Tyler Hoover Just Bought A Broken McLaren For $100,000
What would you do if you’d agreed to buy a supercar but before you could take delivery the gearbox failed?
Maybe you’re an opportunist and you’d ask around and see whether the car and fix could be bought for less money than previously agreed. Maybe you’d turn your back and walk away like a sensible person. Tyler Hoover? Well, he just bought the damn thing anyway. It’s the latest in a line of high-value purchases - even eclipsing the $80,000 he spent on a Rolls-Royce Phantom. He’s obviously doing quite well out of the YouTube channel.
This white MP4-12C with a brown leather interior and the fruity Sports Exhaust option reportedly started making metallic grinding noises from the transmission, then stopped shifting altogether, then sunk into the despair of limp-home mode.
The Car Wizard, the mechanic who takes care of Hoover’s cars and who also has his own YouTube channel, won’t be fixing this one. That’s because the seller of this $100,000 McLaren had recently renewed a comprehensive $4000 bumper-to-bumper warranty – which passes to Hoover. The car needs a brand new gearbox, after all, and that’s surely a five-figure bill…
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Back at it again with the bargains
His credit union must hate him
this youtuber found one weird trick to afford supercars! credit unions hate him!
100k car, 15k gearbox. Sounds like fun… to hell with it I’d buy it if I had the money
Well he can own it while under warranty then sell it?
Well you can buy a Lamborghini Gallardo 2nd gen for about 80k and it’s much better
If you watched the video, he explains that he didn’t get a gallardo because it is a cliché option for car youtubers (Tavarish).
Sorry, for my bad English.
If you watched the video, he explains that he didn’t get a gallardo because it is a cliché option for car youtubers (Tavarish).
Sorry, for my bad English.
Yes because the Gallardo is famed for its reliability isn’t it
Sooo it’s got “unlimited mileage” warranty that can be renewed until the car reaches 75000 miles? Fck logic.
Well yh good luck finding a mclaren with those miles on it
Who does 75000 miles in a McLaren?
So you could replace the warranty at 74k for a year, but that would be the last year.
So it has a Bumper to bumper warranty you say? Someone get a hold of Doug DeMuro
how bad is it that i just looked up 8 pages on google for the pricing of a transmission of an mp4 12c, and didnt get one answer… im scared for tyler
bargain?facepalm rather a total money pit….
There is one going on eBay for 7k only done 49k miles
$100k in the UK will buy you a sub 30/40k example with full McLaren service history…lol