The McLaren F1's Crazy Maintenance Costs Will Blow Your Mind

Weiner parted ways with the F1 after just a few months when he discovered the astronomical amounts of money you need maintain it. As he explains in a video posted by VINwiki, the previous owner paid around $300,000 just to send it back to the factory to be repainted in Volcano Orange. When Weiner first bought the car, he discovered to his horror that many of the F1's components need to be replaced every few years – even if the car isn't driven. The fuel cell, for example, needs to be changed every five years at a cost of around $100,000. The clutch also needs to be changed every two to three years, and it costs $50,000 just to replace the tires.

According to Weiner, the reason why swapping the tires is so expensive is because McLaren requires the owner to rent a racetrack, hire a private driver and pay a team of engineers to set up the suspension systems to work in sync with the new tires. Even a fire extinguisher will set you back $800 because it's specifically designed to fit the supercar. The running costs may have been hard to live with, but we suspect Weiner probably regrets selling the car now that its value has significantly soared in recent years.