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Originally Posted by KevinBotes
building a replica is not about the performance and handling of the original. it is about owning something that looks like your dream car. I so want a mclaren but i so can't afford it. Buying a (urgh) porsche (puke, puke) or a ferrari (which i still can't afford)would still be a better driving eperience, but i am a mclaren fan for a reason and that is cause the car is beautiful. So what if a replica is only 1% of the real thing.
I have seen so many replica cobras out there and i know that they are not cheap either. but even though it is not real i still admire those who make them. also people will know it is not real just as people know that 99% of cobraas on the road are not real. That doesn't deter from the fact that the replica is still a cool car. Id rather have a replica mclaren/cobra etc than drive a mini metro.
A replica is also not just about having a car that looks like the real thing. building a replica for some people is as much enjoyment as driving a real sportscar.
As a creator of sorts, growing up with legos, making my own furniture, having a hand in building my own home, the sense of achievement in building and finishing a project is a thrill in itself.
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I don't really have a problem with replicas. The replicas I don't have a problem with are usually called recreations. Cars like the Porsche 917, Shelby Cobras, and GT40 (all MK variants) are very expensive to purchase an original. Plus, if you have the original, I very much doubt you would track it as hard as it was many years ago when raced. These cars are easily reproduced as "replicas" because the materials and design of the car's chassis and body is nothing that is incredibly hard to reproduce today for a fraction of the cost of real ownership. We're literally talking 1960s technology.
This is not the case for the F1. The enormous price of the vehicle today has a lot to do with the materials used and costs of production. It isn't something that could be replicated VERY CLOSELY like one can do with a GT40, Cobra, etc. These McLaren kits will always fall short of the real deals, unlike the Cobras or GT40s, and it just ends up being a mockery.