RE: Lexus LFA: Spotted

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Roger Irrelevant

2,971 posts

115 months

Friday 15th April 2016
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cptsideways said:
The only downside being a Toyota geek is it does not feature the legendary green tint Lexus/Toyota LCD clock!
WHAT?! Please don't tell me that after having put this into about a billion cars over several decades they've finally run out of them? I'd have to sellotape my Casio F-91W to the dash instead.

pSyCoSiS

3,616 posts

207 months

Friday 15th April 2016
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Totally appreciate and respect the engineering in these. Never quite understood the price, but it will no doubt go down in history as an iconic car.

Haven't had the pleasure to see or hear one in the flesh.

cptsideways

13,572 posts

254 months

Friday 15th April 2016
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They put the Toyota sewing machine technology to good use on these with the carbon fibre bits.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4DLr8qHliI

AndrewD

7,551 posts

286 months

Friday 15th April 2016
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Awesome cars. Looked into buying one a few months ago but some of the parts prices are astronomical. £40k for a damper.

leglessAlex

5,500 posts

143 months

Saturday 16th April 2016
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AndrewD said:
Awesome cars. Looked into buying one a few months ago but some of the parts prices are astronomical. £40k for a damper.
A damper or a set of dampers?

Either way that's insane, I think I just rethought my desire to get one of these one day.

Tuvra

7,921 posts

227 months

Saturday 16th April 2016
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vz-r_dave said:
Why buy a car to impress people? Again I find this odd but that's just me. I would never buy a car because I want people to know that it cost a certain amount. I wouldn't buy a car based on what others think either. Nor would I buy a car because of the badge, complete badge snobbery etc.

The LFA has immense presence, it might not have the Lambo badge but here in London it get's no less attention from everyone from my experience of seeing them.
Why not? I'm not talking about badge snobbery, I'm talking about the fact that it gets over shaddowed in the looks department by cars worth 1/5 of the price sleep

gigglebug

2,611 posts

124 months

Saturday 16th April 2016
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Tuvra said:
vz-r_dave said:
Why buy a car to impress people? Again I find this odd but that's just me. I would never buy a car because I want people to know that it cost a certain amount. I wouldn't buy a car based on what others think either. Nor would I buy a car because of the badge, complete badge snobbery etc.

The LFA has immense presence, it might not have the Lambo badge but here in London it get's no less attention from everyone from my experience of seeing them.
Why not? I'm not talking about badge snobbery, I'm talking about the fact that it gets over shaddowed in the looks department by cars worth 1/5 of the price sleep
And I guarantee you that most people on the street would say that an Audi TT is better looking than your Lambo but it doesn't make the Audi worth any more or the Lambo any less does it?? Again if your judging the LFA's worth on it's looks alone then you clearly just don't get the LFA or how important it is as a DRIVERS car not a posers chariot. Each to their though as it actually makes the LFA more desirable that most look down on it whilst missing the whole point of it.

LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

198 months

Saturday 16th April 2016
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Davey S2 said:
Does anyone have a link to the spare parts price list for these? Guaranteed to make you put in a museum and never drive it.

Edit: Can't find the list itself but here are some highlights:

Front Bumper $14,000

Clutch pressure plate $17,000, Friction Plate $4,000

Windscreen $18,278

You get the picture.




Edited by Davey S2 on Friday 15th April 10:43
I forgot that thread!

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=147...

AndrewD

7,551 posts

286 months

Saturday 16th April 2016
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leglessAlex said:
AndrewD said:
Awesome cars. Looked into buying one a few months ago but some of the parts prices are astronomical. £40k for a damper.
A damper or a set of dampers?

Either way that's insane, I think I just rethought my desire to get one of these one day.
A damper singular.

leglessAlex

5,500 posts

143 months

Saturday 16th April 2016
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AndrewD said:
leglessAlex said:
AndrewD said:
Awesome cars. Looked into buying one a few months ago but some of the parts prices are astronomical. £40k for a damper.
A damper or a set of dampers?

Either way that's insane, I think I just rethought my desire to get one of these one day.
A damper singular.
That's mental. I wonder how that compares to the 599 GTO or CGT parts prices?

As someone said above, surely you'd be able to get bespoke items made to the same specification for less? Although I suppose if you did that you'd have to be happy with wiping half the value off the car.

jhonn

1,567 posts

151 months

Saturday 16th April 2016
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AndrewD said:
A damper singular.
Insane. Makes buying a Veyron the prudent choice!

ChocolateFrog

25,831 posts

175 months

Saturday 16th April 2016
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jhonn said:
AndrewD said:
A damper singular.
Insane. Makes buying a Veyron the prudent choice!
Being a Toyota you probably won't need one.

Would be good to hear from an actual owner.

The prices of these are only going one way, and fast.

Krikkit

26,621 posts

183 months

Saturday 16th April 2016
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leglessAlex said:
AndrewD said:
leglessAlex said:
AndrewD said:
Awesome cars. Looked into buying one a few months ago but some of the parts prices are astronomical. £40k for a damper.
A damper or a set of dampers?

Either way that's insane, I think I just rethought my desire to get one of these one day.
A damper singular.
That's mental. I wonder how that compares to the 599 GTO or CGT parts prices?

As someone said above, surely you'd be able to get bespoke items made to the same specification for less? Although I suppose if you did that you'd have to be happy with wiping half the value off the car.
I suppose you'd need to remove the OE parts, have them cloned with some aftermarkets, then hide them in storage for if you ever wanted to sell.

vz-r_dave

3,469 posts

220 months

Monday 18th April 2016
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gigglebug said:
Tuvra said:
vz-r_dave said:
Why buy a car to impress people? Again I find this odd but that's just me. I would never buy a car because I want people to know that it cost a certain amount. I wouldn't buy a car based on what others think either. Nor would I buy a car because of the badge, complete badge snobbery etc.

The LFA has immense presence, it might not have the Lambo badge but here in London it get's no less attention from everyone from my experience of seeing them.
Why not? I'm not talking about badge snobbery, I'm talking about the fact that it gets over shaddowed in the looks department by cars worth 1/5 of the price sleep
And I guarantee you that most people on the street would say that an Audi TT is better looking than your Lambo but it doesn't make the Audi worth any more or the Lambo any less does it?? Again if your judging the LFA's worth on it's looks alone then you clearly just don't get the LFA or how important it is as a DRIVERS car not a posers chariot. Each to their though as it actually makes the LFA more desirable that most look down on it whilst missing the whole point of it.
Exactly, where is that parrot? Completely missing the point of the LFA, go and buy a penis extension!

F1GTRUeno

6,379 posts

220 months

Monday 18th April 2016
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I love them so much.

They aren't the fastest albeit they're still very quick.
They're overpriced and yet you just know the engineering and effort that went into it.
They sound absolutely bloody incredible and they look fantastic too.

I'd give anything to sit in one let alone hear it rev or ride in it.