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Nevada police find wrecked $300,000 McLaren supercar in the desert, but no one with it
www.foxnews.com ^ | By Gary Gastelu

Posted on 05/15/2018 10:38:07 AM PDT by Red Badger

Police say seatbelts saved the lives of two people who crashed their $300,000 supercar in the Nevada desert, but the vehicle’s engineers deserve a fair share of the credit.

The Nevada Highway Patrol found the totaled McLaren 720 about 70 yards off a road near Lake Mead last week, with damage suggesting that it had rolled at least once as it just missed falling down a ravine.

The 710 horsepower coupé is one of the quickest 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.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: mclaren; mclarensupercar; nevada
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1 posted on 05/15/2018 10:38:07 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Oh, those fun-loving casino valets!


2 posted on 05/15/2018 10:39:09 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: hal ogen

i HAVE A FEELING THAT WILL NOT POLISH OUT !!!!!


3 posted on 05/15/2018 10:40:22 AM PDT by RightWingNut
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To: hal ogen

No tip for you!...................


4 posted on 05/15/2018 10:40:33 AM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: Red Badger

“You killed the car.”


5 posted on 05/15/2018 10:41:47 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Red Badger

Ehhhh, It’ll buff out.


6 posted on 05/15/2018 10:41:57 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Red Badger

did they find any baggies with the name “Heisenberg” on them.


7 posted on 05/15/2018 10:42:44 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: RightWingNut

"...will not polish out..."


Relax, alright? My old man is a television repairman, he’s got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it.

8 posted on 05/15/2018 10:44:35 AM PDT by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: Red Badger

Looks like that rolled a few times. Say.... ten or twelve flips.


9 posted on 05/15/2018 10:45:20 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Red Badger

Just a couple weeks ago, someone wrecked a rented McLaren on I-5 in Washington state.


10 posted on 05/15/2018 10:45:26 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: hal ogen
What happens in the desert stays in the desert. 🏎🔥
11 posted on 05/15/2018 10:45:57 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: circlecity; Red Badger

Sorry, boss. Don’t get the reference to Heisenberg.

[But his cat is alive and living outside of the box.]


12 posted on 05/15/2018 10:47:18 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (The democrats' national goal: One world social-communism under one world religion: Atheistic Islam.)
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To: Red Badger
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.

One report says this was a Cannonball Run tribute rally.

13 posted on 05/15/2018 10:48:26 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Red Badger
Some help.....


14 posted on 05/15/2018 10:48:50 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Greetings Jacques. The revolution is coming))
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To: RightWingNut

My dad’s got this awesome set of tools...


15 posted on 05/15/2018 10:49:24 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (Iron Maiden? EXCELLENT!)
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To: Red Badger

Look, if you can’t make your payments, simple sell the car.

Smirk.

To be honest, I literally hate seeing something with that intrinsic value destroyed like that.

To me, that’s a work of art, just a purely enjoyable thing to view, let alone own.


16 posted on 05/15/2018 10:52:31 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: Robert A Cook PE
A chemist using the psuedonym Heisenberg developed a meth product having a didtinctive blue tint and sold in bags marked Heisenberg. Although from Albequerque New Mexico, the product became the favorite and was sold all over.

For the complete low down watch the TV series Breaking Bad

Heisenberg

17 posted on 05/15/2018 10:55:10 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Greetings Jacques. The revolution is coming))
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To: HombreSecreto

GMTA

18 posted on 05/15/2018 10:59:49 AM PDT by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: Red Badger

Seems like the VIN should quickly lead to the owner.


19 posted on 05/15/2018 11:00:15 AM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: HombreSecreto

Probably need a few more, better swing by Harbor Freight.


20 posted on 05/15/2018 11:00:59 AM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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