Anybody running a McLaren 650/570?
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gintonic
50 shades of grey pussy cats
Seeker_UK
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
IMHO, Lotus isn't bringing a reasonably priced mid-engine brand with the Emira at £75k. Unless they have a new 4-pot on the way for less than the cost of a Boxster.
Seeker_UK
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
Yes. I often go out for a drive around the local b-roads to clear my head.
Tony Lockhart
Avoiding Stress, at Every Opportunity
Where do you live, and where do you drive? If you live in say, Woking, I can sympathise. If you live in Masham, you need to try harder!
Mainly my VW T6 work van. I do own a Golf GTD but drive it about once a fortnight when I need to go somewhere in it. Bought it as an ex demo in 2014 and will keep it till it dies.
My comment wasn’t meant to wind anyone up it’s just that I know a lot of people with fast cars expensive that don’t really do any more with then than I do with mine. Each to their own.
Where do you live, and where do you drive? If you live in say, Woking, I can sympathise. If you live in Masham, you need to try harder!
South Devon. I spend most of my summer time out at sea where I enjoy going as fast as I want where I want. It’s the best place to be to avoid all the caravans and motorhomes that clog up the roads
Tony Lockhart
Avoiding Stress, at Every Opportunity
Yeah, bloody tourists bringing money to an area with few industries…
You're lucky to have got away with that one so far. I would imagine that a suitable McLaren owner probably has a gate house, perhaps also an Orangery
andyoz
pfm Member
IMHO, Lotus isn't bringing a reasonably priced mid-engine brand with the Emira at £75k. Unless they have a new 4-pot on the way for less than the cost of a Boxster.
It is compared to a Ferrari or Lambo
Anyone taking it to Porsche is good in my book. I'm a bit worried the expectations are too high on Lotus. I was watching a YouTube video of buyer of one of the final year Elises. If he went round a corner too fast, the panel holding the Start button fell out
Sue Pertwee-Tyr
Accuphase all the way down
Is that why you see so many orange Maclarens?
It doesn't strike me that he's moaning, rather telling it as it is. It can be a massive pain getting across Cornwall during the summer - I'm in Devon however and know a few decent driveabouts.Yeah, bloody tourists bringing money to an area with few industries…
It depends where you are. I've been commuting weekly to N Wales from Leeds, it's been great. However they now want me in Suffolk and that commute is going to be painful. A1 south to Cambridge, then across, returning Friday night in time for the queues at various towns an route for Cambridge, then the horrors of the A1 northbound. Aaaaargh...
Tony Lockhart
Avoiding Stress, at Every Opportunity
Enjoy. No way around that on a Friday evening. Roadworks east of Cambridge too, 50mph limits.
cutting42
Arrived at B4 Hacker Ergo
IMHO, Lotus isn't bringing a reasonably priced mid-engine brand with the Emira at £75k. Unless they have a new 4-pot on the way for less than the cost of a Boxster.
The 4 pot starts at £60k. Hardly cheap but not much to compete on looks and handling IMO
Darren L
Egalitarian
So my sister got a phonecall from McLaren sometime before Christmas, it went a little something like this,
"Good Morning Mrs Rutherford, we are delighted to receive your order, in order to process your order and to start work on your car we need a deposit of £18,000 (something like that, I can't remember the exact figure) " to which Ruth replied "what!!!??" , then the guy says
" Yes, Mrs R your husband Thomas has ordered a 'such and such' model on our online car builder"
Ruth said "Thomas? You mean Tommy my 8 year old son?" , Ruth apologised but the guy just laughed.
Turns out my nephew Tommy who's 8 went onto their website where you can choose your model, colour, wheels, extras, etc and had ordered himself a new car, lol, good job he didn't have Ruth's credit card, previously him and his sister had went onto a clothes shopping website, Next perhaps, and spent over £2k on new clothes using their mums credit card, though my niece did pick something for her mum,
"Good Morning Mrs Rutherford, we are delighted to receive your order, in order to process your order and to start work on your car we need a deposit of £18,000 (something like that, I can't remember the exact figure) " to which Ruth replied "what!!!??" , then the guy says
" Yes, Mrs R your husband Thomas has ordered a 'such and such' model on our online car builder"
Ruth said "Thomas? You mean Tommy my 8 year old son?" , Ruth apologised but the guy just laughed.
Turns out my nephew Tommy who's 8 went onto their website where you can choose your model, colour, wheels, extras, etc and had ordered himself a new car, lol, good job he didn't have Ruth's credit card, previously him and his sister had went onto a clothes shopping website, Next perhaps, and spent over £2k on new clothes using their mums credit card, though my niece did pick something for her mum,
I saw an orange lego one at Goodwood!
