McLaren F1 Longtail Race Car for sale on E-Bay

[mad4models]

Hi there,

Don't know if any of you have seen this, but it appears the the McLaren F1 GTR Longtail Race Car Chassis Number 19R is for sale on E-Bay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6472

The starting price is $900,000 although I don't know what the reserve is.

I am not aware of all the laws regarding certain vehicles in the USA, but can this car legally be kept in the USA if the winning bidder was an American.

Regards

Tim Dunlop
Mad4Models

[faisalkhan]

It can keep be driven/raced on private property. But it cannot be driven on public roads as a legally registered vehicle. It's a racecar, through and through.

Rgds,
Faisal.

[Peloton25]

Isn't there a time limit as to how long a car can remain in the US under those provisions? What rules would apply or what gov't regulations actually allow for F1 GTRs to be imported now?

I recall XOtech saying in the past that F1 GTRs weren't elligible for importation - but he could have possibly meant "...under Show&Display" which makes perfect sense.

If anyone can clarify that stuff, I'd really appreciate it!

>8^)
ER

[faisalkhan]

There is a time limit of 90 days for a racing carnet. This is typically used by race teams to import their cars into various countries for competition. It is issued in the home country of the racing team after they post a bond.

But you can buy any racecar and import it permanently by paying the import duties (2.5%) on it. As it's not going to be registered for road use, it is not subject to FMVSS and DOT regulations.

-Faisal.

[arthur12187]

holy crap!

[hiphophomer]

that ones not really worth the money it has no interior...just a messed up and ripped one and one seat replaced by a nos(i think)

[JE123]

If I bought it, it'd be tempting not to drive it on the road. You could just get it repainted to one solid color. That way most people would think it's some sort of street legal exotic. Well at least until they look inside.

[Peloton25]

Originally posted by hiphophomer
that ones not really worth the money it has no interior...just a messed up and ripped one and one seat replaced by a nos(i think)

Not worth the money???

It's a McLaren F1 GTR!! This particular car was the first long tailed F1 GTR ever built by McLaren in 1997 there are only 9 (well maybe 10) other cars like it in the entire world. Who cares that it has no interior and that you can't take two friends with you to the mall?!?! ...not anyone who could afford the car, that's for sure. If something like that truly concerned them, they'd probably find an F1 road car and buy that too.

And please tell me that you don't think the item in the picture below is a NOS bottle. It's actually the bottle for the dry-chemical fire suppression system. I would wager a year's salary on the fact that there isn't a McLaren F1 owner in the world stupid enough to add N2O to the BMW Motorsports engine.

>8^\
ER

[XOTech]

Peleton, Well said.

I share your thoughts, that there is likely no one that short of sense to have even attempted to install a nitrous system on a McLaren. What's more, the first person to do so, should be tied to an import ricer by the tongue or other body extremities of choice and dragged for several miles. My personal preference is to use the proper word, Nitrous rather than the newfound idium, NOZ.

[faisalkhan]

NOS is pronounced NOZ...don't think it's an idiom (as in "expression whose meaning cannot be understood by the meaning of the individual words").

The chemical formula is N2O, as Peloton mentioned.

The McLaren accelerating like a bat out of hell, or costing an arm and a leg...now those are idioms!

[XOTech]

I am aware of the fact of NOS being pronounced NOZ, as was my point. As you well know, Faisal, I come from the long-time proven method of doing things.

Nitrous has existed on hot rods and such for years. It really is nothing new. It strikes me as quite humorous that the newer generation can take something that has been around for years, call it by a new name and speak as though it is their hot new thing.

To each his own. If imports are your thing (fellow readers), no intended flame, but I still see things a little differently.

I have used Nitrous Oxide in many different applications for years on everything from drag cars to NSX's. It certainly has its uses and its usefulness, but it also packs a humbling whallup for those that have little experience with it, with the least of damage being loss of an intake manifold or a hood, and hopefully not a complete burn down or even worse a loss of life or otherwise.

My intended use of the word "idiom", albeit my poor spelling, was referring to my observation that most of those involved in the import rage do not fully understand what nitrous really does for a car and to a car (internally) other than "make the car go fast".

[Peloton25]

Not to add more fuel to this debate, but as I'm sure that you two know, "NOS" refers to the company "Nitrous Oxide Systems". I would certainly agree with you both though, that most people use the term NOS or NOZ incorrectly when referring to Nitrous/N2O induction setups since it identifies a specific brand and not the actual product.

It's kind of like saying you're going to Xerox something even though you're using a Minolta copier, or asking for a Kleenex when the box says Scott Tissue on it. Both have become the standard term even though technically it would be incorrect in both cases.

Enough talk about the bottle I guess though...

>8^)
ER