by "Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12)
Published 12/13/2017 at 20:26
by "Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12)
Published 12/13/2017 at 20:26
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I don’t wanna judge. Or beat the dead horse of not driving your expensive cars. But the dude is an IDIOT
I didn’t drive the car, I used it for taking my son to school
So. Why did you buy it?
What were you thinking?
How do you buy one of the most important cars in the world, one of the fastest and most driver-focused road cars, and be
unable to be bothered to drive it?
It’s not a road car, it’s a race car
Anyone who knows the F1 story knows that this is a flat out lie. It was never intended to race, it was meant to be a pure expression of a road car. Maintenance is expensive, but it was
the fastest car in the world
. He mentions Ferraris, Lamborghinis, but Lamborghini never made a car this serious. How does it compare to Enzo costs? Because it’s faster, yet also much older. The costs sound similar to a Veyron, which is the only true comparison.
The tyres expire because it’s a race car
The tyres expire because tyres expire. And it matters when you can do 390km/hr. And they’re not made for durability, they’re made to go
faster than any road car has ever gone.
Almost bought it, forgot about it for a year
This car is too important to forget about. If you get
this close
to purchasing one and you forget about it, you shouldn’t be buying one. If anyone on here came anywhere near buying one they’d never sleep again. I lost sleep when I bought my MR2 for $8k.
Sold it because maintenance was too high
He wanted to make money on this thing. Any research would have told him what the costs were, but he sold it because of the unexpected costs. Any research would suggest the car would appreciate. Even the XJ220 is appreciating and people hated that thing. Nobody hated the F1, every journalist lucky enough to drive one has sung praise.
It’s not some McLaren engine, it’s a BMW engine, it should be bulletproof
You mean like the 8-series? Which came our a few years earlier and had a V12 with
less than half the power?
And a reputation for maintenance so fierce, people talk about it in hushed tones?
I don’t want to do this sort of snarky bitchy post. But god I’m pissed. He bought the car for all the wrong reasons, sold it for all the wrong reasons, and he’s an idiot. How did he get so RICH?
"Milky" (jordanmielke)
12/13/2017 at 20:33, STARS: 3
I don’t think he’s an idiot, just a rich person that doesn’t know cars. Probably had a bunch of new exotics, never did maintenance and thought the car would be fine if it just sat.
1%-er problems
"EL_ULY" (uly)
12/13/2017 at 20:34, STARS: 6
One of our Aston salesman once worked at a local pre-owed exotics lot. When it came to cars $300,000+, he said the majority of the people that buy them for investment purposes. They follow the resale markets and buy to resale, not to drive or show off their dreamcar. As a salesman, he had to also be on top of the latest market values and outlooks because those where the sort of questions those clients asked for.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
12/13/2017 at 20:51, STARS: 2
Its like when i found out car salseman generally dont care about cars, its about what ot takes to sell cars*
There are excpetions
"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
12/13/2017 at 21:22, STARS: 0
If it costs $250k a year to maintain even if you dont drive it, and only appreciates $100k a year, the guy is losing money. I wouldn’t want to deal with or pay for all that BS too and I probably wouldn’t. I don’t blame the guy. I still drive the crap out of it. And i most certainly would pick my son up at school with it. I would also track it.
"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12)
12/13/2017 at 21:31, STARS: 3
One sold for $15 million recently, which is closer to $1m a year than $100k.
I blame the guy for not doing any research at all. “It’s the fastest car in the world, it must be reliable/cheap to maintain” is a stupid way to think.
I’d pick up my son, for sure. But I’d actually drive the thing. I wouldn’t spent a million on it, then decide I don’t have time for it. How do you spend that much money on something you won’t use?
He’s like a baby who wants the ball his brother is playing with, until he’s got it. Except he’s a 50 year old multi-millionaire.
"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12)
12/13/2017 at 21:34, STARS: 2
Then how did he get it so wrong? I’m no investor and I haven’t studied economics. But you’d think that, before spending $1m on an investment, you’d at least consider:
- Cost (purchase+upkeep)
- Appreciation/market values
Somehow he avoided doing any research on maintenance before dropping a disgusting amount on a car.
Somehow he didn’t consider that the most revered car ever built would appreciate sharply.
He fucked up
hard.
"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12)
12/13/2017 at 21:35, STARS: 0
Jesus, at least google the costs before you drop a million dollars on a car.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
12/14/2017 at 06:32, STARS: 2
i agree , the video was painful
"StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8" (stndibnz1)
12/14/2017 at 09:01, STARS: 1
I watched that last month or so when it originally came out (way to be on top of the reposting Jalopnik......) and kinda though the same thing. Though there were some interesting bits that I didn’t know about, like the fuel bags. Overall, if you can afford to buy it, you should be able to afford to drive and maintain it.
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
12/14/2017 at 09:25, STARS: 1
At first I was like, Damn - McLaren was really fleecing their customers, but then, based on some of his comments, I also just thought he was a too-rich idiot.
"EL_ULY" (uly)
12/14/2017 at 09:37, STARS: 0
Customers here as well. AMG’s, Polestar, Lotus and Aston bought by performance loving automotive enthusiasts?..... hellz nah maine! Almost always just older humans with money that want the fancy badge or highest trim level for that 1 to 2 years of ownership.
Why would a salesman be stoked about the numbers and heritage of the car as much as, well, just selling a car.
"EL_ULY" (uly)
12/14/2017 at 09:43, STARS: 1
Perhaps other McLaren F1 purchases yielded higher success than this particular model and ownership. Mega exotics never experience a steady level of quality variance (excluding LFA probably for obvious reasons). “Hand built” is a very scary aspect of a car that shouldn’t excite anyone, even enthusiasts. This peep just did it wrong and it wasn’t all his fault but this specific car as well I feel.
"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12)
12/15/2017 at 17:22, STARS: 0
It seems like most of the things he mentioned weren’t repairs, but preventative maintenance. The stuff that would affect all cars. Replacing the fuel cell and tyres every so often, things like that.
"EL_ULY" (uly)
12/15/2017 at 18:34, STARS: 0
Because race car/investment mistake
"Gerry197" (Gerry197)
01/01/2018 at 13:23, STARS: 0
You are being way too hard on this guy. Maybe a little jealous that he has the means to do such things?
He made a mistake on the true costs of ownership, not something unusual, and the idea he had to rent a racetrack, professional driver, etc. just to balance the tires was probably not anything anyone in their right mind would expect.
He decided the costs were too much for him and dump the car as it was appreciating to super high levels. Again, not something unusual. I would say his supercar owning experience and regret is probably pretty normal.
"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12)
01/01/2018 at 16:04, STARS: 0
We’re all jealous ;)
It just sounds to me like he didn’t even want the car, nor do any research about it, and now he’s trying to blame McLaren for making it too damn sophisticated.
Maybe I’m being too hard but it just triggered me.