# Mr Bean's $1.4 million dollar insurance claim
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mr-beans-1-4-million-dollar-insurance-claim/228609
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [February 8, 2013, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mr-beans-1-4-million-dollar-insurance-claim/228609 "2013-02-08T07:38:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2013, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mr-beans-1-4-million-dollar-insurance-claim/228609/1 "2013-02-08T07:38:15Z")
It took a year, but McLaren’s team of engineers was able to put humpty dumpty back together again and the insurance company actually agreed to pick up the tab.
> MR BEAN star Rowan Atkinson has his beloved supercar back in one piece after insurers coughed up a staggering £910,000 to fix it - the biggest-ever repair bill in Britain.
[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article4784176.ece](http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article4784176.ece)
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### Author:  [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2013, 7:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mr-beans-1-4-million-dollar-insurance-claim/228609/2 "2013-02-08T07:40:45Z")
That’s what insurance is for.
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### Author:  [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2013, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mr-beans-1-4-million-dollar-insurance-claim/228609/3 "2013-02-08T07:43:42Z")
> [@Rowan Atkinson](#):
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> “I’m not a collector. I don’t like the toy cupboard syndrome that causes so many good cars to evaporate.
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> “It depresses me that they are hidden away like investment art, or gold ingots in a Swiss vault.
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> “The McLaren is just so usable, it is a crime not to use it. No gritted teeth, you just get in and drive.”
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### Author:  [@Freek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Freek)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2013, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mr-beans-1-4-million-dollar-insurance-claim/228609/4 "2013-02-08T07:44:34Z")
I’m more curious how that would affect value.
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### Author:  [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2013, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mr-beans-1-4-million-dollar-insurance-claim/228609/5 "2013-02-08T07:51:27Z")
I’m guessing it won’t. Sounds like it was rebuilt from te ground up .
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2013, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mr-beans-1-4-million-dollar-insurance-claim/228609/6 "2013-02-08T07:55:07Z")
> [@ultradriver10000](#):
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> I’m guessing it won’t. Sounds like it was rebuilt from te ground up .
Yeah, it isn’t like Caruba hacked this back together with a bunch of rusty junk yard parts.
Still, when a car is this rare it’s pedigree matters so I’d guess this one wouldn’t be valued as high as others.
Not that any of that matters since Atkinson is so awesome. He bought it to drive it, not to have it sit in some sealed garage as an investment.
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### Author:  [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2013, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mr-beans-1-4-million-dollar-insurance-claim/228609/7 "2013-02-08T08:05:51Z")
> [@JayS](#):
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> Still, when a car is this rare it’s pedigree matters so I’d guess this one wouldn’t be valued as high as others.
Uhhhhh… This is Mr.Bean were talking about here… its already worth 3x the value simply because his buns have graced the seat.
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### Author:  [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2013, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mr-beans-1-4-million-dollar-insurance-claim/228609/8 "2013-02-08T09:33:58Z")
I hope that fixed that horrible color while they were at it.
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### Author:  [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2013, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mr-beans-1-4-million-dollar-insurance-claim/228609/9 "2013-02-08T09:52:03Z")
yeah i bet this thing will end up being worth more given what it has been through now.
also, how did Mr. Bean become worth worth over $100M?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2013, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mr-beans-1-4-million-dollar-insurance-claim/228609/10 "2013-02-08T09:55:41Z")
Blocked at work. what happened to the car?
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### Author:  [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2013, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mr-beans-1-4-million-dollar-insurance-claim/228609/11 "2013-02-08T09:57:12Z")
> [@bing](#):
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> also, how did Mr. Bean become worth worth over $100M?
Hes an English national staple… Why? I have no idea.
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### Author:  [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2013, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mr-beans-1-4-million-dollar-insurance-claim/228609/12 "2013-02-08T10:03:27Z")
He’s pretty much the British Seinfeld and he had done a lot more work than just Mr. Bean. Black Adder being my favorite.
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### Author:  [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mr-beans-1-4-million-dollar-insurance-claim/228609/13 "2013-02-08T20:41:46Z")
> [@theblue](#):
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> I hope that fixed that horrible color while they were at it.
I don’t mind the color, but what always amazes me with many of these super cars is how UGLY and horrific the wheels are!
Does anyone else see the wheels on this thing? They look like those 100$ ones you find on tirerack or something in popular mechanics magazines.
Also Saleen S7? That thing has got some fugly wheels.
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### Author:  [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2013, 4:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mr-beans-1-4-million-dollar-insurance-claim/228609/14 "2013-02-09T04:54:38Z")
> [@ultradriver10000](#):
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> That’s what insurance is for.
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### Author:  [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2013, 6:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mr-beans-1-4-million-dollar-insurance-claim/228609/15 "2013-02-09T06:19:11Z")
> [@ubengineering](#):
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> I don’t mind the color, but what always amazes me with many of these super cars is how UGLY and horrific the wheels are!
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> Does anyone else see the wheels on this thing? They look like those 100$ ones you find on tirerack or something in popular mechanics magazines.
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> Also Saleen S7? That thing has got some fugly wheels.
Yeah it amazes me how these automakers could produce such beautifully timeless cars with these unimaginatively bland wheels.
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### Author:  [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2013, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mr-beans-1-4-million-dollar-insurance-claim/228609/16 "2013-02-09T10:41:51Z")
I like the wheels and the color just fine…to me the F1 is the most perfect car ever made…and I love that this guy drives the car…even if it is to the point that he bangs it up…
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### Author:  [@LUKE\_L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUKE_L)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2013, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mr-beans-1-4-million-dollar-insurance-claim/228609/17 "2013-02-13T11:12:00Z")
> [@maxwell](#):
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> Blocked at work. what happened to the car?
Rowan, 58, worth a reported £71 million, hit a slippery patch of road near Peterborough in August 2011 before ploughing into a tree.
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### Author:  [@seth13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/seth13)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2013, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mr-beans-1-4-million-dollar-insurance-claim/228609/18 "2013-02-13T11:16:46Z")
> [@91MR2](#):
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> I like the wheels and the color just fine…to me the F1 is the most perfect car ever made…and I love that this guy drives the car…even if it is to the point that he bangs it up…
agree with you there. you could paint an f1 matte pink and I would still drive it. Such an awesome car. I have a hard time believing that Mclaren will ever make something on that level again. Although the MP4-12C is cool, It’s not nearly as awesome.
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### Author:  [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mr-beans-1-4-million-dollar-insurance-claim/228609/19 "2013-02-20T19:15:26Z")
> [@seth13](#):
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> I have a hard time believing that Mclaren will ever make something on that level again.
truth, because the 903hp P1 will suck:
[http://blog.caranddriver.com/2014-mclaren-p1-powertrain-specs-released-903-horsepower-f1-style-boost-systems-and-its-a-plug-in-hybrid-2013-geneva-auto-show/](http://blog.caranddriver.com/2014-mclaren-p1-powertrain-specs-released-903-horsepower-f1-style-boost-systems-and-its-a-plug-in-hybrid-2013-geneva-auto-show/)
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### Author:  [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mr-beans-1-4-million-dollar-insurance-claim/228609/20 "2013-02-21T05:14:29Z")
He really beats the hell out of his cars though:
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