Reddit reviews Driving Ambition: The Official Inside Story of the McLaren F1
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No prob, I was gonna make a little post about it anyway.
On a side note, if you love F1s as much as I do, definitely pick up that R&T, it has like a 12 page article of stories and facts about the F1. It's kind of an added chapter of the book (which I can hook up a PDF if you need).
There's a fantastic book about the development process of the McLaren F1.
Driving Ambition: The Official Inside Story of the McLaren F1 .
I happened upon a copy at Foyles in London in the early 2000s and was blown away by the level of detail, I had to buy it and bring it back home.
Probably the only book I've bought that's worth more now than it was when I bought it.
I don't really think there is one place online.
I've been reading about this car in magazines and online for over a decade now. You'll have to Google around.
If you really, really, really like this car, purchase https://www.amazon.com/Driving-Ambition-Official-Inside-McLaren/dp/1852278412.
Here's another fun fact for you. They have a 56K modem on-board so owners can plug them in and McLaren can diagnose problems remotely.
Alright one more fun fact: They can only communicate with a Compaq LTE 5280. McLaren keeps several very well maintained versions.
Ok fine more fun facts not mentioned in the video: the reason for the chosen tail lights? Someone was sent out to weigh all available safetied tail lights; the ones they got were the lightest.
There is no radio in the F1. The CD player was specially developed by Kenwood, and is very very light. One of the upgrades McLaren offers is to take it out and replace with a modern MP3 system.
McLaren had very stringent weight, etc. requirements from manufacturers for the parts for the F1. BMW went over the weight limit by a tad, but got a hell of a lot more power. Still, Gordon Murray was upset they went overweight.
Here's a video of the owners manual: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUfRNAuPSbw
No surprise that the McLaren F1 is my number one ultimate dream car going back almost 25 years. I've had dreams about driving one, waking up with actual tears on my face. I've got a cabinet full of McLaren F1 die cast models and toys and two copies of the F1 book Driving Ambition. I spent my time in the UK looking for one. I long for one each and every day of my life. Like an unrequited or lost love.
I cheated I own this [book] (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Driving-Ambition-Official-Inside-McLaren/dp/1852278412)