Mclaren Service Centres

[hurstg01]

After reading about the Schaefers cars in a thread earlier today, I was wondering where the other Mclaren F1 service centres are?

I have heard of one in LA (Leno was heard quoting this, stating there are "about 8 F1's" in California), Schaefers, Woking, Sydney(?), ELG Engineering in Japan, any more?

[Peloton25]

The one in Los Angeles is actually at the BMW Port of Entry and Vehicle Prep Center at Port Hueneme in Oxnard, CA.

Address: 5650 Arcturus Avenue Oxnard, CA - (Satellite photo)

Don't bother driving by in hopes of spotting an F1 - even people who have been given tours of the facility have not had any luck in seeing the F1s. That area is even off limits to most of the staff, I was told.

The other service center in the USA is in Montvale, NJ (I think), but I am having trouble locating the address at the moment.

I believe there were a total of 7 in the world, including Woking. The two here, plus Schaefer in Germany and ELG in Japan, makes 5. I don't know exactly where the other two would be, assuming I am right about the total number.


EDIT: I forgot about BMW of Sydney that took care of (in more ways than one ) chassis #009 for so many years. I guess that would be considered one. Leaves us with one left to account for - maybe something in South Africa?

>8^)
ER

[carbuilder2002]

A good bet would be the middle east, my guess would be Dubai.

[F1 monster]

No, the Dubai owner just has a private mechanic. The8 official centers, as told to me by the factory a few years ago, are:
USA - Oxnard BMW facility - Los Angeles
USA - Montvale BMW facility - New Jersey
England - factory
Sweden
Germany
Japan - ELG
Australia - BMW of Sydney
New Zealand (probably not counted as a current service center, and I would think that there are probably efforts afoot to replace it with one in South Africa)

Edit: Just read Peloton's post - we think alike!

[BMW.WilliamsF1Team]

I'm not sure about South Africa. I went to the BMW dealership in Cape Town almost 7 years ago. Very nice place and it's not like your run-of-the-mill BMW dealer. They had Z1 on display. They even had part of the Berlin wall there.

[carbuilder2002]

Well it was just a guess lol

[cabrio92]

Hmm,

and SPS in Germany ? No garages in Swiss ?
Do you think they keep this labal for life or do they can lost this ?

Phil

[Peloton25]

Some owners may have used SPS, but I don't think they are on the official list. I know that cars that lived in Switzerland made their way to Schaefer at times, so I wouldn't think there is a servicing center there.

Also, it's possible to have your own private mechanic trained by McLaren to work on the car and several owners have gone that route.

>8^)
ER

[cabrio92]

Thanks Erik

When you think about use msn messenger, please to tell me

Phil

[Emil J]

Originally Posted by F1 monster

No, the Dubai owner just has a private mechanic. The8 official centers, as told to me by the factory a few years ago, are:
USA - Oxnard BMW facility - Los Angeles
USA - Montvale BMW facility - New Jersey
England - factory
Sweden
Germany
Japan - ELG
Australia - BMW of Sydney
New Zealand (probably not counted as a current service center, and I would think that there are probably efforts afoot to replace it with one in South Africa)

Edit: Just read Peloton's post - we think alike!

Sweden?... are you sure... sounds abit odd... I suppose they ment Mclaren had a deal with a local dealer/workshop.