AUDIO: COPS FIND WRECKED $300,000 MCLAREN IN THE DESERT
Police in Nevada say seatbelts saved the lives of two people who crashed their $300,000 McLaren 720 supercar in the Nevada desert. The Nevada Highway Patrol found the totaled McLaren about 70 yards off a road near Lake Mead last week, with damage suggesting that it had rolled at least once, and it just missed falling down a ravine. The 710 horsepower coupé is one of the fastest cars in the world, and has a top speed of 212 mph. It features a carbon fiber passenger cell, similar to a racecar’s, that’s designed to be both lightweight and extremely strong. Neither of the occupants was seriously injured. They weren’t there when the car was discovered, however. Police learned that they had gotten themselves to a nearby hospital to be treated for scrapes and bruises. The car was apparently taking part in a cross-country exotic car rally, which is a gathering of supercar owners who stay in high-end hotels and hold parties at each stop along the way.
* This supercar met its kryptonite.
* Some rich S.O.B. is not feeling quite so cool just now.
* You have to Google this picture. The car actually looks like a rad piece of artwork.
* Who knows? Clean it and polish it and you could make back the $300,000.
* Note to the owner: For your next supercar – get one with better handling.
* What’s a Cannonball Run without Burt Reynolds?
* Although maybe Burt Reynolds was driving the McLaren. Have you seen him lately? He’s ancient.
* Like daddy always said, if you can afford to drive it, you can afford to wreck it.
* Cannonball Run! Where’s Captain Chaos? (see clip below)
CLIP: Dom Deluise as Captain Chaos in “Cannonball Run”.
