new problem child

[kerryxeg]

I paid Mclaren Glasgow a visit on my way home with the car, it's a pretty handy location once you negotiate the bizarre roadwork junction. I'll be down in July for the annual service, so looking for ways to spend the day while they do their work.

[C7Steve]

Very nice Kerry

Steve.

[BigD]

Stunning car, hope you get use of it and enjoy.

[StiflerMR2]

Amazing choice, well done

I'm a huge fan of McLaren and what they are trying to do with their roadcars. The new 570GT looks amazing as well.

One day perhaps, although I'd settle for the Exige if I couldn't have a Macca!

Enjoy it in good health

[campbell]

looking for ways to spend the day while they do their work.

Glasgow Transport Museum.

Shopping.

Walk around the splendour of Strathclyde Park.

[istoo]

and is that the top of the suie heading North?

Yep top marks for observation, coincidentally also where the exige avatar photo was taken 13 years earlier.........I realised when I was driving past, so looked for the exact spot, but they have fixed the fence.

Needless to say, but it is incredible. Hard to explain really, I've not had anything quite like it. It is so comfortable you can forget what you are driving, and as a result are not always prepared for the over positive reaction you sometimes get. Then you hit the paddle a couple of times and the character changes completely. If you want to get to know it better, I can highly recommend the EVO youtube diary on their 12C, very informative a straight forward assessment.

The Mclaren community seems to have a few committed members who circuit scotland. I did chuckle at their attempt tour of Wales, lots of interest, but no uptake when the price was announced for 2 nights in the 5 star hotel, a paid routemeister and enroute support team. Maybe I should suggest camping! There is a strong US following who have gathered lots of issues. In fairness to Mclaren, they have worked through the issues and upgraded systems to where necessary.

So far it hasn't missed a beat on the functional side, just a few niggles from lack of use, sticky latches etc, so even though it's a high tech science project there are still bits to tinker with.

The mess on the front is track wrap, I got some Xpel film fitted in all the problem areas, but they didn't have a pattern for the front with the parking sensors. Clark at PB did a great job of fitting and is following up with Xpel to get a front pattern. Track wrap was never going to look good, so he made it look temporary - very functional.

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Thats just round the corner from captain and myself... I cycle over that very often, its a little travelled route and the views are breathtaking IMHO. Never ceases to make me stop. hadn't clocked the exige picture until you mentioned it, in my defines, is that looking back up the hill so would make it harder to identify

Scenery aside, the car is pretty nice too
Often wonder how modern super cars are for reliability outside of the usual german suspects, would be interested to hear a longer term report, with some envy i might add. Every right to be enjoying it! Its only a brief hop from there onto the Cabrach you know, the B9002, its a short route but always the one that makes me think, yep, keeping the elise.

[ChrisG]

Lovely

[ed]

Mmmmmmhhhhhhh, Nice wheels!!!

[Dominic]

Congrats Kerry! That is a stunner!

[DJ]

Lovely. Swap you my (teenage) problem child for yours ?!

[Jam_s160]

wow lovely indeed... not jealous at all honest?

[ClarkyBoy]

Very nice indeed - well done Kerry!

[tut]

Kerry, did I read that McLaren would upgrade the 12C to the next spec free of charge?

tut

[Sanjøy]

I guess its okay if you like that sort of thing.

[graeme]

Kerry, did I read that McLaren would upgrade the 12C to the next spec free of charge?

tut

There's an update for IRIS which gets rid of some of the usability niggles, but it's not the same as IRIS 2 as that has hardware differences. Maybe that?

Congrats Kerry. It's a stunning machine in the flesh. Need to pop round for a proper drool up close!