Had a ride in the McLaren today, Stunning!

There may be a Substitute.

 

Must not be in us??

 

It's been in Toronto for the last 4 days.
I'll post a picture in a day or so, off to the
Porsche World Roadshow.

 

Was talking to a tire dealer the other day and he said "one tire for the McLaren is $5K."
That is way out there!

 

Not as bad as the $30K per set for the Bugatti, but still.

Doesn't Bugatti want you to send the wheels back to France, overnighted or course, to replace them?

 

And complete rubbish, assuming we are talking about the new MP4-12C.

The MP4 runs a Pirelli PZero Nero. The rear tyre here in the UK can be bought for about $400 each.

Tyres for the McLaren F1 on the other hand are very much bespoke and much more expensive. Maybe they were getting confused?

 

pzeros are not 5k.

I keep missing these demo cars, always out of town when invited. look forward to it though!

 

McLaren pic.

 

oooh that's nice. is that the volcanic red color?

 

Come on over to Woking and have some fun and who knows....

Everything is fixable

R+C

 

The MP4's styling is just ok, IMO, but the doors are fantastic.

 

You will have to wait until after you guys win The Series this year.

Sadly, doesn't look the the Dodgers are going to make the post season again. Though Kershaw "SHOULD" win the Cy Young in the national.

You are about fifth in potential winners in the American. Hope you can use that for leverage for next years contract. "Lifts Glass Tumbler and says", "Here's mud in your eye"!!!!

 

Very nice, I believe that is the colour.
Drive was better than the colour.

 

interesting...

http://jalopnik.com/5843016/is-the-m...p4+12c-a-lemon

 

Seems like McLaren is stepping up to fix the problems.
Should not happen, but if they make all owners happy eventually, all will be OK.

Still...

There is no substitute.
Until another brand creates a car that has identical major or exchangeable mechanicals as their race car, race it heavily and sells enough car to represent 25% or more at any given track event, we're "stuck" with GT3's.

Nissan tried with the GTR, forget anything Italian contrary to what NJ-GT says (He's special), BMW's seem no longer track worthy as are most other fast street cars that are too heavy and expensive.
So far the non street legal Viper ACRX, Lotus Exige and the Corvette Z06 with some mods seem the only alternative; but none have lower running costs then a GT3.