Car of the Day - 1999 Toyota Sienna Dents & Scrapes

Today's Toyota Sienna was damaged in an accident. The customer first tried to touch-up the damaged areas himself. Then he decided to bring it to Almost Everything. He wanted to avoid an insurance claim and increased insurance premiums so Almost Everything worked with him to decide what was necessary to keep the car safe & improve appearance. The customer ultimately decided to fix the big dents and just painted over some of the smaller ones. The customer also chose to mask instead of remove trim and mating panels to minimize labor costs. Almost Everything matched the original factory paint on the quarter panel & door. The vehicle looks much better and the repair costs were less than his deductible.

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Emerson's New Favorite Car--McLaren F1

Almost anyone who has visited our shop knows Emerson. One of our suppliers gave us a calendar and December had a car that he was unfamiliar with--probably because it went into production when he was a child. Still, it is to this day one of the fastest and even arguably THE fastest production car ever made (243 mph/372 km/h). And it is now Emerson's new favorite. We've told him to start saving his pennies.

We present, the McLaren F1.

McLaren F1 photo by robad0b / Robin Corps

Photo of McLaren F1 GTR by Przemek Jahr

Produced from 1992 to 1998. Only 106 were ever made. When new they were $1,000,000.00 each. They cost more now, a lot more, if you can get someone to sell one.

Here's a recent Automobile Magazine retrospective on the F1. . . we aren't the only ones who still think it is the next best thing to a ride on a space shuttle, or maybe better:
http://www.automobilemag.com/features/0809_1992_mclaren_f1/index.html

McLaren was formed in 1963 by racing driver Bruce McLaren. It is famous more for its decades of engineering amazing race cars. But McLaren also engineered and manufactured the 2003-2010 Mercedes Benz SLR and for those who missed out on the F1 and the SLR, McLaren recently announced plans for a new street legal supercar, the MP4-12C.

For Burn-Out Fans

Courtesy of our buddies at Jalopnik, this short video demonstrates a worst case scenario.