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Detroit, 3:49 PM
Sun Dec 6
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11/24/09
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11/23/09
Maybe I need lunch.
11/23/09
1) Whether Lexus can make the "lease" nontransferrable (to achieve the anti-speculative effect); and
2) What happens when a bankruptcy court (or other forum) has to rule on what the "lessee" actually owns.
I'm sure Lexus has great lawyers who already thought of these issues, but I question whether this is a workable arrangement and whether it will have the desired effect.
11/23/09
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11/23/09
No thanks.
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11/23/09
I wish! One VeeDub, one Olds in mine.
Thats the Jalop meme garage.
11/23/09
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11/23/09
Rightly or wrongly, I'm going to go ahead and file that away as a good thing.
11/23/09
They still control the ultimate destiny of the car.
11/22/09
I don't know if the engineers intended it (but I'm fairly sure they did because it's freakin' Yamaha), but the noise it makes right at the red line on full throttle, right before you shift - I cannot get enough of it. Heavenly.
A choir of angels couldn't top that.
11/22/09
11/22/09
I think you could definitely design an engine for a certain sound and make it work, and I like a high-revving engine, but I found the clip pretty unappealing.
11/22/09
Please throw away your copies of the Fast and Furious series at once.
11/22/09
So I won't imply, I'll state that the GC sounds better because it actually makes a sound that's pleasant to hear. The LFA sounds like a fast car, it just doesn't sound good. I suspect the recording was taken from a strange spot and that it's missing a whole range of frequencies because it's rare for any car to sound so hollow.
11/20/09
11/20/09
Some of you toffs place too much on the brand. Just because it says Lexus and not Maseratti does not mean that this should be under valued. Desire should come straight from the engineering. Its a car not a painting. You want the love of it to come from the drive, not from name dropping in social circles.
I think of it like this. I buy Ansell condoms. Not because the name sounds sexy and inspiring or desirable, but because i trust their engineering. I do not desire to simply own them for the name sake, but i do desire to use them.
Take off the badges (get naked) and drive till your hearts content.
11/20/09
At the same time, we expect little oddities in vehicles. We want to find something wrong, because flaws make it easier to anthropomorphize a car. We want to feel like the cars we drive, the cars we lust after, are more human. We want them to have things like 'soul' or 'passion'.
This car, for all its perfection, has nothing we can identify with. There aren't any tricks to driving it, it doesn't have a single button somewhere other than where you would expect it. This is the essence of a perfect car, and because of that we cannot love it. There's nothing to learn, there are no tricks to it, it just feels cold and calculating and very, very fast.
So, Toyota, if you're listening: We know you can build the perfect car. You've shown us that, and we respect it. We just can't love it.
11/20/09
11/21/09
11/20/09
Now, I just need to find that money somewhere.