His shop opened Friday. You don't have to ship your F1 to the UK for maintenance anymore Which... let's be honest, means you can't brag about shipping your car to the UK for maintenance anymore.The F1 was never imported officially to the United States, but it is believed that more than 20 examples are currently located in North America. The new service center means their owners will no longer have to ship their cars to the United Kingdom for maintenance and repairs.
Huh. That's interesting. I'd figure that there'd be someone in the states that would have been able to work on these well before now. I always figured with exotics, there's still good maintenance support for the cars either through dealers or independent shops. Even if I had near limitless funds, I can't imagine buying anything that I couldn't easily have maintained when needed.Which... let's be honest, means you can't brag about shipping your car to the UK for maintenance anymore.
Depends on what kind of "fix." The engine was a BMW and BMW would look at 'em, I guess. The McLaren F1 was never officially imported into the US, however, so McLaren had no legal obligation to have anything to do with them. My motorcycle is one of twelve imported into the US. The dealer network they had was primarily Harley shops; there's nobody there who can work on them. I know of a shop in the UK that will work on them, and I deal with a shop out of Nuremberg. If I want a mechanic's opinion, Skype is involved. Granted, it cost hella less than a McLaren F1.