I think we have expectations that hi-tech cars from the likes of McLaren are 'hi-tech' through and through - they are not!!! The McLaren F1 is a car for the tr

I think we have expectations that hi-tech cars from the likes of McLaren are 'hi-tech' through and through - they are not!!! The McLaren F1 is a car for the track, the few examples that exist do go out and race. Over a race weekend I imagine the car is taken apart and put back together again in a multitude of ways, e.g. wheels taken off and different ones put on. Note how those wheels are held on with just the one big bolt that has to be tightened massively. That is not 'hi-tech', that is using the appropriate race-grade technology for the job. I have only stared into the bowels of a McLaren F1 once, but I bet that beyond the gold there are lots of things held together with nuts, bolts and clips that look crude compared to bicycle technology with bearings that really are cruder than on a bicycle. Yet these parts can be swapped in and out and adjusted easily. My point being that high-end race cars are not entirely high tech, under the hood there is stuff that is 'bits of bent tin'.