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Thinking about a Mclaren MP412C...please don't hate...lol
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<blockquote data-quote="Blown 89" data-source="post: 16318060" data-attributes="member: 45161"><p>5k on a McLaren is like 300k on a normal car. My father bought one with 2k on it. It has 3 or 4k on it now (it's in the shop right now so I cant go into the garage and look) but there have been a bevy of problems:</p><p>- Both AC control LCD screens went out.....$2,500 each (we're going to fix them ourselves)</p><p>- oil pan leak.....some ungodly amount of money to fix</p><p>- tire faults left and right</p><p>- the air brake threw a fault and quit working</p><p>- it can't handle the AZ heat and pulls timing or something and falls flat on its iace when it's heat soaked</p><p>- there is some weird intermittent power loss in the high rpm band. I'm the only one that's feel it and I'm scared I'm going to pop the engine every time.</p><p>- the DCT acts up intermittently when you shift manually.</p><p>- the lower ducts keep falling off. They're really expensive and we're leaving them off</p><p>- airbag recall</p><p></p><p>Aside from the LCD screens I don't know what everything will cost but I'll find out tomorrow when we pick it up.</p><p></p><p>It's not my car but it's in my garage and I put half of the miles on it so here's my take: it's a bitchin car that's fun to drive. It's really raw and visceral and everything you've read about it being bland and boring is wrong. Also, get the spider, don't ask questions, just do it. The cost of any scratch, scrape, ding, or engine light is stupid expensive A local guy got a low mph fender scrape in the parking lot and it cost him $30k to fix. Basically every time you start the thing you hemorhage money and it's not like you can go to Auto Zone and repair it yourself. Its something you have to prepare for.</p><p></p><p>If you're ok with the cost of ownership, go for it. Honestly, a shifter kart is way more fun to drive and has a similar powerband feel. I tell people who drive it that they now have an idea of what my karts feel like just without the mind bending brakes and half the lateral G's. Keep in mind we were VERY close to a 12c's times at Leguna Seca and it was the worst possible weather to race in (freezing cold, high winds, and rain). Something to think about if you get cold feet....or get both. Shifter karts aren't expensive.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1607954[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1607956[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blown 89, post: 16318060, member: 45161"] 5k on a McLaren is like 300k on a normal car. My father bought one with 2k on it. It has 3 or 4k on it now (it's in the shop right now so I cant go into the garage and look) but there have been a bevy of problems: - Both AC control LCD screens went out.....$2,500 each (we're going to fix them ourselves) - oil pan leak.....some ungodly amount of money to fix - tire faults left and right - the air brake threw a fault and quit working - it can't handle the AZ heat and pulls timing or something and falls flat on its iace when it's heat soaked - there is some weird intermittent power loss in the high rpm band. I'm the only one that's feel it and I'm scared I'm going to pop the engine every time. - the DCT acts up intermittently when you shift manually. - the lower ducts keep falling off. They're really expensive and we're leaving them off - airbag recall Aside from the LCD screens I don't know what everything will cost but I'll find out tomorrow when we pick it up. It's not my car but it's in my garage and I put half of the miles on it so here's my take: it's a bitchin car that's fun to drive. It's really raw and visceral and everything you've read about it being bland and boring is wrong. Also, get the spider, don't ask questions, just do it. The cost of any scratch, scrape, ding, or engine light is stupid expensive A local guy got a low mph fender scrape in the parking lot and it cost him $30k to fix. Basically every time you start the thing you hemorhage money and it's not like you can go to Auto Zone and repair it yourself. Its something you have to prepare for. If you're ok with the cost of ownership, go for it. Honestly, a shifter kart is way more fun to drive and has a similar powerband feel. I tell people who drive it that they now have an idea of what my karts feel like just without the mind bending brakes and half the lateral G's. Keep in mind we were VERY close to a 12c's times at Leguna Seca and it was the worst possible weather to race in (freezing cold, high winds, and rain). Something to think about if you get cold feet....or get both. Shifter karts aren't expensive. [ATTACH=full]1607954[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1607956[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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