Anyone bought a new car recently?

[campbell]

Managed to view in web mode. Very svelte, Greg. When’s the first trackday

[Cowan]

Lovely!! Is that tdf blue and cuoio interior? Just the best combo!

Blu Scozia and Terra Bruciata - similar to cuoio but darker

I did wonder to be honest as the interior looked a shade darker. Difficult to tell sometimes. I just happen to have had an F12 in TDF blue and cuoio 3 years ago. Enjoy!

[renmure]

I did a thing

Yup, that's a lovely thing you've did.

[rossybee]

Lovely!! Is that tdf blue and cuoio interior? Just the best combo!

Blu Scozia and Terra Bruciata - similar to cuoio but darker

Bravo sir! Lovely

I'm guessing scozia is darker than TdF?

A friend has an F12 in Blu Swaters which is similar

[GregR]

Scozia is darker and a ‘historic’ colour. It’s flat rather than metallic but looks (to my eyes) very nice indeed. Here’s a pic from the production line:

[ClarkyBoy]

Very nice Mr Rolfe !

[steve_weegie]

Scozia is darker and a ‘historic’ colour. It’s flat rather than metallic but looks (to my eyes) very nice indeed. Here’s a pic from the production line:

[renmure]

Keeping up the tradition of getting something that will be totally wasted on me I've gone and bought a McLaren 600LT Spider

I always thought McLarens all looked a bit similar apart from the one where the exhausts come out the top of the engine and spit flames rather than out the back so thought that was a good enough way to narrow down the choice in combination with a need for orange seat belts

Anyhow, the 1st owner obviously had more money than sense and ticked a lot of the more expensive options

Carbon pack 1 (door mirror casings and extended side intakes) was £3,300.

Carbon pack 2 (front splitter with integrated twin endplates, side skirts with aero winglets, rear bumper with integrated diffuser, rear bumper aero fins and rear spoiler) was just under £5,900.

Carbon Fibre Pack 3: Carbon Fibre Exterior Door Inserts, Rear Deck and Service Cover for the oil etc and was a snip at £15895 from the factory option list.

MSO Clubsport pack which included the carbon louvres, carbon Senna seats, carbon interior upgrade and titanium wheel bolts was £18,200

Plus an additional £4k for the full McLaren Track Telemetry system and inbuilt cameras.

The Security pack with nose lift, front and rear parking sensors, rearview camera and car cover was £4k, plus an ugrade to Bowers & Wilkins 12-speaker audio, and soft-close doors – was another £4kish

MSO Silica White paint at over £6k a pop and has full body ppf from new

On top of all that, I think you had to pay for the rest of the car as well. Oh yeah, it also has the Ultra-Light 5 spoke alloys and not your regular Super-Light alloys. I think that cost a lot as well.

Since I have more sense than money, I've bought it 2nd hand from the owner. Being really sensible I've also bought it with a 2 year full McLaren warranty.

Picking it up next weekend.

[campbell]

Haha

Jim that’s the smartest new car I’ve seen in a looong while. Really well done

Love a fully carboned Macca and rare to see them in white (or is that just brushed unobtanium gleaming in the sun )

[renmure]

I'd actually discounted white (and black) initially. Other than orange I don't really associate McLaren with any particular colour and I was never really taken with any of the various oranges available. I was just focused on as much gloss carbon as possible and the Senna seats and wanted something that best contrasted that. There was a white coupe at the Glasgow dealership and I went through to have a nosy a few weeks ago and that changed my opinion on white. Suppose the Stratos is white under all the war-paint so they might make a decent pair

[douglasgdmw]

Jim,

Looks absolutely fantastic, its mouth watering how much people spend on carbon when speccing a mclaren/ferrari etc.

Is that the same variant of McLaren that Harry Metcalfe has just recently purchased?

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[ed]

Offt, lovely car, enjoy!

[tonyg]

Great looking car Jim, enjoy it.

Options price reminds me of an Evo group test that I read in 2021 when I was thinking about buying a Lexus LC500.
Cost of the options on the Ferrari Roma was more than the cost of the Lexus !

[renmure]

Thanks all. I think it's a 650 that Harry Metcalfe has. Normal exhausts that just stick out the back

The option costs are crazy. I've just been taking a closer look and the 5 spoke Ultra Lightweight wheels were £4200 plus £1170 to have them in gloss black and £600 for titanium wheel bolts. Incredibly it comes with an "MSO defined ignition key" at £400 and from what I can remember that just seemed to be an orange fob... presumably to match the £300 orange seat belts.

[C7Steve]

Very nice.


Steve.