Cyptolambo 2 is dead.... kindai goes car shawping

Can confirm Auto100 are dodgy. Bought my 4C from their and to be fair, it was fine but they were a pain in the ass throughout. I do know some GT4 owners though that have had problems, worst of which is 'losing' the second key and service history in the post.

Good luck with the yellow spider, looks a good one. Sicilian looks a bit pastel/flat this time of year but in the summer it properly pops. Shame it doesn't have the carbon interior which is imo essential with the bigger paddles, but these can be DIYd if you're bothered.
 
Chris1712 said:
Paint?
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Corrosion?
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Yea, quite a lot as well, both front wheel arches, both doors, front bumper.

It pretty much needs a complete respray as its a very high flake content and an MSO special color and will need near full panel blending.

And its out of McLaren corrosion warranty as of last month so would have to go to an aftermarket bodyshop, they say Lloyds which is a McLaren approved bodyshop however...
 
kindai said:
Yea, quite a lot as well, both front wheel arches, both doors, front bumper.

It pretty much needs a complete respray as its a very high flake content and an MSO special color and will need near full panel blending.

And its out of McLaren corrosion warranty as of last month so would have to go to an aftermarket bodyshop, they say Lloyds which is a McLaren approved bodyshop however...
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Lloyds is the official body shop for Ferrari and McLaren in North West, potentially Aston and Lambo too so they are good and highly rated.

For me I’d be buying it for asking but only upon:
- all paint defects corrected and a perfect job
- Passing a McLaren inspection with any major requirements rectified as part of the deal

Above done, slap a warranty on it and it’s a good car all supercars suffer corrosion, it’s comes faster on McLarens some worse than others, but my 458 suffered, my 600 LT has it pending warranty and my R8 has it.

It’s well priced if they agree to above and you’ll have a sorted car which if you keep extended warranty in place be quite easy to move on.
 
kindai said:
So just back from Scott Hardy for a drive.

Saw this, weird color, I cant decide if I like it or not, its really nice... but at the same time... isnt?

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I did see this and though wow but having owned a Vantage they are simply not in the same league as your AV or a McLaren and if I was going Aston I’d go Vanquish for the better ZF gearbox and even more stunning looks.
 
kindai said:
Yea, quite a lot as well, both front wheel arches, both doors, front bumper.

It pretty much needs a complete respray as its a very high flake content and an MSO special color and will need near full panel blending.

And its out of McLaren corrosion warranty as of last month so would have to go to an aftermarket bodyshop, they say Lloyds which is a McLaren approved bodyshop however...
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Sounds about right. It is guaranteed to affect every car, every few years so need to find one that’s recently been sorted or the deal should reflect the work required. It is a real thorn in their side, insane that the previous owner didn’t get it sorted under warranty before it ran out tbh.
 
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