EVO Magazine - June 2004 - Carrera GT -vs- McLaren F1 (scans!)

[Peloton25]

I think #049 was just an assumption though, made using 'process of elimination' based on the color. I don't think it's actually been confirmed. Maybe someone remembers something different.

>8^)
ER

[Peloton25]

If you simply can't wait:



>8^)
ER

[drunken monkey]

as for rowan atkinson writing the article.
well, he does have particularly fine taste in fast cars....

[Peloton25]

Originally Posted by drunken monkey

how lucky was i?

Off Topic: In regards to the photo in your sig, if you took that you were incredibly lucky. If you have a larger version of it I would love to "borrow" a copy from you. Also, if you have more, please share them. The Elise GT1 is another of my favorites and there simply aren't enough great photos circulating of it.

Thanks in advance!!

>8^)
ER

[teflon]

I'm surprised no one mentioned the error on the spec page. It says the F1 has a rear anti-roll bar, but it doesn't.

Greg A

[maartenvanthek]

it was mentioned before, i believe even autocar had this wrong in their famous test of it.

EDIT: on the chassis number thing...
i've seen this car in person, doors open, but i don't remember the chassis number and my pics are somehow lost (stupid yes, but i can vividly remember it which is more important!) so i really don't have a good clue on what car it is. Chris has been there as well and he got the chance to sit in it too, so he is someone who should know it like me, but i think he doesn't know it for sure too.

[drunken monkey]

if you've got the issue of evo where the elise GT1 was featured... well, the tourists who unsheathed their fag saized digital cameras were me and my friends who were taking the old folks from hong kong on a trip to leads castle.

the pics were taken right next to where the falsonary shows are done and when they started the engine (to move the car) it more than caught their attention....
great day.

and yeah, i'll find an original file for you.
not sure how big it is though.
pm you later.

monkey.

[McLaren F1 Guy]

monkey: Wow! That pic really did remind me of that article. You definitely were lucky.

[mini magic]

Originally Posted by maartenvanthek

Chris has been there as well and he got the chance to sit in it too

I didn't sit in it. I had sat in the blue one a few days before and i felt it was appropriate to ask to sit in it considering they were nice enough to open specially for me. Its an amazing car and i hope to go back this summer and possibly sit in it. I am convinced it is Mercedes Brilliant Silver though

[tvrfreak]

I guess you meant to write INappropriate...?

[maartenvanthek]

youy didn't catch a glimpse of the chassis plague? no hard feelings, should've done it myself!

[Peloton25]

I recall Chris saying that the car was parked with the right side near a wall and that he couldn't see the plaque from where he was. No biggee...

It's a real shame that McLaren Cars didn't display the chassis number prominently on the roof like those numbers you see on the roof of a Police car - then we'd have no problem identifying each and every one.

J/K btw...

>8^)
ER

[mini magic]

i meant to say " i didn't feel it was appropriate.." my bad


The guy opened the door and said be careful of the carbon fiber on the floor (some peice was sitting in the passenger footwell). If i had sat in it. the 1st thing i would have done is looked at the chassis #.

If mclaren displayed the chassis on the roof of the car we wouldn't have anything to talk (READ: Argue) about

[maartenvanthek]

yeah like some police car number

[Newton22]

My friend told me about it in class today. How much is the Evo mag here in the U.S.? And the only places to pick it up are like Borders, Barnes and Noble etc.?