skinsfan202

Yesterday was the third time that I saw the car in two weeks. It was a red McLaren F1 the baddest car I've ever seen. I saw it in front of Cloverly safeway on New Hampshire Ave in Silver Spring. I never thought I'd see one of those in. WOW!!!!

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skinsfan202

I am going to keep a camera in my car I am sure I will see the guy at some point I'll post a pic as soon as I see him again, he's always in the area. The car is ridiculous

zigzagzig

wtf, i live 3 minutes from cloverly safeway and i've never seen this F1?!?!?!

skinsfan202

where do you live?
I am sure you will see this fellow soon, he said the car is a 2000.
It's bright red, you can't miss it. I can't believe this guy lives by us. The car is Out of Hand!!!! Keep your eyes and ears open. It will blow your mind.

Beltfed

Well he's wrong......McLaren F1 production ended in May 98 with 100 cars total built.

thatguy

maybe he had a kit car????

skinsfan202

He said it was a McLaren F1 GTR I don't know what the "GTR" is. He had Tennessee tags.

TypeSKid

Interesting....Young or old guy driving it?

skinsfan202

He looked about 35.

Beltfed

There were 28 GTRs built between 95-97 and very few of those came to the U.S.

zeroday

isnt the gtr the racing version of the mclaren f1 (longtail etc)? It should have looked like a full blown race car.

You'd think if the guy dropped 800k or so on a mclaren race car he'd know the year it was made...no such thing as a 2000 mclaren as beltfed said.

Beltfed

The GTR was developed so people that owned Mclarens could actually compete in the FIA GT Series and eventually the Le Mans 24hr. The 95 and 96 GTRs looked pretty much like a standard Mclaren F1. In 97, the car got heavily upgraded due to changes in the Le Mans 24hr and GT Series rules (body enhancements, new tranny, and it lost a good amount of weight, etc).

DRM600

heh heh this reminds me of when someone brought in a mclaren into the shop where my friend works to get a smog check. the guy driving it was the owner´s pilot and peeled out a bit showing off when he left.

1SICKLEX

School em Beltfed. The Mclaren is the greatest performance car ever built. No turbos, 2200 lbs, no waiting. Nothing could touch these cars at the time and cars now still can't mess with it.

How about 0-60 in 3.2, 0-100 in 6.4, 0-150 in 12.8 and 0-200 in 28 secs. Top speed 240mph.

Gordan Murray and crew were well ahead of their time. The car was concieved at the airport while waiting for their plane.

KCPreki11

Interesting tidbit..

joeshmoe

Shit cloverly safeway!!!!!!!

Maybe its Juan Dixon, he lives right in hampshire greens.

skinsfan202

He's got the Black escalade on 23's
It definitely wasn't JD either because the guy was 40 and white.
I've seen Dixon at Buffalo Wings and Beer playing pool-HA.

ccshamrock2004

i thought they are only 3 or so registered F1's in the US. two of which are in texas.

1SICKLEX

Wyclef has 1 I think.

360

Ya two of them are in Tx I saw the sliver one once goint down the hwy i freaked out. I think the only other one is in seattle, from what i heard.
Ya and beltfed is right they stopped making them in 98 and there are only 99 left. the pres of BMW totaled his. a few years back.

ccshamrock2004

the ones owned in TX are owned by ordinary people who are both doctors of some sort. i know that for sure. someone famous owns one but i am not sure who it is.
Mr. Bean(the tv guy) owns one but thats in Europe

Ahmad310

This was at a car show in cincy a few years ago

beerknurd

I saw a McLaren in Apsen with TX plates on it. It was silver. I was in my Geo and was bitching about $2.30/gallon.

liquid_x

i know wyclef has a pagani zonda

if u guys are like wtf is a pagani zonda go on kazaa and look for a top gear vid about the zonda and u will be blown away

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KCPreki11

Ralph Lauren owns one.

zigzagzig

i live in hampshire greens and he doesnt have a mclaren...he's not that bank...


"i thought they are only 3 or so registered F1's in the US. two of which are in texas"

ralph lauren bought one, liked it so much, he ordered another.... mother focker

vuduvida

McLaren had a showroom in London up until at least two years ago. I don't know know if it's still open (I searched and couldn't find any info). It was weird- I was just walking around the city, looked in a building and saw a F1 sitting there. This was in '01 so maybe they hadn't sold all of their inventory by then.

The showroom had one car and one salesperson (A hot blonde lady). She let me in to take a couple pics. Two German guys came in while I was there and one of them actually bowed down to the car (half-jokingly). The car is truly amazing to see.

While searching to see if the showroom was still open, I did find this video (10MB) somebody took of the car in that showroom

there's also one still for sale here in the US here

my pics:

TypeS-Cgy

SO VERY TRUE!!!!

JRock

If there were only a few in the US, it would make sense at least one would be in the DC area.