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    Image of powermatic powermatic
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Lexus LFA Sounds Like $400,000
    Great mechanicals, but for that money the styling is decidedly ho-hum. Or worse. Love or hate the Ferraris and Lambos as they evolve, but at least someone's trying to design a sports car that produces some tingling in the crotchial area. This car-along with the GT-R that it's apparently trying to one-up-has all the sexual pedigree of a riced-up Subaru. Just a big, big No.
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    Image of bzr bzr
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Lexus LFA Sounds Like $400,000
    Is that a freakin' mouse cursor on the gauges of a car? Man, is that progress, or what?
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    Image of duster_uk duster_uk
    12/09/09

    @bzr: "Where would you like to go today?" indeed.
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    Image of lenhoff.alex lenhoff.alex
    12/09/09

    @bzr: I'm pretty sure what you're seeing is not the gauges of the car, but a computer application that plays recordings of the engine sounds. Did you read the words that the mouse clicks on? Do you really think that when you want to accelerate, you have to click on accelerate? Or when you want to downshift, you have to click on downshift?
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    12/10/09

    @lenhoff.alex: Ok, ok, it was a joke. I hope I never come across you at a party.
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    12/09/09

    In reply to And The Top Gear Lexus LFA Track Time Is...?
    The Gumpert weighs 1000 pounds less than and LFA, has more power, and can't possibly handle too much worse, so I don't like the Lexus' chances.

    But man...that Zonda interior beats them both. It's like steampunk in there...
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    Image of Number_Six Number_Six
    12/09/09

    In reply to And The Top Gear Lexus LFA Track Time Is...?
    If I had Simon Cowell money I'd drop 400K on the LFA without a second of hesitation and I wouldn't even care if it wasn't faster than a 911 Turbo around the TG track. Somehow it just does it for me, like the Camry wagon with two rear wipers.
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    Image of LuciferV8 LuciferV8
    12/09/09

    In reply to And The Top Gear Lexus LFA Track Time Is...?
    Not faster than the Apollo.
    Not faster than several cars.
    Still pretty damn fast...
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    Image of Sensei Hikaru Sensei Hikaru
    12/09/09

    @LuciferV8: I bet it's faster than an F430 Scuderia.
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    Image of LuciferV8 LuciferV8
    12/09/09

    @Sensei Hikaru: That is quite possible, but an even surer bet is that it's more reliable than the Scuderia.
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    Image of Sensei Hikaru Sensei Hikaru
    12/10/09

    @LuciferV8: Of this friend, I have no doubt.

    If I had to go with a European supercar, it would be Pagini (Mercedes running gear), or Porsche.

    But although I am not, nor will ever be in the market for any such supercar...I have been waiting over a decade for the Japanese to take the gloves off (Their "Gentleman's Agreement"), and produce something with more than 6 cylinders, and more sport-focused.

    Sad to say it, but in spite of this masterpiece, I think the golden era of Japanese sports cars will remain, sadly, the 1990s (RX-7, Supra, 300ZX, 180SX, 240SX, Miata, MR2, NSX).

    I often daydream of walking into a Mazda dealership, circa 1995, and picking out my (then) new FD RX-7...

    No ricer upgrades, thanks; just a clean, light, no-nonsense, RWD sportscar, with three pedals, just as the gods of speed always intended.

    At least we can take solice in the LF-A, upcoming FT-86, and (Confirmed by MAzda!) upcoming RX-7 as vestiges of what greatness once was; when owning a sportscar didn't mean it had to be in the shop twice a week ("Soul" they call it...), didn't fall apart the day the warranty expired, and rewarded non-wealthy enthusiasts with truly great RWD driving.

    I'll go cry now.
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    Image of Ford Tempo Fanatic Ford Tempo Fanatic
    12/07/09

    In reply to REPORT: Lexus Floor Mat Almost Caused Fiery Death Before Causing Fiery Death
    This disaster really hasn't had nearly enough mainstream media attention. This might actually remind people Toyota is just as bad as any other automaker when it comes to pinching pennies.
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    12/07/09

    In reply to REPORT: Lexus Floor Mat Almost Caused Fiery Death Before Causing Fiery Death
    What's more, for all the press this is getting, no one remembers that they did this recall several years ago for a few models of Lexus - for floor mats causing the accelerator to stick. ...but I'm not going to dig up the article every time. It did happen years before the crash that set this off, and the problem still wasn't fixed.
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    Image of logruszed logruszed
    12/07/09

    In reply to REPORT: Lexus Floor Mat Almost Caused Fiery Death Before Causing Fiery Death
    Some lawyer just got to use a fancy pen to write some more zeroes to a paper being drafted.
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    12/07/09

    In reply to REPORT: Lexus Floor Mat Almost Caused Fiery Death Before Causing Fiery Death
    "You need to tell somebody."

    "Yeah, sure thing, man."

    /forgetsaboutitlikeeverydoes
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    Image of LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard
    12/07/09

    In reply to REPORT: Lexus Floor Mat Almost Caused Fiery Death Before Causing Fiery Death
    This is like spotting an iceberg whilst on a cruise ship and telling a stowaway rat "You need to tell somebody".

    If it did tell somebody higher up it'll cop a boot in return or someone will say "look a talking rat" and then they sink.

    It's a cynical outlook but I'm afraid lots of large companies would rather stick their fingers in their ears and yell la la la al at the top of their lungs and hope the problem will go away.
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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    12/07/09

    In reply to REPORT: Lexus Floor Mat Almost Caused Fiery Death Before Causing Fiery Death
    a company already on the hook

    Unlike the floormats! Amiright, folks? Zing!
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    Image of GreenN_Gold GreenN_Gold
    12/07/09

    @Ash78, cube farmer: The only thing about a Camry that is off the hook is the floormat.

    (No heckling. Two drink minimum. Tip your waitress.)
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    11/24/09

    In reply to Lexus LFA, Lease Or Buy: The Full Story
    You know, the engineers have stressed how musical their new engine sounds, and I think they're right...
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    Image of LuciferV8 LuciferV8
    11/24/09

    In reply to 2010 Lexus GX460: The Lexus of 4Runners
    The styling is a little better now.
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    11/23/09

    In reply to 2010 Lexus GX460: The Lexus of 4Runners
    Ssangyong has really turned it around. Well done.
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    Image of jark jark
    11/23/09

    In reply to 2010 Lexus GX460: The Lexus of 4Runners
    At first I thought I'd rather just have the 4Runner than the Lexus. But then I thought I'd rather have a Pathfinder than a 4Runner. But then I like the Xterra better than the Pathfinder. But isn't the Xterra a Japanese Wrangler wannabe? Conclusion: just get a Wrangler.
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    11/23/09

    @jark: Sure, Wranglers are good, and I want one myself. But really, you'll look like a broheim, and you don't want people asking you when you last saw Dave Matthews. So you should get a Land Rover Series II.
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    Image of theeastbaykid theeastbaykid
    11/23/09

    @Maymar: Kudos for use of "broheim." And I'll take a CJ or FJ, thanks.
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