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19-11-11, 11:25 AM | #1 |
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McLaren MP4-12C
How to build it, BBC2 Sunday 20th November 8pm.
Hope it's worth it.
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19-11-11, 02:11 PM | #2 |
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Re: McLaren MP4-12C
Preset on sky from my phone whilst at work. gotta love technology!
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19-11-11, 02:16 PM | #3 |
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Re: McLaren MP4-12C
Set to record thanks
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19-11-11, 04:46 PM | #4 |
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Re: McLaren MP4-12C
Got to agree with you, BP, but all too often the tech element is woefully lacking.
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19-11-11, 09:58 PM | #5 |
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Re: McLaren MP4-12C
it should be how to re-build it, after all they have nearly all been crashed already..
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20-11-11, 06:49 AM | #6 | |
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Re: McLaren MP4-12C
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I know of two people that have both rejected cars and returned them for full refunds + interest. Although mclaren will have you believe they were sold back to them. Ron Dennis even wrote personnel letters to owners apologising. I bet none of that was covered in the programme.
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20-11-11, 08:35 PM | #7 |
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Re: McLaren MP4-12C
Anyone watching this?
If I said car brakes still look a bit old hat. The v8 explanation is a bit factually incorrect
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20-11-11, 09:16 PM | #8 |
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Re: McLaren MP4-12C
As for " fitting the pistons in the cylinder head " haven't done that since my Austin 7!
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20-11-11, 09:24 PM | #9 |
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20-11-11, 10:55 PM | #10 |
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Re: McLaren MP4-12C
Overrevved it & when pressed the clutch pedal the crank bent, centre pot rings came out of bores & it went BANG!
That took a lot longer to explain, but drove it home though.
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