RE: One-of-50 Lexus LFA Nurburgring for sale

[generationx]

NGK210 said:

generationx said:

I've mentioned it before and here seems as good a place to mention it again.

I work in the company where the European Approved Service/Repair centre for the LFA is based…

Out of interest, what’s the hourly labour cost for working on an LFA?

Ha ha no idea. This is something discussed discretely with the customer

By the way - need a new screwdriver?

https://lexus-japan.epc-data.com/lfa/lfa10/113441/...

[Adrian W]

ManyMotors said:

I never understood the attraction of the LFA. The car does not look that great, the engine even for the time was less powerful than others, it is impossibly cramped inside and it came with Toyota's commitment to street performance - which does not exist. Current prices are simply due to the fact that there weren't many produced since they did not sell when new - that is, it was not an attractive car relative to others. High prices for the LFA now do not change the fact this was a dud. Anyone now buying one of these will simply park it and seldom, if ever, drive it. Let the hue and cry of LFA fan boys begin.

Yet most auto journalists including Clarkson say its the best car they have ever driven.

[JerseyS2000]

the chaps at Throttle House seem to rather like it...

https://youtu.be/wZvvvfWsw9w

[biggbn]

Ultimate lottery win car for me.

[Spleen]

JerseyS2000 said:

the chaps at Throttle House seem to rather like it...

https://youtu.be/wZvvvfWsw9w

I properly laughed at his reaction to the downshifts, skip to 4.00!

[ManyMotors]

Adrian W said:

ManyMotors said:

I never understood the attraction of the LFA. The car does not look that great, the engine even for the time was less powerful than others, it is impossibly cramped inside and it came with Toyota's commitment to street performance - which does not exist. Current prices are simply due to the fact that there weren't many produced since they did not sell when new - that is, it was not an attractive car relative to others. High prices for the LFA now do not change the fact this was a dud. Anyone now buying one of these will simply park it and seldom, if ever, drive it. Let the hue and cry of LFA fan boys begin.

Yet most auto journalists including Clarkson say its the best car they have ever driven.

Clarkson's endorsement did little for the LFA's commercial appeal. Maybe the problem was that it is just a Toyota. Or, maybe the problem is that Clarkson has little authority.

[ZX10R NIN]

Spleen said:

I properly laughed at his reaction to the downshifts, skip to 4.00!

That cracked me up too, I do like when Throttle House do these type of reviews.

[JerseyS2000]

Have you seen the one they both nearly stuff the Ford GT? scary

[chunder]

ManyMotors said:

Adrian W said:

ManyMotors said:

I never understood the attraction of the LFA. The car does not look that great, the engine even for the time was less powerful than others, it is impossibly cramped inside and it came with Toyota's commitment to street performance - which does not exist. Current prices are simply due to the fact that there weren't many produced since they did not sell when new - that is, it was not an attractive car relative to others. High prices for the LFA now do not change the fact this was a dud. Anyone now buying one of these will simply park it and seldom, if ever, drive it. Let the hue and cry of LFA fan boys begin.

Yet most auto journalists including Clarkson say its the best car they have ever driven.

Clarkson's endorsement did little for the LFA's commercial appeal. Maybe the problem was that it is just a Toyota. Or, maybe the problem is that Clarkson has little authority.

I think you may just have broken the record for cramming the most nonsense into the fewest words.

[Andy665]

I have spent a fair amount of time over the years with the white LFA that is the property of Lexus Europe, a very late pre-production model and therefore never road registered.

Any employee of Lexus Europe is likely to have seen / heard and / or had a passenger ride in that car as it was usually present at European new model launch events.

Incredible car to drive, so much more than the sum of its parts and having spent time with the engineers behind the project it was clearly a project that were incredibly proud of and obsessive about.

Only 27 LFAs of both types were sold in Europe, all had to be ordered from Lexus in Park Lane and I know a few owners who have more than one of them, one has been used as a daily driver in Germany for a good few years, his second one is much more pampered

[blueg33]

The colour is great, the engine is great, the technology is great. But, I have never liked the looks, especially the rear.

Despite all of the hype, the LFA isn't even close to my "want" list.

[ManyMotors]

chunder said:

ManyMotors said:

Adrian W said:

ManyMotors said:

I never understood the attraction of the LFA. The car does not look that great, the engine even for the time was less powerful than others, it is impossibly cramped inside and it came with Toyota's commitment to street performance - which does not exist. Current prices are simply due to the fact that there weren't many produced since they did not sell when new - that is, it was not an attractive car relative to others. High prices for the LFA now do not change the fact this was a dud. Anyone now buying one of these will simply park it and seldom, if ever, drive it. Let the hue and cry of LFA fan boys begin.

Yet most auto journalists including Clarkson say its the best car they have ever driven.

Clarkson's endorsement did little for the LFA's commercial appeal. Maybe the problem was that it is just a Toyota. Or, maybe the problem is that Clarkson has little authority.

I think you may just have broken the record for cramming the most nonsense into the fewest words.

Thank you, Chun! My words got to you! Enjoy the Holidays.

[Spleen]

ManyMotors said:

chunder said:

ManyMotors said:

Adrian W said:

ManyMotors said:

I never understood the attraction of the LFA. The car does not look that great, the engine even for the time was less powerful than others, it is impossibly cramped inside and it came with Toyota's commitment to street performance - which does not exist. Current prices are simply due to the fact that there weren't many produced since they did not sell when new - that is, it was not an attractive car relative to others. High prices for the LFA now do not change the fact this was a dud. Anyone now buying one of these will simply park it and seldom, if ever, drive it. Let the hue and cry of LFA fan boys begin.

Yet most auto journalists including Clarkson say its the best car they have ever driven.

Clarkson's endorsement did little for the LFA's commercial appeal. Maybe the problem was that it is just a Toyota. Or, maybe the problem is that Clarkson has little authority.

I think you may just have broken the record for cramming the most nonsense into the fewest words.

Thank you, Chun! My words got to you! Enjoy the Holidays.

I don’t think you’ve come out of that little exchange as well as you think.

[jason61c]

It’s more exciting and interesting than anything to fall out of Woking in the past 20 years

[DFLR]

ManyMotors said:

Thank you, Chun! My words got to you! Enjoy the Holidays.

Let's pray for a Xmas miracle in which you grow up.

[Harrypop]

I'm I misunderstanding carbon ceramic brakes? I'm just surprised that they - the discs primarily - have had to be changed within 12K miles, regardless of the type of use. I'm sure I've read a few times that Porsche ceramics weren't always up to much from a reliabilty standpoint in the early days and were often replaced or swapped for conventional steel but I thought that this was more in line with it bieng a relatively immature technology and the associated teething problems subsequently being improved upon as oppose to ceramics having a limited lifespan per se. I thought that they were always touted as being able to last as long as the car itself?

[ChocolateFrog]

A Vinyl wrap on a near million quid car.

If I was a potential buyer that would raise massive alarm bells.

[Harrypop]

ChocolateFrog said:

A Vinyl wrap on a near million quid car.

If I was a potential buyer that would raise massive alarm bells.

You should have a look at the video I provided above if you get a minute, I think that describing it as a vinyl wrap is doing it a bit of a disservice.

[cptsideways]

Of all the cars I've driven LFA wins hands down.

[ManyMotors]

Spleen said:

ManyMotors said:

chunder said:

ManyMotors said:

Adrian W said:

ManyMotors said:

I never understood the attraction of the LFA. The car does not look that great, the engine even for the time was less powerful than others, it is impossibly cramped inside and it came with Toyota's commitment to street performance - which does not exist. Current prices are simply due to the fact that there weren't many produced since they did not sell when new - that is, it was not an attractive car relative to others. High prices for the LFA now do not change the fact this was a dud. Anyone now buying one of these will simply park it and seldom, if ever, drive it. Let the hue and cry of LFA fan boys begin.

Yet most auto journalists including Clarkson say its the best car they have ever driven.

Clarkson's endorsement did little for the LFA's commercial appeal. Maybe the problem was that it is just a Toyota. Or, maybe the problem is that Clarkson has little authority.

I think you may just have broken the record for cramming the most nonsense into the fewest words.

Thank you, Chun! My words got to you! Enjoy the Holidays.

I don’t think you’ve come out of that little exchange as well as you think.

Then please read everything again and focus on my words rather than your attitude. Or use that attitude to continue your whining.

Edited by ManyMotors on Saturday 25th December 17:09