Place Your BETS! How Much Will This McLaren F1 With DELIVERY Miles Go For?

Who could possibly look at this Dandelion Yellow McLaren F1 and resist the urge to get behind the wheel and open it up on a long and empty road? No one — except for one iron-willed and unwavering Japanese businessman. But surely if he wasn’t going to drive it, he’d at least sit in the centre cockpit and pretend to hit that redline for a little while, right? Wrong — that would disrupt the perfectly placed factory protective wrapping covering every element of the interior, and as can be seen, it’s all still intact 20 years on...

...The restraint of this one man could never have been fathomed, nor could his style. To complement its low mileage — we hate to repeat, but 239km! — and protective wrapping, the McLaren is finished in oh-so-vibrant Dandelion Yellow over a dark grey Alcantara interior, with a dark grey and Solar Yellow driver’s seat. Along with the tool roll and its original gold-plated titanium tools, the ultra-rare accompanied Tag Heuer watch with the car's chassis number engraved on the face (also completely untouched and still with its protective plastic cover), what may be the rarest and most desirable option of all is the hand-written Gordon Murray signature on the rear of the body...

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PUGPROUD - 10/17/2017 8:09:29 AM

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$21 million? The only thing I'm certain about is it will be stuck in someone's collection and not be driven...an investment, a piece of art but sadly never used for its intended purpose and design.

MDarringer - 10/17/2017 8:37:11 AM

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Not only that, but cars that are not driven tend to deteriorate.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 10/17/2017 9:50:34 AM

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@MD- Agreed. What would it cost (at McLaren prices) to bring this car back up to road worthy? New tires, a new battery, new fluids, new hoses? clean the engine bay (dust)? lube key suspension points? Leather treatment? 200 point inspection? Lord knows.

MDarringer - 10/17/2017 6:56:32 PM

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One of my jobs in high school was to dust, start, warm up, and take vintage cars on short drives (2-3 miles) for several gentleman car nuts who were too busy with their careers to have time to keep them up. Two got too old to drive and then died and the third has decided he's too old to drive. They had some nice machines between them.