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    $2 Million McLaren F1 Self-Immolates In Sickening Conflagration
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    06/02/09

    In reply to $2 Million McLaren F1 Self-Immolates In Sickening Conflagration
    That is like watching money burn.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/02/09

    In reply to $2 Million McLaren F1 Self-Immolates In Sickening Conflagration
    Just cause it's got some minor burns, doesn't make it unrestorable.
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    Image of tony-e30 tony-e30
    06/02/09

    In reply to $2 Million McLaren F1 Self-Immolates In Sickening Conflagration
    Only one thing left to do now; LeMons!!!
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    06/02/09

    @tony-e30: Good luck buying a couple of brake disks for less than the same amount of money as an entire LeMons field.
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    Image of wkiernan wkiernan
    06/02/09

    @Mobius_1: I am not a Chief Justice, but I think brake discs are considered safety equipment and are exempt from the $500 limit.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    06/02/09

    @wkiernan: Indeed, brakes, tires, cage, seats, harnesses etc are all exempt.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    06/02/09

    @wkiernan: Hehe, I didn't think of that.


    But I'd cry when the judges exercise their right to buy that car for $500. IIRC?

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    06/02/09

    In reply to $2 Million McLaren F1 Self-Immolates In Sickening Conflagration
    In peace may this McLaren rest,

    For in my heart, it is the best,

    A cool million, it was the dearest,

    Two forty one, it was the fastest,

    It accelerates with a bull's zest,

    Motivated by the V12 in its nest,

    Hundred made, forever the rarest,

    Pray , never another one go west.
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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    06/02/09

    In reply to $2 Million McLaren F1 Self-Immolates In Sickening Conflagration
    What sort of total jackhole nincompoop doesn't keep a fire extinguisher in the car?
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    Image of Beldrueger Beldrueger
    06/02/09

    @beercheck:


    The 99.9% of the population who don't drive cars with a tendency to spontaneously combust. Seriously, for $2 million, you'd think it might not catch fire. I'm not familiar with any car that comes with a fire extinguisher. Maybe all cars should come with a fire extinguisher, gas mask, taser, life vest, parachute, and a set of Jaws of Life in the trunk ... just in case.

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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    06/02/09

    @Beldrueger: So....you don't have a fire extinguisher, I take it. Get one.

    Few years ago, I watched a teenager in a sedan have a front right blowout on the highway about 200 yards in front of me. She over corrected and stabbed the brakes, heaving the car to the left and into the grass median. It eventually rolled 1-1/2 times, ending on its roof. I and two other drivers got there quickly, and while they were helping the driver and two passengers out of the car (seatbelts, baby: no injuries whatsoever), I was able to put out the fire from a ruptured brake line before it got any worse.


    $20, and 12"x4" worth of space, well spent.

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    Image of Kid Twist Kid Twist
    06/02/09

    In reply to $2 Million McLaren F1 Self-Immolates In Sickening Conflagration
    First time I've seen a McLaren destroyed by someone other than Heikki Kovalainen.
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    Image of jodark jodark
    06/02/09

    In reply to $2 Million McLaren F1 Self-Immolates In Sickening Conflagration
    I'll take a wheel and maybe a brake rotor. It should only cost as much as my car is worth.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/02/09

    @jodark: So you drive a Bentley?
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    Image of Captain Liverspots Captain Liverspots
    06/02/09

    In reply to $2 Million McLaren F1 Self-Immolates In Sickening Conflagration
    Figures that a California F1 would be Buddhist.
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    06/02/09

    @Capt. Eldrock Bolton: Yeah, self immolation is hilarious.
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    Image of Chris Wisniewski Chris Wisniewski
    06/02/09

    In reply to $2 Million McLaren F1 Self-Immolates In Sickening Conflagration
    For $2,000,000, I would have imagined that it comes with a fire extinguisher. I even keep one in my old Pontiac just in case...
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    06/02/09

    @Chris Wisniewski: For $2 million it should have a built-in fir suppression system.


    For the record, I believe all F1s came with a fire extinguisher. I'm guessing it either happened all too quickly or the owner was not about to risk skin to save F1.

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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    06/02/09

    In reply to $2 Million McLaren F1 Self-Immolates In Sickening Conflagration
    I guess it's time for the flaming heresy post, from your number one asshole, me!


    Meh, who cares....

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    Image of John Krewson John Krewson
    06/02/09

    @UDMan: I think I only care because it's mandatory. I'm examining my feelings and they seem to be coming from reflex rather than genuine emotion.
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    06/02/09

    In reply to $2 Million McLaren F1 Self-Immolates In Sickening Conflagration
    I'm sure this car will hit the road again. Sort of like a Vette, (a Vette is never totaled less it is completely steamrolled) only more so.
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    Image of imag imag
    06/02/09

    @Flathead Smith: That's because a 'vette is body on frame rather than carbon fiber.


    They didn't total this one for no reason. It's unfixable, is my guess.

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    Image of Tyson Tyson
    06/02/09

    @imag: Well, it isn't completely unfixable. They could probably take the window glass and a few interior bits, and maybe the engine block and move them into a new carbon fiber chassis, but the reason its a total loss is that basically every single structural component of the car has to be replaced.
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    Image of NewbiusMaximus NewbiusMaximus
    06/02/09

    @Tyson: You know this how? How much of the car was actually burned?
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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    06/02/09

    @NewbiusMaximus: The chassis of the F1 is basically one big piece of Carbon Fiber. While CF is light and strong but the tiniest little damage and you've got to scrap the whole piece.


    That said, this will be repaired.

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    06/02/09

    In reply to $2 Million McLaren F1 Self-Immolates In Sickening Conflagration
    OK, maybe I wasn't clear. When I said, "Kill it! Kill it with fire!" the "it" I was referring to was this:


    Not a McLaren F1. Sure, the engines are in roughly the same place, but they are completely different. I assure you.

    Now you owe me a 10 second car.
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    06/02/09

    @engineerd: Damn you lack of preview messing with my homorosity!


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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    06/02/09

    @engineerd: I think the F1 is a 9.5, 9 seconds.
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    Image of MOPAR-MAN MOPAR-MAN
    06/02/09

    In reply to $2 Million McLaren F1 Self-Immolates In Sickening Conflagration
    Why no onboard fire extinguishing system?
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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    06/02/09

    @MOPAR-MAN: Weighs too much. You've got to remember, this is a car that they made Kenwood design a custom CD deck for because they didn't want the radio componentry, it was deemed too heavy.
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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    06/02/09

    In reply to $2 Million McLaren F1 Self-Immolates In Sickening Conflagration
    So I'm guesiing that it will be on a plane to Woking as soon as it cools down and back on the road in less than a year.
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    Image of Bailout Bailout
    06/02/09

    In reply to $2 Million McLaren F1 Self-Immolates In Sickening Conflagration
    Isn't that how we should all die? Either that or shot by a jealous husband.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/02/09

    @Bailout: Husband? Not really my thing.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    06/02/09

    @.357-Wingman of Syrax: You'd rather be shot by a jealous wife?
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