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Standard Silver MP4-12C

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Here's a few images of my car which is currently with McLaren Birmingham awaiting PDI and ready for delivery thereafter - I thought I'd share these as there have been many images of silver cars but very few of the Standard Silver...









  • Standard Silver
  • Stealth Wheels
  • Silver Calipers
  • Standard Splitter / Diffuser
  • Black Leather / Alcantara trim with contrasting Silver Stitching
  • Full Carbon Interior upgrade
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very clean spec. Bet you cant wait to drive it..
Congrats! your lucky to have yours very sooon! Min should be done from factory in 3-4 weeks
Thanks so much for the post.
I have been dying to see what standard silver looks like ever since I ordered mine in that color.
It seems a bit "enamel like" in the indoor pictures. Does it in fact have quite a lot of metallic sparkle to it in real life, or is it more subdued?
Perhaps you can post a couple more pictures when you get it outside.
Thanks again for posting.
Congrats, Squirrel!!! That is a very classy looking spec. Timeless for sure. Enjoy it! :)
Thanks for the comments on the car!

With respect to getting my hands on it, I could have had it delivered on Monday but have decided to first have it fully detailed and treated with this G|techniq stuff so that it's best protected when I start to use it - The guy doing it (Drew Parker, Depth of Shine) needs 2 days with the car, he even takes the wheels off and treats the rims inside and out to help them repel brake dust!

Here's a closer shot of the standard silver paint:




Ultra-close-up image of standard silver paint particles!

The best way to describe it is that it is metallic rather than glittery, you can on close-up view see the metallic particles but they are much finer than on the elite paints such as supernova silver.

I like it!
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lovely lovely car, congrats mate, u must haves problems sleepy mate :D

ps do you know what colour the one next to yours is
do you know what colour the one next to yours is
Titanium Silver
Excellent!!! Congratulations!
By the way, did you use a tilt/shift lens to take the photo of the steering wheel?
Very nice scale model effect to the photo.
Excellent!!! Congratulations!
By the way, did you use a tilt/shift lens to take the photo of the steering wheel?
Very nice scale model effect to the photo.
I don't think so - tilt/shift isn't a lens but a (very cool) effect applied after the fact (I believe). In this instance, I think it's due to a wide-open aperture (necessary in low light, and which shortens depth-of-field).

Check this out: http://www.tiltshiftphotography.net/photoshop-tutorial.php

Edited - this is incomplete/incorrect - there ARE T/S lenses... (see below)
Excellent!!! Congratulations!
By the way, did you use a tilt/shift lens to take the photo of the steering wheel?
Very nice scale model effect to the photo.
The lens used was a Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM and no effects have been applied to the shots thereafter...
The lens used was a Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM and no effects have been applied to the shots thereafter...
Great shot at wide open of a good looking car! Congratulations one again.:)
I don't think so - tilt/shift isn't a lens but a (very cool) effect applied after the fact (I believe). In this instance, I think it's due to a wide-open aperture (necessary in low light, and which shortens depth-of-field).

Check this out: http://www.tiltshiftphotography.net/photoshop-tutorial.php
Joe, that is an effect used if you don't have a T/S lens. ;) Makes everything look miniature.

This is what a T/S lens looks like:

http://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/lens/specoalpurpose/pc_pce/pce_85mmf_28/img/product_01.png
Joe, that is an effect used if you don't have a T/S lens. ;) Makes everything look miniature.

This is what a T/S lens looks like:

http://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/lens/specoalpurpose/pc_pce/pce_85mmf_28/img/product_01.png
Well there you go - learn something new every day! I really shouldda done a bit more homework before replying....
Im not posting any pictures now,feel a bit inadequate with my box brownie
Im not posting any pictures now,feel a bit inadequate with my box brownie
You 'n me both! My quaker oats cylinder with the pinhole yields decidedly uninteresting results by comparison!

...although - it is a bit better than the Flinstone camera that had the bird inside chiseling rock... ...but not much!
After 30 years in photography, I must say that exchange was the funniest I have read in a while!! Good stuff guys!
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