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The 750 is the best bang for the buck supercar money can buy, period.

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#1 ·
So a friend of mine for his 50th birthday wanted to do a week long rally with 20 of his closest car friends. We started the rally in LA, rented out Willow Springs for the day, and as soon as we were done at Willow, hauled a$$ straight to Vegas from the track. We then spent the next 5 days in Vegas driving trophy trucks in the desert, going on crazy fun drives in all of our cars, went clay bird shooting, go cart racing, amazing dinners, bought two old cop car Crown Vics and beat the crap our of them in the middle of the desert, etc.

I decided this would be a good trip to break in the 750 with. Over the last two months of ownership I have only put 130 miles on it. And compared to the 765, figured it would be the better choice for the week in terms of comfort. The only downside was figuring out what clothes to bring all week since I can't wear any cottons or denim in my Alaskan White leather Senna seats lol.

Some of the cars on the rally included
-My 750
-Two Heritage 2019 Ford GT's
-Four 991.2 GT3rs's
-2020 GT500
-GT2rs
-Ferrari F12
-Turbo S
-Ferrari F8
- A Eurocopter helicopter that followed us.

Let's start at Willow Springs, we had big willow rented out all to ourselves. The 750 is UNBELIEVABLE around big willow. Throughout the day, I did the most laps by far out of all the cars. Probably close to 25-30 laps, and very hard laps at that. Tires I was running were regular P-Zeros. I wanted to run some Trofeo's or R888's but we had a full week of driving ahead of us, so needed a tire that would last all week. I knew I was not going to be able to attack fully on P-Zeros, but got a few 1:22 lap times in there. Which is quite hard to do on regular P-Zero's! My goodness the 750 is fast, was hitting 170-175 mph at the end of the big straight before braking. Call me crazy, but I feel the 750 can put down identical, if not faster lap times than my 765LT. I wish my 765 was there at the same time so I could compere lap times. The 750 is a dream around a track, totally blew me away.

Also, the 750 held up amazing reliability wise. There was a GT3rs that blew its motor, and the F12 has a wiring harness fail. Incase anybody is wondering what a 991.2 GT3RS motor costs, his quote was $90k for the motor and $20k for install. And the F12 wiring harness quote was $27k for the harness and $20k for the install. The 750 didn't skip a beat and was flawless after 25-30 hard laps.

We then filled up, and hit the road straight from the track to Vegas. All of us were still very pumped up from the track, so we got to Vegas rather quickly as you could imagine haha. We rolled in on fumes and stayed at the Wynn/Encore all week. The rest of the week was so much fun. In total, I got just about 900 miles put on the car in a 6 day period. The 750 is so good it's hard to explain. Everyone on the rally was blown away by the car. Two of the GT3rs owners are in the works to buy 750's as we speak after seeing mine perform all week. MSO did such a good job on my car. Everyone was freaking out on the spec and how good it turned out.

Long story short, I thought the 765 was an amazing car, and it is. but the 750 in my opinion takes the crown. It's hard to explain just how good it really is. Its just as fast as the 765, shifts just as good, sounds just as good, rides 100 times smoother in comfort mode, Its build better, my goodness I could go on and on about this car. It's a keeper for me. Talk about a sendoff for the last 7 series Mclaren, it is UNREAL!!



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#14 ·
Couple of issues with that. GT3RS is actually a base 250k,MSRP. The market is what drives it to be a 450k. But I do agree that Porsche is facing a serious problem with their current pricing. The bubble may eventually burst and it won’t be pretty. A base Carrera is now 150km which is crazy.
 
#15 · (Edited)
Good read! I’m new to this forum and new to McLaren. Last week, I made an impulse purchase and brought home a brand new 750S! I’ve always admired McLarens but the reliability issues kept me away. I’m not loyal to any one brand but if I had to categorize myself, I’ve been a VAG guy (911, R8, Porsche SUVs) and owned a couple of bimmers.
I’ve been looking for a new toy along the of lines of something between the GT3RS and TTS. After lurking around, I decided to take a chance on McLaren. Lo and behold, I was completely hooked after one test drive! I’ve never driven anything like the 750S. I like dual personality cars and the 750S is the perfect supercar IMHO. It is the ultimate Dr. Jekyll-Mr. Hyde super car with Mr. Hyde being the dominant character. :) Fortunately there was a very nicely optioned 750S in my favorite color (Papaya Spark) on the lot and the rest is history.
I look forward to learning a lot from y’all and growing into a contributing member!
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#20 · (Edited)
Great read on what sounded like an ultimate trip!

Oh, and @Nu2Mac you are officially my hero! As someone who spent perhaps 5 years waiting, lurking, and dreaming, I gotta give huge props to the impulse buy! Go, dude!! 😎
Ha ha. I’ve always admired McLarens. Every time my wife saw one on the road, she’d comment on how cool it looked and she’s not even a car person! After buying my first McLaren, I’ve been telling other enthusiasts to not test drive the 750S unless they want to spend their entire toy fund in a blink of an eye.😆
@Nu2Mac Congrats! What dealer is that? It looks really nice
Yes, the Newport Beach dealership which is located in Irvine. Same owner owns the colocated Bugatti and Lambo dealerships. It’s the ultimate toy store!
 
#27 ·
Amazing story and so glad you're enjoying the 750 @06viper !! @Nu2Mac congrats that's a beautiful car, and Mac Newport is a great dealer to be a part of. Stay involved with their staff - the events are great!

Now I'll just spin in my office chair chanting "I don't need to upgrade... I don't need to upgrade... I don't need to upgrade..." for an hour or so 🤣
 
#29 ·
Thanks! This being my first McLaren, I can’t say if the 750S is worth the $$ to upgrade. From my limited interactions with 720S owners, they all seem to be content with it. If I had a 720S, I personally wouldn’t pony up extra $$ to upgrade to a 750S. I’m not a big fan of where the future of cars is headed (hybridization) but I’m slowly warming up to it….key word being, “slowly”.😀 As the saying goes, “change or die”, right!? Perhaps the next 7xxS will be a hybrid and I’d imagine that it‘s going be a monster! Someone has to slay the 296 GTB. I just hope it’s not a plug-in like the Artura. Exciting times ahead!