McLaren – How to drive one for free! (Seriously)

How to experience McLaren; iDriveSoCal's Professor,  Clinton Quan, recently enjoyed his second opportunity to drive one of the finest street machines made.  That's right... it's not his first time! What's that you say?  You'd like to drive a McLaren too... really? Well, first get in line because you are far from alone in your desire.  With that said, the Professor maintains that it's really not that hard to be given the opportunity to get behind the wheel of one of the most exclusive supercars in production. Click play below to hear how the Professor enjoys supercars without the super-purchase and says you can do the exact same thing.  It's only in this iDriveSoCal Podcast! ***Transcript*** Recording date – September 18, 2018, in Los Angeles, CA Exotic Access: 101 Clinton Quan: This event, it’s called the McLaren Forward Sports Series Tour and the "sports series" is for the 570S and they're really promoting the Spider so all three of the vehicles on display were Spiders. They had a green, a black, and a white one. I was the very first one there so I got to pick which one I wanted to drive. They, he, let me drive it pretty much as fast as I wanted.  Pretty high speeds, we'll just say that. Tom Smith: Welcome to iDriveSoCal, the podcast all about mobility from the automotive capital of these fine United States of America, southern California. Tom Smith here and joining me is our good buddy, pal, chum, amigo, compadre, comrade, Clinton Quan, "The Professor." Say, "Hello," Clinton. Clinton Quan: Hi, Tom. Tom Smith: Yay, yay. The crowd goes wild. Ahhhhh. Today's podcast is The Professor's McLaren experience. How did you get hooked up with this one by the way? "Do you know how much you and me and Bernadette would have to fight to see who gets to go on those test drives?" Clinton Quan: A friend of mine invited me to the event. Tom Smith: Alright. Clinton Quan: So I signed up as soon as he sent me the invitation. Tom Smith: So, Professor is the Professor and he's a contributor for iDriveSoCal because he's got automotive in his veins and he gets invited to all the craziest stuff. Sometimes he gets in and gets special treatment by way of iDriveSoCal but the truth is, he gets special treatment for all kinds of automotive things just because. I don't really know why, just because he's been... You know what? You're almost like the guy or gal that, over the years, cut their way in the line to the most exclusive clubs for so long that they just started thinking. Step One: Play the Part "Well, you're supposed to be here, right? You're... Come on in!" And it's like, dude, what do you...? You're driving a three-hundred-thousand-dollar car around LA for fun? I mean, you gotta, if you're not... Clinton Quan: About two hundred thousand. Tom Smith: Whatever. If you're not listening to this podcast on iDriveSoCal.com and looking at the pictures on this podcast post, you have to do yourself a favor and check it out because The Professor got invited to this thing and there's literally four brand new, gorgeous McLarens parked in front of the Metropolis Hotel? Clinton Quan: Metropolis downtown. It's not a hotel. It's next to the Indigo Hotel. These are condominiums. Tom Smith: Okay, so, a million dollars worth of exotic supercars parked right in front of each other and... Clinton Quan: Yes. There were three of them. Tom Smith: Okay. And there was The Prof ... there was blue, black, white, and green? "He noticed I was very interested in the vehicle so he asked me if I wanted to attend the event..." Clinton Quan: No, it was green, black, and white. There was no blue.