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Toasted McLaren F1 Makes Baby Jesus Cry
Oh, the humanity!
Ok, so apparently if you are taking your McLaren out of long-term storage, make sure you have a Halon fire extinguisher (or 6) handy. This unlucky chap sprung his F1 from the lockup after a six month nap, and it turned into a veritable roman candle very quickly. Make the jump for more photos of the carnage.
The tears of every clown in the world won't make this right.
The sad thing is, as you can see above, the car was a total loss. Luckily for unlucky owner in question, it was insured for $3 million, and valued at $2 million. If it turns out this is an insurance scam, I’ll be the first to grab a pitchfork and torches. That nefarious insinuation aside, it is a tragedy that it was destroyed, as only 106 were produced.
[Source: Jalopnik]
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WTF does the fireman with the axe plan to do?
Words by Lightnup on June 2, 2009 at 6:29 pm | #
So what temp does the McClaren’s headers get to? Isn’t it mostly made of carbon fiber?
Words by Adam on June 3, 2009 at 2:23 am | #
from what i understand, McLaren went all out with gold-foil heatsheilding, so unless this guy pulled it out and threw in a Flowmaster that was rubbing the bodywork, i doubt the headers caused the problem. but i dunno – i’ll keep an eye out for a follow-up on what caused the fire.
oh, and as for the axe, i dunno … maybe attack the owner for destroying an irreplaceable masterpiece?
Words by Alex Kierstein on June 3, 2009 at 12:57 pm | #