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Working on one of the most exotic cars on earth today.

Discussion in 'General' started by cortezmachine, Feb 3, 2021.

  1. cha0s#242

    cha0s#242 Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand

    So some "poor" guy is going to be buying an expensive crashed car without knowing it. Great.
     
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  2. ClemsonsR6

    ClemsonsR6 Well-Known Member

    What's the new buyer care....it was free money from his rocket GME ride.
     
  3. cortezmachine

    cortezmachine Banned

    Not really sure where your hostility is coming from?
     
  4. stk0308

    stk0308 Well-Known Member

    There's a youtuber named Tavarish who's going through an interesting experience rebuilding a crashed Mclaren 675LT. Apparently, Mclaren refused to have a dealer repair it, or something to that effect. Through some connections Tavarish got ahold of the main component that needed to be replaced, carbon fiber trickery support system. Apparently there was only one "in the wild" to be found. Some of these supercars are not considered rebuildable by the manufacturer, it would seem.
     
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  5. R Acree

    R Acree Banned

    So fraud is OK?
     
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  6. Circacee

    Circacee Well-Known Member

    I looked it up, 3.4 million? fuck.
     
  7. cha0s#242

    cha0s#242 Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand

    No hostility towards you, of course. Sorry if I sounded that way. You're just doing your job. I just find it special that a guy wants you to sign an NDA to fix a car when the obvious reason is to hide the fact that he crashed and possibly hide that fact from a potential buyer down the line.
     
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  8. HPPT

    HPPT !!!

    The car is built around a carbon fiber tub. Depending on where it cracks, it may not be repairable to the original standards. Tavarish has lower standards. :D

    I suppose you could replace the tub if you absolutely wanted to hold onto that car, but considering the depreciation on even a perfect one, it would make absolutely no sense. Now, a McLaren F1, you could have a seven-figure repair and still make money when you sell it. Like Mr. Bean.
     
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  9. motion

    motion Nihilistic Member

    Welp, this thread is going to pretty much immortalize the crash, if it hasn't appeared elsewhere anyway. These super car crashes are pretty well documented on the 'net.
     
  10. cha0s#242

    cha0s#242 Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand

    Didn't Atkinson crash the shit out of his F1 ?
     
  11. cortezmachine

    cortezmachine Banned

    this one is 5 mili
     
  12. BigBird

    BigBird blah

    I mean it would kill resale value. So it's in their best interest that it goes undocumented.

    ~sent from mobile
     
  13. motion

    motion Nihilistic Member

  14. cortezmachine

    cortezmachine Banned

  15. HPPT

    HPPT !!!

    That would be Mr. Bean. :D
     
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  16. Translation: He wants to ensure his ability to fuck someone over in the future.
     
  17. cortezmachine

    cortezmachine Banned

    Every damaged part on the vehicle would be replaced brand new in the event it doesn’t total. The vehicle will actually be re-assembled better than factory. By me. Trust me when I say that there are ALWAYS Mickey Mouse shit done to these cars upon assembly at the factory simply because they do not have the engineering prowess of major factories behind them. On this car I particular I’ve found busted composite mounting points. Butel tape filling gaps. Twist together wiring with shrink wrap. Etc.

    imho the car would be better than before if we end up fixing it.
     
  18. cortezmachine

    cortezmachine Banned

    Every damaged part on the vehicle would be replaced brand new in the event it doesn’t total. The vehicle will actually be re-assembled better than factory. By me. Trust me when I say that there are ALWAYS Mickey Mouse shit done to these cars upon assembly at the factory simply because they do not have the engineering prowess of major factories behind them. On this car inparticular I’ve found busted composite mounting points. Butel tape filling gaps. Twist together wiring with shrink wrap. Etc.

    imho the car would be better than before if we end up fixing it. So the concept of it lowering in value just because it’s been crashed doesn’t really make sense to me. But hey... I get it
     
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  19. I am sure you’ll do a good job. And it may indeed be “better than new” when you are finished. But that isn’t the point.

    The only reason he would make someone sign a NDA and want it kept a secret, is so he can hide the fact it’s been majorly crashed.

    If you were going to drop millions on a vehicle, wouldn’t you want to know if it had been shitballed or not?
     
  20. cortezmachine

    cortezmachine Banned

    Like I said, I get it
     
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