Shmee150 reveals why he\u2019s not driving his beloved McLaren 675LT Spider Tim \u2018Shmee150\u2019 Burton has plenty of beasts to choose from in his garage, but one of them won\u2019t be seeing the road for a while, with the YouTuber explaining why he\u2019s not driving his McLaren 675LT Spider in a recent video. Shmee150\u2019s car collection is the envy of motoring enthusiasts around the world. The UK YouTuber has plenty of motors sitting in his garage, including an Aston Martin Vantage GT8, a Mercedes AMG GTR Pro, and a Ford GT. While he takes pleasure in taking them out for a spin, there\u2019s one car that will be staying inside the garage for a while \u2014 his McLaren 675LT Spider. The YouTuber mentioned in a December 31 video there were some problems with the car in its routine service back in mid-2019 that have kept it off the road. \u201cI took delivery of this car back in July 2016, that means it\u2019s now about three-and-a-half years old,\u201d he said. \u201cAt three years it went back to McLaren to have a full service, an MOT [test], to have a full complete checkover, to extend the warranty, and unfortunately a few little niggles were found.\u201d Most of them were cosmetic, with some damage to the paintwork on the front wings and the bonnet. The panels had \u201ca small bit of rust\u201d on them, which took quite the process to fix up. For mobile readers, the related segment starts at 6:21 \u201cThey had to take them all apart, get them repainted, assemble them, and then take them back to Topaz to have them re-PPF\u2019d (paint protection film). It\u2019s been quite a long process.\u201d He mentioned that, while not \u201cparticularly impressed\u201d with the defects, that wasn\u2019t the reason it was sitting at home. There\u2019s a much more severe fault on his hands, one that could risk his life. \u201cAt the moment, the airbags are not connected because unfortunately, in transport back to me, the battery died,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause the battery died, the electronics all disconnected, and as a result, it means I\u2019d be driving without airbags. \u201cIt\u2019s not a particularly hard thing to fix, it just needs a computer plugged in to reset them, but it does mean that I\u2019m not going to drive a car like this without airbags on.\u201d The broken airbags, coupled with poor weather conditions around where he lives, has forced Shmee to shelve the $400,000 beast for now. He did show off its roaring engine though, starting it up in his garage to show that it still runs perfectly fine. With another trip back to the dealer expected for his McLaren, it might still be a few months yet before we see Shmee back out on the road with one of his favorite prized possessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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