Hurricane Ian has been wreaking havoc on the southeast United States and particularly Florida, with the intense rain and winds inflicting massive quantities of property harm to these in closely affected areas. Sadly, a part of that property harm now features a McLaren P1, which was bought by its new proprietor only a week prior.

The P1 belongs to Instagram consumer Lambo9286, whose actual identify is Ernie. As talked about earlier than, he had simply taken possession of the automotive every week in the past, and was fairly enthusiastic about it, posting it 12 instances between then and now.

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Ernie’s final publish earlier than the Hurricane hit truly confirmed him going to choose up provides within the P1, which, little did he know, can be moments earlier than catastrophe. A publish from a distinct account reveals flood waters coming into his storage, and it’s already as much as the highest of the P1’s wheel wells. At this level, the automotive is nearly definitely totaled already, but it surely will get worse. In accordance with his subsequent publish, the flood waters have been so robust that they not solely floated the McLaren off the bottom, but additionally compelled it by means of the closed storage door and out onto the road.

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An aftermath video reveals the P1 outdoors being engulfed by the flood, with the water stage nearly coming as much as the roof at instances. To get a way of how dangerous that’s, the McLaren measures 46.8 inches (118.9 cm) in peak, that means there was nearly 4 toes (1.22 m) of water on the time the video was taken.

Ernie’s automotive was one in every of solely 375 P1s ever constructed, and it’s estimated to be price in extra of $1.5 million. He additionally misplaced his Rolls-Royce Phantom, which could possibly be seen sitting subsequent to the P1 within the storage, however we’d think about he’d be grieving the lack of his new McLaren a bit extra.

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