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#16
11-23-2001, 06:41 PM
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2 out of a hundred are gone forever. :cry: :cry: :cry:
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#17
12-01-2001, 01:28 AM
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No pictures but more wrecked McLarens
A few of you may have heard that a couple of years ago, (early 1999) the multi-millionaire Chris Dawes was killed in his friends McLaren in England after hitting a tree at over 180mph. The car was completely destroyed as were the driver and both passengers. Dawes was not driving his own car at the time. I was unable to determine what happened to his car after his death. I am sure it was siezed by England officials as Dawes was arrested for drug possession with intent to supply.
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#18
12-01-2001, 09:03 PM
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So there are only 97 McLarens out there! I wonder what happened to the tree, but I'm glad there arent any pictures (I dont want to see a deadly accident)
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#19
12-01-2001, 09:36 PM
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One less McLaren
I was never shown any images of the crash, but I am sure it is much like the crash pictured from XP1, the unpainted car, that crashed in the Nambian desert during testing in 1993. It caught fire and completely burned. The test driver at the time escaped completely unscathed after flipping end over end more than once, sliding upside down and continuing to roll over and over from 150mph. The car remained completely intact, the fire started after the car remained upsided down as oil leaked onto the hot exhaust. It is buried at the McLaren factory with suiting tombstone.
XP2 was submitted to the crash test at MIRA but was the ONLY car to leave the facility in driveable condition. It may have been repaired. XP3 was also lost to a crash, I believe.. I also know of another car that a young .com kid from Frisco that had his car a matter of a few weeks (maybe months) before crashing it near Los Angeles. The car was sent back to England for repairs. I have unconfirmed rumors of 1 other car, but believe it also was repaired. Several GTRs were damaged badly from racing incidents. #025R Engine fire 1996 #022R Bad engine fire 1996 There were others as well, but all in the name of being the BEST...
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#24
12-01-2002, 12:39 AM
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Has it ever crossed your minds that MAYBE those crashed mclarens are duplicates?
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#25
12-01-2002, 10:26 AM
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i think the whole liscensing thing is a good idea
specially inexperianced assholes like mr.bean who just say...heres the check...exchange keys...thanks...and 2 days later or wahtever crash it....damn these peopl
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#26
12-02-2002, 12:01 AM
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McLarens-Previously Damaged
The McLaren pictures that have been posted here that show considerable damage are actually quite rebuildable and with very few exceptions have been repaired for existing owners in some cases and for new owners that purchased the cars in the damaged condition. To my knowledge, only 3 cars have been totally written off as unrepairable.
There have been no publicly manufactured replicas of the McLaren. McLaren Cars, Ltd. is very serious as to their legal ownership of the McLaren shape and are quite quick to pursue those that abuse that ownership.
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#27
12-02-2002, 12:12 AM
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the guy from MR. Bean crashed a Mclaren? the same guy that played in rat race?
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#28
12-31-2002, 12:43 PM
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Re: McLarens-Previously Damaged
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#29
12-31-2002, 01:01 PM
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Who’d dare build a car without doors or side windows or a hood? Only Lotus. And who’d dare drive one? You would. The 340R is the sports car for people who live to drive and want the whole experience as raw and as pure as it comes.
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#30
03-04-2003, 03:02 PM
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In defence of Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson)!
The guy is really involved in the sports/classic car scene and frequently races in historic festivals in England (like Goodwood etc). If you read mags like Classic & Sportscar you'll know about that. That DOES NOT make him an ace driver of course, but surely he's certainly not just someone who buys the most expensive toys to show off. Also this specific accident was all over the papers in England since it happened on a busy city street (in London I think) when he crashed onto the back of an Austin Metro (it's a small very inexpensive city car) driven by an old lady. They were doing no more than 30 mph if I'm not mistaken!
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