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Thorney Motorsport
United Kingdom
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 30 ม.ค. 2008
Welcome to the Thorney Motorsport TH-cam Channel. Thorney Motorsport are one of the most established motorsport and road car tuning companies in the UK operating for over 20 years.
We are based near Silverstone race track in Northants where we have a 30 acre farm with 6 ramps, a large showroom and a custom dyno cell.
Our road car operation includes BMW, Vauxhall and Mclaren servicing, tuning and upgrades as well as our motorsport operation where we design, build and run circuit race cars for our own team and for other teams and drivers to date we have built 38 race cars.
We are based near Silverstone race track in Northants where we have a 30 acre farm with 6 ramps, a large showroom and a custom dyno cell.
Our road car operation includes BMW, Vauxhall and Mclaren servicing, tuning and upgrades as well as our motorsport operation where we design, build and run circuit race cars for our own team and for other teams and drivers to date we have built 38 race cars.
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McLaren 12c Spider for Sale
มุมมอง 197วันที่ผ่านมา
Full details here: www.thorneymotorsport.co.uk/car/mclaren-12c-spider-12/
McLaren 570GT for sale
มุมมอง 40721 วันที่ผ่านมา
Full details here: www.thorneymotorsport.co.uk/car/mclaren-570gt-3/
McLaren 650s Coupe for sale
มุมมอง 26121 วันที่ผ่านมา
Full details here: www.thorneymotorsport.co.uk/car/mclaren-650s-coupe-2/
McLaren 570 Spider for sale
มุมมอง 32221 วันที่ผ่านมา
Full details here: www.thorneymotorsport.co.uk/car/mclaren-570-spider/
McLaren 650s Spider for sale
มุมมอง 61921 วันที่ผ่านมา
Full details here: www.thorneymotorsport.co.uk/car/mclaren-650s-spider-14/
A warning about McLaren 'Volcano Red' Paint
มุมมอง 3.7Kหลายเดือนก่อน
We are warning owners that there are now some suppliers offering what they are saying is McLaren 'Volcano Red' paint on cars for repair and for sale. Its not.
McLaren 720s Spider for sale
มุมมอง 5172 หลายเดือนก่อน
Full details here: www.thorneymotorsport.co.uk/car/mclaren-720s-spider/
McLaren 720s Coupe For Sale
มุมมอง 7372 หลายเดือนก่อน
Full details here www.thorneymotorsport.co.uk/car/mclaren-720s-coupe-10/
McLaren 12c Coupe for sale
มุมมอง 3442 หลายเดือนก่อน
Full details here: www.thorneymotorsport.co.uk/car/mclaren-12c-coupe-13/
McLaren 600LT Coupe for sale
มุมมอง 6372 หลายเดือนก่อน
Full details here: www.thorneymotorsport.co.uk/car/mclaren-600lt-coupe/
McLaren 12c Spider for sale
มุมมอง 2242 หลายเดือนก่อน
Full details here: www.thorneymotorsport.co.uk/car/mclaren-12c-spider-10/
McLaren 570s Coupe for sale
มุมมอง 3302 หลายเดือนก่อน
Full details here: www.thorneymotorsport.co.uk/car/mclaren-570s-coupe-7/
McLaren 650s Spider for sale
มุมมอง 4412 หลายเดือนก่อน
Full details here: www.thorneymotorsport.co.uk/car/mclaren-650s-spider-13/
McLaren Sports series hinge update, here is why they are breaking
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McLaren Sports series hinge update, here is why they are breaking
McLaren 720S Coupe for sale, only 1200 miles!
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McLaren 720S Coupe for sale, only 1200 miles!
McLaren 12c Spider 50th Anniversary Edition SOLD
มุมมอง 7285 หลายเดือนก่อน
McLaren 12c Spider 50th Anniversary Edition SOLD
they cost so much more in America. 🙁
What is the name of your franchise in New Zealand
@@MikeBrown-cg7gm I'm afraid we don't have one at the moment, sorry.
@@MikeBrown-cg7gm I'm afraid we don't have one at the moment, sorry.
I need this in the states! ;)
Thank you! Appreciate all the work you guys do for this great platform. Long time M3/M2 owner…. Thinking about making the change. ;)
Engine out on the 570GT for plugs and thermostat ? Eek ! John, does the same apply to the later GT ? I have done various searches since first watching this video but to no avail. Any information greatly appreciated. 🙏
Sorry, small update, its engine out for thermostats and v module but not spark plugs. For the GT (4.0) the engine stays in for all so its a lot lower labour
That’s great news ! Thank you so much for your (quick !) reply. I am so impressed by your business ethos, keep up the good work.
I live in New Zealand what’s the name of your franchise so I can take my McLaren there
How do you find cars that you have for sale on the website? There is a heading in the navigation but no links.
Its a drop down, first one. www.thorneymotorsport.co.uk/cars/
Nice spec
many problems to maintain for this car?
Impressive stuff McLaren , Thorney . Having done for years , Ferrari and Porsche , and put up with their various Problems , Especially Ferrari , almost Scared to take them out .. Im certainly going to try out a McLaren in the New Year ....
Are you filming in VHS in 2024 lol
Great video - volcano red is gorgeous colour
Well said. Well done
What is your McLaren franchise in New Zealand called
@@MikeBrown-cg7gm we don't have one now, relationship was terminated
I know that handling is deeply subjective, is it possible to identify seperately from the technical proficiency of absolute grip, clearly not as good in the sports series, feel, steering, chassis - so coming from Lotus and Caterham am a little obsessed with feel. Does the sports series provide clearer feedback to say 12c that was criticised for being too good! Too competant in of itself - if I love what lotus and caterham have given me - that connectedness - is that included in your assesment or it is technical competence (e.g. the Lotus having its engine at waist height is not technically a great solution but the feel is very clear. Sorry of this is a little badly written, I hope that I have managed ro ask a clear enough question around a rather foggy area of difference.
There is no definitive answer really, the super series has more grip as it can run a softer damper set up with the same spring. The sports series doesnt have the range of damper settings so it errs on the stiffer side which means it loses grip from that stiffer set up. The super series cars offer the same as sports but just a wider range into the softer side, in track mode all the models handles pretty much the same but the supers can run softer to give more grip in a wider variety of road types.
@ThorneyMotorsport Thank you. That is really helpful, I have spent years being frustrated at manufacturers making cars too stiff to no purpose. So the extra "feel" that many claim is simply poor consistency of tyre and tarmac and grip messages going up and down with that inconsistent contact, creating lots of little messages with more volatility in peaks of information, rather than a magically improved feel on a very similar chassis.
Any 720s coming up in the next few months ?
Yes, no more 720s this year though, just a 12c spider and another 650 spider to add then thats it for 2024
@ thanks for the reply !
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Very nice!
Great guide. Very clear and by sheer conincidence a great advert for your cars 😊 I'll come to you when i want a mechanically great car, dont care about carbon, when it gets bought will be kept for life and push through 100k miles so stone chips unlikely to be an issue either. Given that i drive much like a biker, I'll see if i can get 100k on ceramics😊 or get a 540 and have you optimise it...
Very nice but how much.?
It's listed on the cars for sale page on their website. For a spider with lift it's very competitively priced, IMHO.
one of the most common mot failure is broken coil on any car........ all cars have issues regardless.....of make.......if you are continuing to work towards bringing the cars into the real world by offering this type of fix it can only be good for maclaren.........i might just buy one.......keep this up .......cheers............
How do you differentiate the old from the new hinge? IE, If I'm looking to buy a car, how do you tell it has definitely had the upgraded hinges installed? Thanks.
@@liambowers666 in short you can't and we've seen the new ones crack so doesn't seem to make any difference.
What do you think about the mclaren artura? im thinking of buying one as my first car but want an experts opinion
We are warming to the Artura but there are still too many questions over the model for us to really include it as an alternative at the moment I'm afraid.
What fuel was being used How many octane that is?
Thx heaps
I've owned a 12C coupe 720S coupe and now a 650S coupe. 12C was great except for the moldy headlights and front bumper would not fit correctly. The 720 drove bigger, roof glass broke 3 times and 10% of the time it wouldn't find the key fob. The 650S is much better than the 12C. I would give it a score of 125
What makes it fade so quickly?
Not enough UV stabilisers in the top coat
Wow, such an honest appraisal of what to look for and how much it will cost. I would be 100% confident buying a car from you.
Theres a design feature within the maclaren engine makeup that causes the rod bending and ring wearing failures... there is no laterall movement on the con rod at the top end.. but there is lateral movement at the bottom end ! When you over tune them, the con rod bends !! Bcz of this inability to move ...
This must be an April fool
Wish there were more experts in the marketplace like you John.
5:50 so I assume the "bad volcano red" is the middle one? It's way off the other two!
Yep, not the same colour at all.
Surely it doesn’t matter if you like the colour when you see it.
As regards the owner, of course, which is why he kept it, but he bought a 'Volcano Red' McLaren and no doubt when he comes to sell he would have been selling a 'Volcano Red' McLaren and thats sadly not the case.
@ thanks for the reply. I don’t suppose I will ever be in a position to be a customer, but find your insights into McLaren ownership fascinating. I get the impression the cars are quite fragile needed thousands of pounds of repairs / prep on relatively low mileage cars. It would be really interesting if you could perhaps cover this in a future video. Maybe compare a car to similar models from other manufacturers. Keep up the good work and I’ll carry on working hard maybe one day I will be a customer…
Paint and corrosion and pipes on such low mileage? Costs have just put me off upgrading from my GT-R which has never required a 4 digit service in 15 years,
We won’t have this problem if McLaren gave out the paint codes
Well entirely true, we have all the paint codes now hence we painting cars but if McLaren sold the paint then yes, this would be less of an issue. However, VO and VR both fade with sunlight so there is always an element of blending that has to be done.
Volcano red fades really bad
A good view! Well done, John, useful to know. Volcano Red (authentic) is really an amazing colour
Great advice although don't have your mike right next to your neck, as it sounds like you've just had a boiled sweet and you have a problem swallowing.
Candy Apple Red?
Hard to make out the paint colour in 1080😂 come on guys get with the program. A new camera is peanuts for what you guys must be taking in every year.
most people look at these on their mobile device, running to 4k makes zero sense. Its shot on a Insta360 camera
TH-cam reduces the quality anyway.
@@ThorneyMotorsport hi there. Ok fair enough. I spend lots and lots of hours on TH-cam and find it very very noticeable when i watch one of your videos, as almost no one films in 1080 anymore and the quality drops considerably. In my opinion, a company as professional and highly regarded as yours, should be producing films as good quality as the content clearly is. All the best.
@euanbegbie tell you what, next one we will do in 4k and see what the reaction is, that fair?
@ it will certainly make me happier as I watch on the tv as I think a lot of people do now. Thanks again.
superb rundown by someone that clearly knows his stuff!
You’re making some great videos with some great content, please upgrade your camera though!
Great video ... and indeed comparisons. A question please ... everyone knows about prospective glass fractures on the 600LT screen glass, but if you're not track and weight/speed oriented, can you fit a standard gauge screen on the 600LT ?
Yes you can.
Hi so i see youre selling quite a few cars under £80k is this just due to the economy and market? Or whats changed as you say stay away from sub 80k cars
If you read the comments on the sub £80k section on our website we are quite clear in saying that there are non car related circumstances around those at the cheaper level, in other words some people just want the money. The cars are bargains under £80k regardless of model.
No prediction for 2016 Torocco orange
Hi Thanks for the video and information. I bought a single vin Diagcode and changed the battery as the TIB suggested and coded the ecu to lead acid H8. But having a Permanent linbus fault. Is this normal or does it need any other coding? Don't have any McLaren dealers in Norway so have try my best by myself.
We dont use Diagcode I'm afraid but you need to code out the LION battery first before you remove it and then code in the lead acid
i offer $15 CAD
I’d really like some commentary with these videos.
How much will this be retailing for? Is it Papaya Spark?
Details on the link, £165k, its McLaren Orange
So is this just a random ipace not been tampered with?