It took me 15 minutes to get out of the driveway with the 2022 McLaren 765LT Spider. And that was after the ear-splitting chaos of setting off the car alarm and opening one of its winged doors because I had left the key inside the garage.

My driveway meets the road with a subtle divot that belies its precarious nature. Supercars are not able to clear its concrete confines without clever angling and knees-on-the-ground spot checking as they roll slowly, slowly out of the gate. I know this from experience. Let’s leave it at that.