What should I do with $80k? My Mclaren Dilemma

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Hi guys — long time lurker here, I’ve worked w a couple amazing brokers and I recently negotiated a trophy deal— $80k one-pay on a 2024 mclaren artura for 2 years. I just need a tax write off and a sick car, and it met my requirements.

However, this amazing car is now in the shop for its second time in the first 2 months of ownership and is becoming a reliability issue. Mclaren corporate has treated me quite nice, offering me a full repurchase or a cash and keep. This leads me to my new dilemma: do I return the car (unknown reliability, still in shop for nearly a month now) or do I put the $80k towards a different, more reliable daily exotic?

I looked at huracan lease deals but sadly nothing even comes close to my mclaren deal. I need at least 7500 ideally 10000 miles a year

I am ok with a used car, and could even consider buying a used car for max 200k. But not sure if there’s a great daily exotic besides huracan.

Tl dr: any ideas on good cars I could either purchase used for 200k or less, that is exotic and reliable, or any super great leases that would be in the $80k or less one-pay (or broken down) over 2 years range?

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If this means they’ve washed their hands off the problem that keeps bringing it into the shop, then

Hell GIF by Steve Harvey TV

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Haha. Well— it would cover about 3 months of payments and insurance. The cars transmission just got replaced… and some other electrical issues I’m told. :confounded:

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That means jack if you’re left with a paperweight

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A trophy deal? 2023 arturas can be had at certain dealers for 30 to 35K one pays

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For 2 years?? No way lol

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1 year. Its the ad at dealers fyi

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Brand new car needs a new transmission? Nice

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Collateral exchange for a new/different one not an option?

Have you at least been in a McLaren loaner this whole time?

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Prob just get a Porsche.

Unless u want to risk an open ended lease.
I’ve never had issues with my 720. And now 750.

If you like the brand ethos then it’s worth checking out the 750. Otherwise everyone else is between cycles. Or wait list is long.

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Nope. Genesis loaner haha.

Collatorsl/exchange as in cash + new car?

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Return it immediately and get ALL of your $ back. Then demand that they provide the same deal on a different Arturo. Alternatively, buy it out, lemon it, then get all of your $ back.

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This isn’t the forum to get advice as the exotic market is different.

There are games here to be played.

  1. Accept the buy back if it makes you whole
  2. They do this to avoid a lemon title.
  3. Start over after you get the money. If you don’t plan on a mclaren again it’s okay to burn the bridge with the dealer. If you plan to be a repeat customer be nice. It can save you hassle later. (Which goes back on how hard to push with #2) above
  4. Corporate and the dealer have different interests. Dealer wants a repeat customer asap. Corporate have bigger fish to fry
  5. It’s worth getting mclaren North American involved if you haven’t to speed stuff along
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I would return it and get your money back. I know someone else with an Artura lease, she pays less, like $2700/mo, but her car was in the shop for 6 weeks out of her first 10 weeks having it. Seems like it’s fine now, but it’s only been a few months.

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Couldn’t i just keep the car a couple of months and still get it lemoned since it’s over a month now?

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Reliable exotics:

Audi R8/Lambo Huracan are the two that come to mind. The V10 is bullet proof, so is the drivetrain and also electronics.

Also, very low-maintenance, no different than your typical RS-Audi

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Buyback then lambo

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Do the buyback, get your money back and get another vehicle. Looks like you had more fun getting the deal than driving the car.

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See if you can do a substitution of collateral for another mclaren

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R8 just finished its last generation
Tememario announced yesterday making lambo hard to buy
Huracan lease numbers are poor