So this is probably going to sound like a first world problem, but my McLaren has been sitting in the garage for about three weeks while I've been traveling, and when I got back yesterday and tried to fire it up, absolutely nothing happened – no lights, no dash, no glorious V8 roar, just complete silence which is honestly a pretty heartbreaking sound when you've been looking forward to driving it all week. I knew these cars had parasitic drain issues but I completely forgot to hook up the trickle charger before I left, so now I'm paying the price and I need to get this sorted properly because I don't trust just any garage to work on a car of this caliber. I've been looking around and trying to find a specialist that actually knows how to handle a McLaren battery replacement without damaging any of the carbon fibre panels or messing up the electronics, because I've heard horror stories about people taking their supercars to regular shops and ending up with scratched bodywork and error codes that take weeks to clear. I came across a service where you can
get a premium McLaren battery installed in Dubai, which sounds exactly like what I need since they'd probably have the right lithium-ion spec and know about the proper reset procedures, but I'm always wary of trusting online listings without some proper validation from other owners. Has anyone here had their McLaren battery replaced recently and can recommend a place that genuinely knows these cars and won't charge a ridiculous fortune for what is essentially just a battery swap? I really don't want to take it to the dealership if I can avoid it because their prices are absolutely astronomical, but I also don't want to risk going somewhere that doesn't know what they're doing with such a delicate machine. Any honest recommendations would be massively appreciated.