Doubt it will happen in Tucson, but I'd love to see one in these in person, though not for the same reasons as anyone else in this thread...bwahaha.
Doubt it will happen in Tucson, but I'd love to see one in these in person, though not for the same reasons as anyone else in this thread...bwahaha.
This is one of those cases where the guy in the other car would truly not give a shit. It's still a mustang man.
that he paid 370k less and still stomped the bejeezus the overpriced "exotic".
good game overpriced Exotic crap =P
Rather spend the 8k for TT and another 6k for wheels and suspension and still smoke his ass in the top end and in the corners.. (G35 Coupe makes 550hp+ easily with high end TT kit)
all for under 40k..
well, Insideline has it for a road trip and look what happened:
http://blogs.insideline.com/straightline/2011/04/2012-lexus-lfa-road-trip-already.html
And he would laugh his ass off as you went WOT and he drove away at normal speeds. You don't drive these things to drag race random rice burners and muscle cars on the street. I also doubt that a G35, even with a modded suspension, will take it around the corners.
The driver of an LFA simply doesn't care that you have a G35 or Termi Cobra. I love to mod cars and I sincerely enjoy performance vehicles on the track and the street, but if you think this is a legitimate argument than you have entirely missed the point of vehicles like this.
The headlights look a lot like that Focus's....
This car seems extremely overpriced. Why would you choose this over a Corvette that costs 1/4 as much? Or a Ferrari that will get you laid?
And he would laugh his ass off as you went WOT and he drove away at normal speeds. You don't drive these things to drag race random rice burners and muscle cars on the street. I also doubt that a G35, even with a modded suspension, will take it around the corners.
The driver of an LFA simply doesn't care that you have a G35 or Termi Cobra. I love to mod cars and I sincerely enjoy performance vehicles on the track and the street, but if you think this is a legitimate argument than you have entirely missed the point of vehicles like this.
What I learned from reading these threads is that blown mustangs are the best cars in the world, ever. And that the idea of "spirited driving" is to press on the gas pedal... Bravo!
Actually down here there are plenty of high dollar hot rods like that that do care about performance..
this is Texas after all and everything is about bigger better and faster..
Hennessy Performance is based here and they bring their $200k+ hot rods out to play on a weekly basis. 1000+ HP Vipers Vettes etc..
The street racing and "underground" racing type activity is still strong here and in my own experiences people that can spend that kind of cash do expect to stomp a mudhole in anything.. if it doesn't.. to a tuner it goes lol..
What good is a 400k toy that a Subaru can stomp?
With local rich motorheads having access to MSR Houston (think motorheads paradise private club for those with more money than brains google that.)
You'll see TT Lambos and Ferrari's and even Maclaren's out there all the time.. and yes they do get a little butthurt when a lesser car beats their times.
Ill point out that far more than half the GTR / Z06 / M3 / Porsche /etc race videos on youtube/streetfire/etc are drag racing.
Yep.
I'm from Texas, I've driven MSR, I've watched the Texas Mile, and I go to Ennis at least a couple of times a year, I've driven an LFA, I've been to LG Motorsports and (finally) went to RuF (now RAC). Ninety-nine percent of the owners of these cars do not give a fuck if the mustang next to them can win in a drag race. The other one percent spend enough money to make sure it can't. Once again, you mention Vipers and Corvettes, and once again they're not the same class of vehicle. Sure, you can build a 1000hp Corvette or Viper and I love them for what they are, but it's silly to think the normal Ferrari driver gives a shit.
The LFA is being purchased by those who already have Lambos and Ferraris but they want something different. It was designed and is being built for Toyota/Lexus to show off and practice engineering they only rarely get to do. The one piece a-pillar is absolutely amazing simply because it exists and as engineers they were capable of doing so. The motor sounds absolutely stunning and revs insanely quickly. It is a show piece, for better and for worse.
I'll point out that all of those videos combined represent 5 percent of the owners of those vehicles.
I'll also point out that GTR, Z06, M3, and most Porsches are not in the same class as the LFA.
You got to RuF/RAC finally!!! Awesome. They're pretty friendly there, did they have anything interesting at the site that day? It's been a while since I've been.
That's good for the LFA. If you have hundreds of thousands to blow on a car, more power to you.
If you don't, you can take comfort in the fact that for $50k or less, you can build up something that will outperform it in many categories. It may not look as pretty, it may not be as exclusive, but it will still be a monster of an automobile, and it will be stupidly cheap in comparison.
I'm pretty sure if the LFA was more like $150k, no one here would be making comments against it. $350-400k is absurd, though.
I'll point out that all of those videos combined represent 5 percent of the owners of those vehicles.
I'll also point out that GTR, Z06, M3, and most Porsches are not in the same class as the LFA.
Right. The other 95% don't even get raced, they are just there to put in forum sigs.
Yep.
I'm from Texas, I've driven MSR, I've watched the Texas Mile, and I go to Ennis at least a couple of times a year. I've driven an LFA, I've been to LG Motorsports and (finally) went to RuF. Ninety-nine percent of the owners of these cars do not give a fuck if the mustang next to them can win in a drag race. The other one percent spend enough money to make sure it can't.
60 years of racing pedigree.
The fact that the gulf of separation between the car you just bought and the one that recently won a F1 championship is really not that wide.
That's good for the LFA. If you have hundreds of thousands to blow on a car, more power to you.
If you don't, you can take comfort in the fact that for $50k or less, you can build up something that will outperform it in many categories. It may not look as pretty, it may not be as exclusive, but it will still be a monster of an automobile, and it will be stupidly cheap in comparison.
I'm pretty sure if the LFA was more like $150k, no one here would be making comments against it. $350-400k is absurd for anyone that wants to buy the car to use as a car (not a showpiece), though.
That 1% is all that matters... the rest are pure posers and don't drive it hard enough to justify owning a car like that anyway.
BTW who said anything about a Stang anyway.. think someones got a hard on for Termi's that smoked their ass.
ive had my share of Cobras though.. and they are every bit as good as Exi says. they flat out a cheap easy car to make very very very fast
Just like your car rarely does anything except roll race lesser cars that you already know you can beat and get put in forum avatars
Just because they don't spend extra cash beyond the base of the car doesn't mean they don't track day them. That's why things like PCA, FCA, and LCA exist.
Exdeath brought up the 'stang. Like always. If the thread is about an expensive performance car, Exdeath is here selling us on the Cobra. A Cobra was an option when I traded in the Corvette, but at the end of the day I decided it was another Mustang. My Sky RL is nowhere near as fast in a straight line, but it's a hell of a good time and I enjoy learning to tune on it. It's about to be torn down and built for the track since I've finally purchased another DD.
Yep, and I appreciate them for that and wouldn't mind owning one as a toy, but you're still missing the point that the guy in [insert exotic here] most likely doesn't give a damn.
I did and said no such thing! Read my post at the top of this page, it doesn't say stang or cobra anywhere. I just said Id love to run into one. Whether I waste it at a light or a roll doesn't make it any less of the car that it is or devalue it in any way.
I'm not selling anything, I'm just hoping I run into one and he tries. Nothing is more rewarding than laying waste to a big bad exotic that costs 10x more than your car, doesn't matter what you drive!
Tell me you wouldn't get excited if your Sky had 600 HP and you saw Lamborghini in your mirror aggressively trying to catch up and get next to you