Its official, I like the 918 more than the P1.

"Gpivovarov" (Gpivovarov) 04/08/2014 at 21:12 • Filed to: P1-918

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The Mclaren P1 is, by all accounts, absolutely, mind-bogglingly fantastic. Made by one of the most innovative and, it has to be said, coolest manufacturers on the planet, England's fastest hypercar is so much more than your run of the mill performance bruiser. And despite being a little (controversially) !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , it can outrun a NOS-fueled cheetah on coke.

Ah, but there's always a but.

The Mclaren P1 is a road car, and it functions on the road, but it is mainly engineered to be blisteringly fast on the track. Yup, that's what it's for: being a crazy, stupid fast tool. It's not over-engineered for the road, the garage, the interior, the stereo, or indeed the looks.

Now if I were spending such an incomprehensible amount of money (a million is enough to buy like...a country...right?), I would want a car, a real car. not a weekend-racetrack-cornering-smoking-monster-lunatic toy. Which brings us neatly to the Porsche 918 Spyder. Wassup, gorgeous?

The lovely gentlemen down in Stuttgart know how to make a fantastic racecar, but they also know how to make a road car, hell, they've been doing it over 60 years. But producing both isn't the hard part, the hard part is knowing the difference between the two. You see Mclaren has only ever made one true road car, the 12C (the F1 is more hard-core than Rambo in a cage-fight and everything road-y about the SLR came from Mercedes). And with the P1, I think they've gone too far in the hard-core direction yet again, it's an overly specified tool. It's a scalpel for cutting a specific artery in a specific pancreatic surgery in a specific hospital by a specific doctor, not a utility knife for your pocket. The Porsche, on the other hand, is cool and calm and collected and knows what to do on the track as well as on the drive to get some Oreos. Man I love Oreos. Single Stuff. Double Stuff is ridiculous. Who needs that much stuff? Cretins.

Yeah, I know its a cliche, but the Porsche is legitimately a car you could use every single beautiful day (every day is beautiful when you have a 918). It has four wheel drive, a more efficient hybrid system, is backed by a massive, successful, automotive conglomerate, and to my eye, is considerably better looking. Yeah, it's damn pretty. While I know it was styled by science and wind tunnels just like P1, it has cleaner lines, and doesn't look quite so cobbled and strewn together. On the Mclaren all I see are vents, spoilers, diffusers, and intakes, I don't see any car. To put it more simply, the Mclaren P1 looks like a bunch of aerodynamic bits stapled together to make something that resembles a car, while the Porsche is a big 'ol sexy thang with all the cleverness artfully integrated.

Oh and it comes in Martini trim. Holy good golly moses.

Yes, the Mclaren is a tool, a damn good one, but the Porsche is a better car . And if I'm buying a million dollar car, I want a utility knife, not a pancreatic scalpel.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Gpivovarov 04/08/2014 at 21:15

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Needs moar V10

Merkin Muffley > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 04/08/2014 at 21:17

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but needed less deathtrap.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Merkin Muffley 04/08/2014 at 21:18

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That's half the fun

Milky > Gpivovarov 04/08/2014 at 21:20

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Your reasoning for choosing the 918 is my reasoning against it, funny huh?

The fact is hyper cars are not DDs and if I was to spend my hypothetical million bucks I would go for the more focused car. Anyone that can afford these already has a luxury boat.

Not to mention 900+ HP and RWD.

Merkin Muffley > Gpivovarov 04/08/2014 at 21:22

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The 918's design reminds me too much of other cars.

Also, if you fueled a cheetah on NOS, it would get the wubbas and fall over.

getchapopcorn > Gpivovarov 04/08/2014 at 21:22

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You made this decision because its the right one (I'm NOT even close to a porsche guy). Something about their super/hyper cars that does something funny to me, though.

Merkin Muffley > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 04/08/2014 at 21:24

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there is only one thing we say to death. 'Not today.'

IDROVEAPICKUPTRUCK > Gpivovarov 04/08/2014 at 21:25

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Why couldn't you use the P1 like the 918 on the road? From Chris Harris' review he didn't seem to have any issues with it on the road. Also who cares how efficient the hybrid system is? These cars are hybrids because it makes them faster not because they're trying to save fuel. Honestly I couldn't disagree with you more on almost every point you attempt to make. Except for Martini livery, that is awesome.

IDROVEAPICKUPTRUCK > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 04/08/2014 at 21:26

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Not when you're dead.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > IDROVEAPICKUPTRUCK 04/08/2014 at 21:28

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Psh, technicalities. #yolo (kidding)

Gpivovarov > getchapopcorn 04/08/2014 at 21:53

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yay! not everybody's yelling at me!

Gpivovarov > Merkin Muffley 04/08/2014 at 21:54

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Right sorry. Those are hopped up tigers in my basement, not cheetahs. My B.

Gpivovarov > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 04/08/2014 at 21:56

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Everything need moar V10. But a 918 with moar V10 would be a V18 hybrid German crazy head. YEEEEEEE.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Gpivovarov 04/08/2014 at 21:59

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The thought of a 918 with a V18 shoved under the rear make me REALLY happy.

Gimmi-Sagan-Om-Draken > Gpivovarov 04/08/2014 at 23:52

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The McLaren F1 was sexy, the new ones seem so sterile. Porsche is sexy.

Stef Schrader > Gpivovarov 04/09/2014 at 00:12

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If that Salzburg tribute livery was just red...HRRRRRRRRRNG

I'd need that Porsche to match my Porsche. Haha.

Stef Schrader > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 04/09/2014 at 00:13

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No, no. FLAT 18.

Hehehehehehe.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Stef Schrader 04/09/2014 at 00:28

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Yes, that. Which could also be described as automotive Nirvana.

Kailand09 > Gpivovarov 04/09/2014 at 00:33

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idk i'd also agree with Milky, at that money I'd want the track machine.

That and personally I think the 918 looks like a 911 with a different back 1/2 of the car, just doesn't seem unique enough to me. I like the design of the P1 way more.

That's just subjective though.