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| Steelstallions | Jan 12 2010, 11:30 PM Post #16 |
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Many years ago where my brother in law used to work, the owner of the factory had a new Rolls Royce and it broke down, it would not move. They (not sure if they are the dealer or Rolls Royce) picked it up by special transport and made sure the care was covered, repaired it, returned it and not wanting any money for the service they provided, they said the same thing, "Rolls Royce's never have engine failure." |
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| AndyW76 | Jan 13 2010, 10:51 AM Post #17 |
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Hell, no vehicle is perfect but I suspect that the incidence of failures in McLaren's road cars would be very small. Incidentally, remember the 90s BMW M3 evos with the hand built 3.2L engine? BMW claimed that none had ever broken down. Well, my dads M3 started acting up and the local dealership said that there was a terminal problem with the engine. To avoid bad publicity BMW paid half the cost to replace the engine (£7000) and scrapped the old engine. As it, technically, hadn't failed, their claims still held true, even if it is a little bit like fudging the figures. |
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| TheCompleteGuitarist | Jan 13 2010, 04:06 PM Post #18 |
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Maybe Mclaren reinterpreted the rules regarding the crash test |
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