As Evans
so wonderfully and crudely said, "It's like paying for sex." The 12C
is whispering all these nothings in your ear, "Oooh, you brake so hard!
You turn in so fast! I can't believe how good you can drive." Aside from
the fact that the new McLaren whispers nothing (it features Lexus LFA levels of
interior aural assault), you're really not driving it that well, bub. The car
is doing all these things for you.
The
hot-shoe's take: Wow, what an amazing experience. I’m gonna tell you, I both
like it and hate it. This McLaren raises the level of stability control to a
whole other realm. There’s a lot of computing at work while I’m driving and
it’s extremely effective in the way that the car drives, but the car’s not
driving exactly the way I’m driving it. I even find myself getting a little bit
stupid, like I know I have these crutches so I lean on them. They work so
smoothly, it’s almost invisible, except I know I just turned the wheel 20
degrees and the car’s not turning 20 degrees. Something else happened, and that
something else is very effective, but I’m not the guy really driving the car.
It is amazing.
