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Old 19-11-11, 11:25 AM   #1
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How to build it, BBC2 Sunday 20th November 8pm.
Hope it's worth it.
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Old 19-11-11, 02:11 PM   #2
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Preset on sky from my phone whilst at work. gotta love technology!
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Old 19-11-11, 02:16 PM   #3
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Old 19-11-11, 04:46 PM   #4
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Default Re: McLaren MP4-12C

Got to agree with you, BP, but all too often the tech element is woefully lacking.
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Old 19-11-11, 09:58 PM   #5
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it should be how to re-build it, after all they have nearly all been crashed already..
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Old 20-11-11, 06:49 AM   #6
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it should be how to re-build it, after all they have nearly all been crashed already..
Crashed or simply fallen apart. Mclaren made a big point of saying the cars would be perfect and complete game changers... Yet they have been constantly breaking and there's a never ending list of recalls and retrofits.

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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Old 20-11-11, 08:35 PM   #7
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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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As for " fitting the pistons in the cylinder head " haven't done that since my Austin 7!
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Old 20-11-11, 09:24 PM   #9
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As for " fitting the pistons in the cylinder head " haven't done that since my Austin 7!
Going for the high compression approach? The late 3 bearing ruby head was great for specials out of the box!
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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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