WATCH: McLaren 650S fails to climb mild, snowy Vancouver driveway

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Many a wealthy supercar owner has learned the hard way that excessive horsepower does not traction make — especially when the roads disappear in the white stuff, as they do once or twice a year in Vancouver. 

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The real-time struggle of the driver of a McLaren 650S Spider attempting to crawl out of an oh-so-slightly inclined driveway in Vancouver over the holidays went viral when a neighbour posted a clip of the slow-moving action to Twitter. 

You can hear the filmer burst into laughter as the $300,000 supercar, which is mistaken for a Lamborghini in the post, comes sliding backwards back into view — top-down, naturally — after revving its engine and spinning performance tires in an effort to summit the driveway. Apparently this went on for 30 minutes or so. 

A push by hand probably would’ve helped them on their way, but the neighbours were too busy filming and laughing, so it was up to the driver’s buddy with a Jeep to save the day. It’s always good to have a buddy with a Jeep. 

Having gone viral twice, the poster has since realized the error of his ways in labelling the Jeep Wrangler a “luxury SUV” — no doubt after receiving a good number of corrections from humble Jeep owners — and issued a retraction in his Twitter bio, writing, “Yes yes it’s a McLaren and a Jeep Wrangler isn’t a luxury SUV. SORRY!”