The McLaren Senna came with a seven-figure price tag from the factory. Just 500 were built, and now it seems there may be one less in the world. That’s because a few days ago in Los Angeles, one of these fine machines wound up slamming into a dealership in embarrassing scenes.
The video has been doing the rounds on social media. The driver of the vehicle rolls up on an LA street, and completes a sloppy donut before accelerating away. With tires smoking and revs high, the Senna suddenly jinks to the right. The brake lights come on, but it’s not enough. The Senna slams into the front of a dealership—Lexus of Woodland Hills.
We don’t get to see the driver in the clip, but it has been widely speculated on Reddit that YouTuber Edmond Barseghian was behind the wheel. Barseghian had recently posted a video to YouTube in which he picked up a “1/1 Kiwi Edition McLaren Senna.” That vehicle closely fits the description of the one that crashed.
In #LosAngeles, another dude YouTube blogger driving a #McLaren Senna, just look… I have no words… brain explosion ???????????? pic.twitter.com/tpRtyQ94RB
— RSF Motorsport ® (@RSF_Motorsport) April 29, 2024
Known online by the handle “Mondi,” Barseghian made a name for himself in the past by crashing a Hummer EV just 9 miles after picking it up. At present, his Instagram account has been set to private.
At this time, it’s not possible to verify the exact details of who may have been driving at the time of the crash. The Autopian has contacted Barseghian regarding the matter and will update this article with any comments, accordingly.
Modern supercars have all kinds of electronic safety systems to help you stay in control. However, if you switch them off or push too far, it’s still possible to get into trouble. In the Senna, it’s perhaps easier than in most vehicles, given it has a full 789 horsepower on tap and a kerb weight under 2,900 pounds.
There’s an easy way to avoid finding yourself in a situation like this one. The trick is to drive within your own limits. If you don’t know what they are, go and get some proper high-performance driver training so you can learn what to do—and just as importantly, what not to do.
More than that, it’s completely inappropriate for anyone to be attempting stunts like these on a public road. Whoever was behind the wheel of that McLaren got very lucky that there were apparently no pedestrians harmed when they lost control. When you make mistakes like this on a public roadway, you’re not just putting yourself at risk, but everyone around you as well.
It’s also a damn shame to see a fine McLaren smashed to pieces like this. A number of other examples have suffered similar fates in recent years, too. It’s all the more ridiculous given the sheer expense of the vehicle. If you can afford a seven-figure McLaren, you can sure as hell afford to take it to the track when you want to let your hair down.
Whether this was a case of “YouTubers gonna YouTube,” or just some other random hijinx, it doesn’t really matter. Ultimately, everyone needs to be better by keeping this nonsense off public roads.
Image credits: RSF_Motorsport via Twitter screenshot
Ignoring all the obvious influencer douche blogger street racing a car issues here.
Is it more sad to see a car crashed and totaled. Or more sad to see a car sit in a collection and never be driven.
Both are terrible fates for a car. But which is worse?
That’s a good philosophical prompt question! Better a live dog than a dead lion, I say.
I think my principal beef with the “iTs A MuSeUm PieCe itS cOLLeCtIBlE aNd RaRe” car crowd is that something being a museum piece implies there might only need to be a few in the world kept in a collection. Not every auction block special is a collectible in my mind, and judging by my gaggle of misfits, rare does not imply valuable either.
For me it would be how the car was crashed and totaled. Was it totaled by an asshat doing donuts on a public street or a crash on a racetrack, being driven how it was meant to be? I’d rather see it kept in a museum than driven recklessly on a public street and totaled.
I was more focused purely on the outcome. Very philosophical like.
Collection is always worse by default. The exception to the rule is if the crash is from “silly douche sending it on a public road with real people around.”
that is about where I ended up too… I’d rather a car no longer exist if it means it was enjoyed in some manner if even for just a brief moment.
I think being totaled is worse just because there’s always a chance that a car that’s in a collection and never driven could be liberated in the future and driven once more.
A crashed car could be resurrected too, though. The question, in my mind, assumed each fate was eternal.
If we’re going with eternal, I think the crash context matters. If this car was in a permanent collection, it would be better than being in this crash, because it’s not being used by someone who knows how to use it. If it was crashed on a track by someone otherwise competent, then the collection is worse.
The best fate is the one where it’s providing as much joy as possible.
You can hardly call that “driven”, though. It’d be different if it crashed on a track, but frankly I think he crashed it semi-intentionally, for the clicks.
Too much power, too little skill
High-performance car, low-performance driver.
Too much incentive to crash for clicks.
This Youtuber only has 190k followers, but can afford a Senna? Must have another revenue stream. Sad for that car.
He’s just another Iranian/LA douchebagger spending the money his Father or Grandfather stole from their former country.
Sometimes people wonder how governments such as the current Iranian administration and the CCP came to being.
They are not least because we were propping up previous regimes that were no angels, to put it very mildly.
This wasn’t a mistake, it was a deliberate act of stupidity.
Wankers gonna wank…
I’m glad there was no damage to that Camry parked at the dealership
If it’s a base model it would actually be appropriate for his skill level. If it’s a TRD Camry it’s too much car for him.
So irresponsible to drive that crazy on that road – it’s Ventura Blvd, the main thoroughfare in the San Fernando Valley. He’s extremely fortunate no one else was hurt.
At least the video may give his insurer a chance to deny the claim.
He’s just out here creating jobs! Got to get a guy to tow the car, couple guys to fix the car, another guy to fix the wall, some lawyer to make sure he suffers no legal consequences, a judge to tell me “shouldn’t do that” and give him no consequences for doing that. It’s all basic Trickle-Down Economics. Get enough nepo-babies to drink enough champagne and then pee in a lake, we’re lifting all boats.
😀
At the advice of the lawyer, for insurance claim purposes
At the advice of *his daddy’s* lawyer
not anymore, have fun: https://www.instagram.com/edmond_mondi/?hl=en
This is the definition of “More money than brains”
I feel like youtube and tik tok is dumbing down society
People has always been very dumb, but now you get to see all of it
I liked the movie Idiocracy better before I realized it was a documentary.
thats LITTERALY the point of the app. The algorithms post dumb shit in America, and in China where its owned, they do people being good at math and science. Its like the opium wars, but with social media, and I guess all the Fenty they send over to us as well add the two together and you get a nation of idiot drug zombies.
And Instagram
Too bad he didn’t forget his seatbelt. Tasting his own blood through a broken nose from hitting the dash or pavement from an ejection might have been more corrective than merely signing one of daddy’s checks.
I swore I was going to be more positive/less toxic on social media, but it’s so hard when there’s so much STUPID.
That’s why I’m not on social media at all.
These cretins are doing so much damage to car enthusiasm. When normies log onto social media this nonsense is what’s going to pop up. Not people lapping a track. Not folks working on cars. Not people explaining the historical significance of a car.
What they see are nepo babies wrecking exotics and Mustang bros wrecking Cars and Coffee…and due to the scourge on humanity that is social media these shitheads literally get paid for this nonsense, and paid well! Their brains are absolutely rotted by the need for instant gratification so they don’t care that they’re making fools of themselves and putting others at risk.
Social media is literally a public health issue. I have no idea why our society just sits around and thinks “this is fine”. But I digress. Fuck this asshole and all of his ilk. Unfortunately I’m sure daddy will pick up the tab and he’ll wreck something else in a few months dRiViNg It LiKe It DeSeRvEs To Be DrIvEn. Asshole.
So much this. You can drive it like it was built to be driven at the track. That way when your ego exceeds your skill you don’t crash into some poor bastard who was just trying to get to work.
Something else I wish more people understood is that traction control is there for a reason. I swear these idiots think it’s some sort of flex to turn everything off. I’ve seen videos of experienced drivers losing control of things like Camaros once all the assists are off.
An 800 horsepower car is beyond probably 99% of drivers’ capabilities without them. No shit you’re going to lose it when you put your foot to the floor mid turn. That’s how physics work.
10/10 can confirm. I was driving a car with “only” 485HP and all of the nannies on and it felt a little beyond my ability to control it. But I didn’t push it or wreck anything. My sense of self preservation (on all levels) and desire to never wear the ass hat was enough to stop further shenanigans.
I really think 300ish horsepower in a 3-4,000 pound car is the sweet spot for most people. It’s enough to get thrown back in your seat but not enough to put you into antisocial territory unless you really make a conscientious effort.
Once you’re in the 450+ range at that weight the damn car is going to be faster than you can perceive easily. You can mash it and be doing 100 on a public road before you even realize it. I’ve thrown a couple of cars that are that powerful around before and never felt completely in control…and I’m a pretty competent driver who has a fair amount of experience with powerful cars.
Your average Joe can’t handle that level of responsibility and restraint. Anyway, I’m currently on vacation and we wound up with a V6 Camaro as our rental…and you know what? I think it’s the sweet spot for that platform, and I’ve driven the SS. It makes the car lighter, it sounds way better than it has any right to, it revs out to 7,000, and even when you’re pushing it it’s not really enough to get you into serious trouble.
I agree with you 100%. I have two cars. One is 300ish hp and 3,000 lbs. The other is about 3200lbs and 530 HP. And I totally and 100% agree with you.
I can WOT the 300HP car and it is seriously fun, but never dangerous unless you really really try. But the 530HP I’ve never had at WOT and never taken to redline. It’s scary how fast that thing will go and how quickly it will get out of control.
The 300HP is actually more fun for me to drive. I’d get rid of the other if not for the sentimental value (and possible collectability).
I’ve twice been able to track a RWD car with high horsepower (>500hp). I kept it in sport mode to have the aggressive shift points but also all the nanny features and it was more than adequate to have fun. And best of all, the car remained intact as did the barriers around the track. The machismo behind turning off features designed to keep less skilled folks in control is wild to me.
No way this guy has McLaren Senna money from YouTube right? That Reddit thread says he has also crashed a GT3 Porsche in addition to that Hummer.
I’d imagine he is just some rich kid who shows off his parent’s money on YouTube.
It seems that he owns Houston Hot Chicken. A small chain of Nashville hot chicken joints.
Wait, so does the restaurant live in Houston or Nashville?
There’s Kentucky Fried Chicken in Tokyo, so… *shrug*
Rumble in The Bronx was filmed in British Columbia, which is neither British nor Colombian.
Nsshville-style hot chicken sandwiches
Does he have it? No.
…do his parents have it? Yup.
UFCW union organizer: “…so when management says they don’t have the money to give you a raise, this is where that money went. That’s money you earned.”
I normally feel like these super cars are too expensive. Then idiots doing stupid things trash them, and I realize they are too affordable.
Second stupid car stunt crash in as many days. Must be Cars & Coffee season!
I just wanted to mention that every time I see your screen name the riff starts playing in my head, which I very much appreciate.
No, the thing about 7 figure cars is that they are pretty much always worth repairing.
This one will be in the hands of another influencer before long.
FTFY
Tavarish has entered the chat.
Came for the kerb, leaving satisfied.
Does this guy still have an F40? Shiver me timbers.
play stupid games, win stupid prizes….
he needs to have his driver license revoked
This is America. And in America we don’t take away a wealthy person’s license to drive.
There are idiots in far cheaper cars driving with suspended or no license whatsoever. This person should be incarcerated, if you want them off the roads.
I’ve seen this guy’s nonsense posted online before, he has like a cult following on Instagram with people worshipping him for “driving cars how they should be driven”. Mondi is a fucking clown and deserves to rot in prison before he kills someone. Influencers are the cancer of society.
Influencer = attention-starved, low-grade human. Avoid in all situations.
Sometimes it feels like I am beset on all sides by absolutely terrible drivers.
The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the
inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of terrible drivers
blessed is he who, in the name of traffic laws and turn signals
shepherds his car through the valley of chaos
for he is truly his cars keeper, and the finder of lost turbodiesels
and I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious
anger those who attempt to crash and destroy my TDI’s
and you will know my name is TDI in PNW when I lay
my vengeance upon thee
-Samuel L. Jackson, probably
Has to be: that’s the voice I heard it in, anyway
Must have seen a Prost…
I’ve done some stupid stuff in cars. Really stupid.
However the one thing I’ve always done before doing something stupid and arguably illegal is check no one else is there to see it or get hurt. No victims, no witnesses.
But then I don’t have a content generated income that gets me access to McLarens. So maybe I’m stupiderest.
That’s the hard part to square with. That these clowns can seemingly make such obscene amounts of money with barely two brain cells to rub together. So going to college, working a bunch, going to grad school, working a bunch more, building a career so you can have a nice life seems like you are doing it right. Then some assclown who may have finished the 8th grade buys the mansion up the road and fills the garages with exotics all because he can act as the id for a herd of people who like to click on the videos.
I feel old and exhausted by all this. I wonder if I could turn that into the next youtube/tiktok nonsense and get myself a million dollar car?
1000% upvote on this, my life has been much the same.
I was much happier when I thought the rich were better than me, rather than just richer than me.
I keep telling my kid she can try to make it as an influencer after college. Right now she’s too young to understand how unlikely it is that she can have even a brief career as an influencer.
I think the “influencer” job description is similar to “sports star” or “rock star” when I was growing up. Eventually she’ll grow up and realize the odds. At least, that’s what I’m hoping for my son….
I’m 53 and I struggle with this every day. We have a business, it’s rewarding in its own way but it’s not always fun and it’s sometimes it’s nerve-wracking. And I feel like such a chump, getting up early and busting my ass 6 or 7 days a week, while some dipshit mouth breather is making seven figures shouting nonsense into a phone. I’ve never bought a new car in my lifetime and this assbag punts a McLaren into a wall and not only will received the adoration of his idiot followers but will be back at it in less than a week with something equally special that he will mistreat.
Fuck.
It’s a very easy line of work to get into, you just need to be born male to the right parents in the right country, have them continue to be financially successful as you grow up, and be a charismatic, empty-hearted black hole for attention and adulation with a knack for video staging and production.
You’re not a chump, you just weren’t born to rich parents. Do better next time, Matt.
Hey, I’m that chump too! But you know what? Every single thing I have, I deserve. I wouldn’t have it any other way.
My first car with 60hp? Bought it with summer jobs money. My 20 year old BMW? I bought it with my second engineering job after having paid my student debts off.
My cool classic car that’s almost back on the road? I’ve restored it myself, and my fledging company’s benefit is paying for the parts.
These vain rich kids, who get anything for nothing, can’t appreciate what they have as they never struggled to get it.
Don’t feel too bad. Your kinda saying “guys in metal bands make a ton of money” because Metallica is so huge. For every successful influencer there are legions of unsuccessful influencers.
Idiot.
Brevity, truly, is the soul of wit.