Jay Leno's McLaren F1

[Stanae86]

http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/video_player.shtml?vid=187639

[yeckmohr]

Wow greatest car ever - nice garage 

[danidmas]

Nice vid!! Good think of Leno is that he just not keep the cars for himself, but rather "share" them with all of us with vids like this

[MartinR]

Nice vid!! Good think of Leno is that he just not keep the cars for himself, but rather "share" them with all of us with vids like this

He probably makes a bit of money with the site as well.

Though it's cool that he makes those videos. Impressive garage!

[gucom]

Thx for the link, such an amazing car! The sound... WOW! And everytime i see it, I'm amazed at how much better it looks than most other supercars... it's absolutely beautiful

[Ronin005]

the thing with Leno, is simple. he is a simple dude, who actually enjoys and is very knowledgable about cars. he is not some rich, retard who likes to show off and knows nothing.

[brembo]

Gotta love Leno for his passion for cars, and all mechanical stuff a very nice website for sure.....

[novass]

the thing with Leno, is simple. he is a simple dude, who actually enjoys and is very knowledgable about cars. he is not some rich, retard who likes to show off and knows nothing.

Definitely.  I have seen him and met him a number of times and he is a really down to earth guy.  He is just like your average car guy, its just that his wallet is a lot thicker.

[sentra_dude]

His website has to be one of the coolest out there. He has some really excellent vids on a whole variety of cars. This one is fantastic! Thanks. 

[mrmojo77]

You just have to love Jay for being such a generous petrol head. Thanks!

[yg60m]

Very nice from him indeed  I wonder how much it costs him to run all these cars  And he doesn't seem to have modern Ferraris, does it ?

[sentra_dude]

Very nice from him indeed  I wonder how much it costs him to run all these cars  And he doesn't seem to have modern Ferraris, does it ?

I have no idea how much it costs, but I can guess: A LOT of fucking money. 

As to why no modern Ferraris, I don't think he likes them very much, between the flappy paddle gearboxes and the bullshit Ferrari puts its owners through he's put off by them.

[danidmas]

Very nice from him indeed  I wonder how much it costs him to run all these cars  And he doesn't seem to have modern Ferraris, does it ?

I've never seen one in his garage. Lamborghinis, Masers yes... but no Ferraris. I guess he either have them in another facility... or just hate them for being highly overrated (and overpriced)

[bmagni]

I have no idea how much it costs, but I can guess: A LOT of fucking money. 

As to why no modern Ferraris, I don't think he likes them very much, between the flappy paddle gearboxes and the bullshit Ferrari puts its owners through he's put off by them.

flappy paddles are an option, I don't see why he dislikes Ferrari so much, I've heard so many things from him that it's boring... he wouldn't buy an Enzo cause it wasn't a true sportscar but he bought an SLR cause it's a great sportscar either hes stupid or Mercedes gave it to him for some publicity... either way since that I don't see him as such a great enthusiast...

[sameerrao]

I've never seen one in his garage. Lamborghinis, Masers yes... but no Ferraris. I guess he either have them in another facility... or just hate them for being highly overrated (and overpriced)

I don't think he has a single Ferrari. I believe he must have been put off the long waiting list and polish and show crowd of Ferrari owners. Besides, he is really wedded to Porsche to make a change.

[sentra_dude]

flappy paddles are an option, I don't see why he dislikes Ferrari so much, I've heard so many things from him that it's boring... he wouldn't buy an Enzo cause it wasn't a true sportscar but he bought an SLR cause it's a great sportscar either hes stupid or Mercedes gave it to him for some publicity... either way since that I don't see him as such a great enthusiast...

Flappy paddles were not an option on the Enzo. Leno's argument is, the Enzo is designed as a hardcore supercar, one should have the option of changing their own gears, hence why he has a CGT which has a real manual. The SLR is not considered to be a supercar in the same sense, it is more of a 'super-GT' and therefore not having a manual is in it's character. Also, he draws a distinction between automatics of the torque converter variety, and flappy paddle 'boxes. I think his argument is: if you want a manual, get a manual; if you want an automatic, get an automatic.

Also, I would say that flappy paddle gearboxes contribute a great deal to the fact that a growing contingent of Ferrari buyers are posers. Obviously some buy the F1 gearbox for track work, but many buy the F1 'box because they simply can't be bothered to shift gears (or don't know how) or the only purpose of buying the car is to show off that they can afford a Ferrari. (sorry, that is harsh, but true unfortunately) This part of Ferrari, and the absolute arrogance the factory sometimes displays has a tendency to put off some potential Ferrari owners.

If Leno isn't a great enthusiast, who is? The guy who buys an F430 Spider F1 for $75,000 over sticker to drive it around downtown Miami in 'auto' mode and show-off how rich he is?

Finally, don't take this to mean that I hate Ferrari. I like many of their cars and respect their long and glorious racing history, but like any car maker, they are not perfect; despite what many people seem to think.

[MartinR]

^By the same token though, people cam buy a Porsche with an Automatic box, which is even worse in my opinion.

[bmagni]

Flappy paddles were not an option on the Enzo. Leno's argument is, the Enzo is designed as a hardcore supercar, one should have the option of changing their own gears, hence why he has a CGT which has a real manual. The SLR is not considered to be a supercar in the same sense, it is more of a 'super-GT' and therefore not having a manual is in it's character. Also, he draws a distinction between automatics of the torque converter variety, and flappy paddle 'boxes. I think his argument is: if you want a manual, get a manual; if you want an automatic, get an automatic.

Also, I would say that flappy paddle gearboxes contribute a great deal to the fact that a growing contingent of Ferrari buyers are posers. Obviously some buy the F1 gearbox for track work, but many buy the F1 'box because they simply can't be bothered to shift gears (or don't know how) or the only purpose of buying the car is to show off that they can afford a Ferrari. (sorry, that is harsh, but true unfortunately) This part of Ferrari, and the absolute arrogance the factory sometimes displays has a tendency to put off some potential Ferrari owners.

If Leno isn't a great enthusiast, who is? The guy who buys an F430 Spider F1 for $75,000 over sticker to drive it around downtown Miami in 'auto' mode and show-off how rich he is?

Finally, don't take this to mean that I hate Ferrari. I like many of their cars and respect their long and glorious racing history, but like any car maker, they are not perfect; despite what many people seem to think.

I agree with you on the gearbox on the Enzo, but it's just the Enzo... I do remember his comparisson on the CGT and the Enzo but if i recall correctly he praised the SLR for being a great supercar, that's when all my great thoughts towards him were vanished. I've seen a lot of programs about him and all his cars, and yeah he's a great enthusiast, but all his Ferrari hating and his attitude don't quite convince me. Its just my opinion though.

[sentra_dude]

^By the same token though, people cam buy a Porsche with an Automatic box, which is even worse in my opinion.

Very true, I hate Porsches with autos...but I guess for both Ferrari & Porsche, they are in the business of selling cars, and having the option of an auto/F1 gearbox make it easier to sell to a wider audience.