!
Not a great pic - but I'm just an iphone guy
Old 12-23-2018, 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by rodsky
Not a great pic - but I'm just an iphone guy
brilliabt!!! If my 6’4” *** could fit in this, I’d have one in my garage. Amazing car!!
Old 12-23-2018, 12:56 PM
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I still have yet to find a car that's put a smile on my face like the 600lt...took it out again last night, and the flames are SO major, and the speed is just beyond.



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Is it just me, or does anyone else see the alarming and spooky similarity between the digression of this thread and the infamous story, "Lord of the Flies?" It's giving me the freaking creeps.

Everyone's fighting, trying to establish order and civility from the despair of depreciation, possible financial ruin and the self-destruction of our own temptations and vices. Then - just when everyone plunges into savagery, we are presented with grandiose pictures of family vacations, and exotic cars surrounded by mansions and Christmas lights: a perfectly parallel tribute to the symbolism portrayed by the conch shell in "Lord of the Flies." The conch shell symbolized law and order, and everyone found refuge from the chaos when the conch shell was raised. Uploading these family vacation pictures was no different... we were trying to change the subject before we slipped into chaos and had a stark reminder that our inner demons are merely lurking in our own shadows. It is easy to see we are all savages masquerading under the thin veil of temporary civility.

This was as dark and as spooky as anything posted on Rennlist this year, including the episode when Martin went full Kafkaesque on us earlier this summer.


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