We’ve all dreamed the dream. Cash in the 401(k), sell the sensible-shoes SUV, buy something low, fast, and loud, and drive it every day. But could you live with a supercar? And I’m not talking about in those near-mythical magazine-story moments when, as an empty road twists and turns into the distance ahead, you crack open the throttle and start hunting apexes with a 600-hp snarl exploding in your ears. I’m talking real life: crawling through city traffic, schlepping through the suburbs, hum-drumming it on the freeway.
I had three months at home in the U.K. with a McLaren Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) GT to find out. To live the dream. Simultaneously, Mac Morrison did the same in Los Angeles with a 720S Spider, and his recounting of that experience follows mine on these pages.
The GT, though? There are faster, more focused McLarens, but this car is arguably the most interesting of the lot. Built around 720S hardware, it’s powered by a slightly detuned version of that car’s mid-mounted 4.0-liter twin-turbo V-8. In GT spec the engine produces 612 hp and 465 lb-ft of torque, still enough to get this 3,373-pounder to 60 mph in a supercar-worthy 2.9 seconds and to a
