YACT: Why is the McLaren F1 illegal in the US?

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: thomsbrain
if leno has one, i'm sure there must be some way to make it legal.

Given some time, money and skill, any car can be made street legal. Just needs to be brought into line with whatever emissions and safety rules were in place at the time it was manufactured.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: geno

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: maziwanka

Originally posted by: DPmaster
The McLaren F1 is street legal here in the US last time I checked...it might have changed, i don't know. I remember John Carmack trying to decide whether he should get the F1 or the Ferrari F50. He ultimately chose the F50...I've actually seen him drive it around a few years back. Sweet car.

what a wonderful life it must be when you must choose between an f50 and a mclaren f1. awesome.

If only money could buy the ability to make interesting video games.

Yeah, cause doom, quake, and quake 2 all were very uninteresting

Word!

 

[DPmaster]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: geno

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: maziwanka

Originally posted by: DPmaster
The McLaren F1 is street legal here in the US last time I checked...it might have changed, i don't know. I remember John Carmack trying to decide whether he should get the F1 or the Ferrari F50. He ultimately chose the F50...I've actually seen him drive it around a few years back. Sweet car.

what a wonderful life it must be when you must choose between an f50 and a mclaren f1. awesome.

If only money could buy the ability to make interesting video games.

Yeah, cause doom, quake, and quake 2 all were very uninteresting

Word!

Ah, I still remember playing quake 1 at the university LAN. I was in my 2nd or 3rd semester and we had discovered a mod called Threewave CTF. McKinley (sp) Base still rules! This was before we even knew what 3d acceleration was...rendition verite (sp) and voodoo 1 cards were starting to come out around that time.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

My recollection is that there was an importer (the name Ameritech sounds right to me) who brought them and somehow got them certified as street-legal in the US. I remember thinking it was funny that the car road-tested by R&T (which belonged to a guy in AZ) had a Jesus fish on it. As I recall they had to sell them with just the front seat for some reason, but that you could legally add the rear seats as an aftermarket item.

If you were truly wealthy, it seems worth going through some hassle to have the greatest roadgoing car ever built.

As I recall, Carmack said he "didn't want" a McLaren, but his F50 dyno-tested far below its rated BHP. He did all kinds of wacky (and stupid IMO) mods to his Ferraris, including turbo kits, and a full carbon-fiber body for his 288 GTO.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: Don_Vito
My recollection is that there was an importer (the name Ameritech sounds right to me) who brought them and somehow got them certified as street-legal in the US. I remember thinking it was funny that the car road-tested by R&T (which belonged to a guy in AZ) had a Jesus fish on it. As I recall they had to sell them with just the front seat for some reason, but that you could legally add the rear seats as an aftermarket item.

If you were truly wealthy, it seems worth going through some hassle to have the greatest roadgoing car ever built.

As I recall, Carmack said he "didn't want" a McLaren, but his F50 dyno-tested far below its rated BHP. He did all kinds of wacky (and stupid IMO) mods to his Ferraris, including turbo kits, and a full carbon-fiber body for his 288 GTO.

I believe that is correct. Ameritech bought them/brokered them and made them legal.