Swiss Owner of Abandoned Koenigsegg Trevita Buys a Mclaren P1

"Mochimaster " (Mochimaster) 02/05/2014 at 19:45 • Filed to: Mclaren p1, Koenigsegg

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Remember the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! Well recently, that same guy probably remembered where he parked the 1 of 3 hypercar, and looking at it one last time, decided that a Mclaren P1 would suit him better.

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All we can do about this is pray he doesn't forget he parked his brand new million dollar car in a a parking lot again. Things aren't looking up however, as dust and possible cobwebs seem to be already accumulating on the back.

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Manuél Ferrari > Mochimaster 02/05/2014 at 19:52

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I wonder how many Mercs and Audis he has abandoned.

"Hey Bob didn't you used to have a black Audi A8 for casual nights out?"

"Oh yeah I kind of remember that car.

Wait a minute I don't recall having my assistant sell it for me.

Hmm.

I think I left it at the pub a few months ago when I was too drunk to drive home. I wonder what happened to it."

bob and john > Mochimaster 02/05/2014 at 19:58

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morons like this shouldnt be allowed to buy w/e . remember what ferrari was doing with its cars? only letting certain people buy it? I have a feeling this is something the rest of the high end manufactuers should do, at least for the really expensive/rare/limited production cars

MtrRider Just Wants Doritos > Mochimaster 02/05/2014 at 19:58

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Wow that thing looks badass in black.

Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ > bob and john 02/05/2014 at 20:00

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But the people who Ferrari lets buy those cars seem to be the ones who also lock them away forever.

I_AmDeath > Mochimaster 02/05/2014 at 20:01

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Also Jalopnik is wrong. The Trevita was 5million dollars new.

bob and john > Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ 02/05/2014 at 20:02

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personally? id prefer the guy who locks it away then the guy who forgets he has it

Casper > Mochimaster 02/05/2014 at 20:05

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If I won a serious lottery I would try hard not to waste it on super expensive cars, but the P1 would be the one if I did. I could care less about the hybrid aspect. I love the look and the performance. Just looking at it makes me want to hoon.

Saracen > Mochimaster 02/05/2014 at 20:06

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WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE

ihm96 > bob and john 02/05/2014 at 20:19

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Yeah at least the guy locking it away cares for it and most likely keeps it well maintained

ihm96 > Mochimaster 02/05/2014 at 20:23

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Who wants to fly there with me and steal this? He won't even notice or care. I feel really bad for those who care about their cars and have them stolen (like that 1000 hp challenger :-( but this is a crime and he no longer deserves it. This is like buying a picasso or rembrandt and then saying "fuck it, just leave it in the basement" and having it rot. Whoever wants to do it can split time driving it with me

Mochimaster > I_AmDeath 02/05/2014 at 21:03

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Yep. Agreed. Unless he bought it used.

Mochimaster > ihm96 02/05/2014 at 21:04

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DEAL

Mochimaster > Casper 02/05/2014 at 21:04

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Especially this one. Those red calipers...

ihm96 > Mochimaster 02/05/2014 at 21:07

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Yay. And if that Koenigsegg is still there we can take that too

fdomestic > ihm96 02/06/2014 at 13:07

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I'm in!

Victorious Secret > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 13:07

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I might have abandoned the Trevita too.

It doesn't exactly look good. At all.

Jonathon Klein > ihm96 02/06/2014 at 13:08

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I'm in, when do we leave?

ScreenShot > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 13:08

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Apparently he found the egg too hard to ignore, so he opted for something that brings less guilt.

JayHova > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 13:09

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The P1 makes the Trevita look dated.

Kevin > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 13:10

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www.kickingclutches.com

Kevin > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 13:10

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www.kickingclutches.com

Kevin > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 13:10

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www.kickingclutches.com

gear332 > bob and john 02/06/2014 at 13:11

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If morons like this weren't allowed to buy these cars, these cars probably wouldn't exist. I personally couldn't care less about what other people choose to do with their money.

JayHova > Saracen 02/06/2014 at 13:12

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They don't buy these cars for driving - they buy them to tell other people what car they own.

Bullitt Ride > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 13:12

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You guys don't get it, buying super expensive cars and being all nonchalant about them is the most baller thing ever.

"Oh, were you talking about the McLaren P1? Yeah.... I've got one of those things around here somewhere... it's pretty awesome... I don't even drive it...whatever..."

That's baller.

gear332 > MtrRider Just Wants Doritos 02/06/2014 at 13:12

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Yeah it does. I normally don't like flashy colors, but I actually really like it in orange too.

Johnnyma45 > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 13:14

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This is one of the cleanest, most well-lit parking garage I have ever seen. Better than the rape caves we tend to see in the US.

Nicholas > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 13:15

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Its like seeing an amazing women with some rich asshole. She deserves so much better. Open Freeways, Passing lanes, Track days and Regular hand washes so I can feel her curves. =( "Just hold on we're going home!" (drake voice)

TheCraigy > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 13:15

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Since when does parking in a private garage for a couple of months = abandoned?

titsinmymitts > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 13:16

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The rear end on that p1 is insane.

Troll is English for Troll > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 13:16

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Something tells me this owner just buys cars so that people can look at them and be jealous.

He should be slapped. Hard.

No0bskywalker > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 13:16

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This guy must suffer from affluenza too...

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daender > ihm96 02/06/2014 at 13:16

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You have my wire coat-hanger, and my tool set, and my Miata.

Coty > Casper 02/06/2014 at 13:16

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Is it wrong I want one of these instead?

fintail > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 13:17

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Bought in from where or banking for who, interesting thoughts.

I spot a late run C126 - now there's a timeless car

NinjaViper > bob and john 02/06/2014 at 13:18

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personally id rather seem them locked away, because someone who has the money to buy one and lock it away also has money to hire someone to dust it and take care of the maintenance.... the other people who buy these fine automotive art and let them sit because they forget are not real car enthusiast, they just buy it so they can brag to all their friends that they have one.... i hope all high quality manufactures start doing the 'Ferrari challenge' as i like to refer to it as... where u literally have to jump through hula hoops to get one and then prove to them that the car will be taken care of, as if it were a small baby...

volvomoose > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 13:18

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...and he left the rear wing locked up

chriswhotakesphotos > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 13:24

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I can sympathize. It's like how I keep buying video games and not playing them.

TimF101 > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 13:25

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Don't know about you guys, but if I paid five million dollars for a car and left it in a garage for a while, I would buy the next spot and keep it empty. How will he ever find the asshat who dings it?

The World of Vee > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 13:27

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The owner is Hans Gross, the CEO of RunningBall. Personally, I see nothing wrong with the way the Trevita was parked and I see nothing wrong with replacing it with a P1. But then again I have enough impulse control to withhold my emotions when there is something slightly out of place but clearly not harming anyone.

hatescyclists > ihm96 02/06/2014 at 13:28

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We'll have to break that 17 year old out of jail that stole Guy Fieri's Lambo and get him to help us plan it.

Then turn him back into the police before he shoots one of us......

Aj Larsen > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 13:28

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splooge hole

bob and john > NinjaViper 02/06/2014 at 13:30

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thats what I said on the reply to someone else. id much rather the guy that locks it away and keeps it pristine then the fuck nugget that forgets he had one

dave827 > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 13:31

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Well, it is winter there. I wouldn't consider the P1 a good winter DD.

b33g33 > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 13:35

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This is some kind of messed up viral/guerrilla marketing tactic by these super car manufacturers.

I bet both those "cars" were really life size cardboard models.

If and when the "Abandoned" La Ferrari shows up, someone throw a match at it and see what happens.

Unless it's already on fire ... Hey-yoooooh!

b33g33 > Troll is English for Troll 02/06/2014 at 13:37

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He probably would like that.

Kmccauley > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 13:39

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Oh my god the Koeniggsegg looks ugly and shed-built when viewed on the same page as a P1.

Troll is English for Troll > b33g33 02/06/2014 at 13:40

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Now he's a masochist? :O

chromecarz00 > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 13:48

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Maybe, just MAYBE, he's a huge Jalop and parked these cars in a vaguely public area so gearheads like us can go and see them whenever we want?

ihm96 > hatescyclists 02/06/2014 at 13:52

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Nah this is in an open parking garage and nobody will be able to catch up with us so just break the window and have a tutorial on hot wiring beforehand. Of course it'll probably be a bajillion dollars to replace the window but whatever

Nitzer Ebblestone > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 13:53

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Stories like this make me want to believe in Heaven & Hell because this guy needs to rot (unlike his abandoned x-million-dollar cars). Or I could win the lottery (Power Ball/Mega Millions); that would work too.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > ihm96 02/06/2014 at 13:59

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I'm with you.

and I don't often quote dane cook. But any guy would want to be part of a heist:

Casper > Coty 02/06/2014 at 14:00

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It was kinja'd. :( What was it?

ihm96 > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 02/06/2014 at 14:09

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Haha not much of a Dane Cook fan (more of a Louis ck guy) but that was good

Weapon10 > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 14:17

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Did we ever establish that the koenigsegg was abandoned? A month isn't that long.

Does anybody know who this guy is? What if he's one of the nicest guys you ever met and has to travel so much for his work that his super cars get left for longer than we deem is appropriate.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > ihm96 02/06/2014 at 14:17

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I'm not either. I'm more of a Lewis Black kind of guy. This just fit!

Idiot-Slapper > TheCraigy 02/06/2014 at 14:21

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Since some guy said so on the internet.

magman007 > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 14:47

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not the biggest fan of the P1 due to the lack of development (Ie tarting up the same ol 3.8l and the same monocoque as the 12c) but good god does that car look sinister in black. Can't wait to see a la ferrari in black.

Dr_Watson > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 14:49

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I spy with my little eyes...

Porsche ass.

OhAlbanianKar > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 14:49

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A million dollar P1 is probably more like his Segway when his daily driver is a $40 million G6. And how often do you use your Segway?

Sheriff Of American Douchetown > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 14:54

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Looks like Bruce Wayne is in town...

TheCraigy > Idiot-Slapper 02/06/2014 at 15:00

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Pretty much!!

vdub_nut: scooter snob > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 15:01

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I almost doubt that cars like that depreciate. Also, "million dollar" probably just meant "really expensive", upon a second reading.

Ryan > ihm96 02/06/2014 at 15:05

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Just find the vin numbers, plasti-dip it some hideous color and then track it. No one will ever know!

Moondrake > ihm96 02/06/2014 at 15:11

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Sadly it isn't since it's the same parking spot and the same number plates :(

San Baban > ihm96 02/06/2014 at 15:14

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The tickets are on me , lets go buddy !!!!

nikh23 > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 15:22

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Why is it considered abandoned if he left it there for 1-2 months?? This guy probably is driven around wherever he needs to go. I haven't moved my car for probably at least 2 months, but then again I drive a civic and use public transportation.

DatBomb > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 15:30

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I wonder what his donations account looks like...

Rx_37 > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 15:32

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If i had a car like that i wouldn't dare leave it out of sight, especially in a public parking lot!

Half-Caulked Jack > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 15:43

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I feel like there should be some sort of program in place to decide who is "worthy" of these cars- A few show/display models are acceptable for posterity/museums- But if you can go more than a week without driving this car, and not because you're in another country , then this car is too good for you.

I realize that people would have a problem with that, but imagine what it would do for public perception ( specifically jalops and jalop-like folk ) if a company refused to sell people cars because they wouldn't drive the pants off of them at every opportunity?

Rand0nS > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 15:52

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I LOL at all the hate in here. Who cares what he does with his own cars, he surely doesn't. This person clearly makes more money and everyone on this website combined. Not like any of us could afford this car anyway. Stressing out over nothing.

Rand0nS > bob and john 02/06/2014 at 15:53

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like you could ever get one anyway. I'm sure this person has enough money to convince any car brand to sell them a car.

Rand0nS > Saracen 02/06/2014 at 15:54

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We'll never have enough money to understand so don't worry about it.

Rand0nS > The World of Vee 02/06/2014 at 15:58

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You are too wise for the internet comment section.

Rand0nS > TheCraigy 02/06/2014 at 15:58

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Internet idiots.

Rand0nS > MtrRider Just Wants Doritos 02/06/2014 at 15:58

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Yes it does.

Rand0nS > Manuél Ferrari 02/06/2014 at 15:59

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When you are ubber rich, it's impossible to drive every car you own often.

Rand0nS > Kmccauley 02/06/2014 at 15:59

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I think everything would look like shit next to the P1.

Rand0nS > Troll is English for Troll 02/06/2014 at 16:00

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You jelly?

Rand0nS > bob and john 02/06/2014 at 16:00

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What makes you think its forgotten about? Maybe he's too busy driving his other 50+ cars.

Manuél Ferrari > Rand0nS 02/06/2014 at 16:08

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That would be so funny

I have to DD a new sports car for at LEAST 3 months until I feel like I really know it well. That's when I get more comfortable pushing it hard and when it gets more enjoyable to drive.

If you had so many cars that you rarely drove them then every time you got in one it would feel like it does when you drive a friend's car. Exciting but also kind of unnerving because you aren't familiar enough with the car's specific handling traits to really feel comfortable in it.

highplainsdrifter > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 16:18

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You would think the folks at Mclaren would find better homes for their products considering they are in such high demand. This guy probably got one before Leno and its already dropped in value solely because he's the owner.

highplainsdrifter > Bullitt Ride 02/06/2014 at 16:19

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This guys just a wannabe Tom Haverford.

squelchuk > The World of Vee 02/06/2014 at 16:27

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BUT HE WAS PARKED ON A WHITE LINE

That's... that's up there with the genocides going on in various African republics, the persecution of the Nepalese and, well, Ron Dennis not giving me a job as McLaren test driver when I asked.

Some things are important you know!

squelchuk > magman007 02/06/2014 at 16:27

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The lack of development?

*shakes head* I must remember, don't feed the trolls

The World of Vee > squelchuk 02/06/2014 at 16:34

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I wrote a post about when to vandalize cars a while back (hint, never)

Jalopnik tough guys are the absolute worst.

Bullitt Ride > highplainsdrifter 02/06/2014 at 16:37

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Tom who?

StoneColdSteveUrkel > magman007 02/06/2014 at 16:40

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highplainsdrifter > Bullitt Ride 02/06/2014 at 16:41

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He's a TV character, buddy with the P1 is not you. #treatyoself

myTotaledTahoe > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 16:41

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I hate hate hate this stupid, hideous spoiler. Koenigsegggsgegsggegsgs have only been getting uglier and uglier since the CCX. all they've done is tart up the exterior with terrible wings, vents, & paintjobs

I used to love them, but the Agera is so halfassed I don't have any faith in them anymore

Bullitt Ride > highplainsdrifter 02/06/2014 at 16:43

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Ahhh. I see now...

magman007 > squelchuk 02/06/2014 at 16:51

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OK, of course the car is completely developed, they spent millions and it has the most current cutting edge technology, thats great. Its still the same monocoque and block as the car that costs 750k less.

I agree with Horacio Pagani, its not that exciting, its a hopped up mp4-12c with some kers installed. The Porsche is much more interesting from an engineering standpoint, and the la ferrari was developed from the ground up (i assume the block is the one from the f12)

gear332 > vdub_nut: scooter snob 02/06/2014 at 16:56

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The recommended article about this guy's Koenigsegg has a title that calls it a $2 million car. I thin that's what the original comment is referring to.

Arch > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 17:12

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Dear owners of cars with moveable wings,
They come up at speed for a reason. We all get that. Now get this. If you drive around town and/or park with yours manually extended like some sort of puffed up mechanical peacock tail, you're trying way too hard. Relax already.

Built BMW Tough > Mochimaster 02/06/2014 at 17:13

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Why leave it up? Another douche thing to do, like the 911 owners who have their wing up all the time just to look cool.

Mochimaster > vdub_nut: scooter snob 02/06/2014 at 17:35

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You're right. Ferrari Enzos started at ~700k and are now above 1 mil.

Mochimaster > TheCraigy 02/06/2014 at 17:37

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Well at least that's what most of the internet wants us to believe.

Mochimaster > Rand0nS 02/06/2014 at 17:37

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IM SCHU A DUMB IYdOT!!!11!!1!

Mochimaster > Weapon10 02/06/2014 at 17:39

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The internet considers leaving a car for more than a month abandoned ;). Vee Langs says it's The owner is Hans Gross, the CEO of RunningBall.

Mochimaster > Rand0nS 02/06/2014 at 17:41

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Relax, I'm just writing a follow-up on a story that was written on Jalopnik a while back.