After reading the FP

"MLGCarGuy" (thejdmguy) 09/14/2015 at 17:21 • Filed to: None

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I’m surprised that people actually take interest in the LFA. I thought that most of the internet “car enthusiasts” didn’t like it.

For those of you who love the LFA as much as I do…here’s a photo dump.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > MLGCarGuy 09/14/2015 at 17:23

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Green doesn’t do that car justice....but that black makes me hard

MonkeePuzzle > MLGCarGuy 09/14/2015 at 17:23

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I adore it! it sounds as incredible as it looks, and isnt stupidly vented and angular like ferraris and lambos

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > MLGCarGuy 09/14/2015 at 17:24

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There are very few cars that I say, “I want that in white.” This is one of them.

MLGCarGuy > MonkeePuzzle 09/14/2015 at 17:26

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True. It looks simple (which isn’t a bad thing). Certainly a hell of a lot better than this:

MLGCarGuy > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 09/14/2015 at 17:27

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Kinda goes along with the clean styling.

EL_ULY > MLGCarGuy 09/14/2015 at 17:27

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The Stig: “Ferrari F12 is the only car in the world that holds a candle to Lexus LFA”

Clarkson: “I would much rather have a Lexus LFA”

They are priced around the same. I don’t believe in cars having a soul. They are machines. I love machines. The Lexus LFA and its engineering is a machine I love.

But it’s a Toyota.... *facepalm at all the children*

MLGCarGuy > EL_ULY 09/14/2015 at 17:29

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The F12 has one of the best sounding engines in the world, that can’t be denied, but the LFA is more of a well-rounded car. The F12 looks awkward in some areas.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > MLGCarGuy 09/14/2015 at 17:29

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It really does. Oh my, how I want one.

BREADwagon > MLGCarGuy 09/14/2015 at 17:29

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I think the vast majority of the haters have never seen one drive in person. I was generally ambivalent to the LFA, only seeing it at the NYIAS and online....but then I saw a blue one drive at a HPDE at Pocono. It sounded AMAZING and was abnormally fast. I’m now a believer.

MLGCarGuy > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 09/14/2015 at 17:32

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Buy now for the low price of $391k!

http://www.dupontregistry.com/autos/listing/…

MLGCarGuy > BREADwagon 09/14/2015 at 17:34

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My local dealer had two, one in gray, and one in red. I’ve been in love ever since.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > MLGCarGuy 09/14/2015 at 17:37

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It’s an engineering masterpiece, and Toyota is awesome.

I got into it with a “gray” on the FP article about Toyota not having racing DNA/heritage. People who hate on Toyota are stupid faces.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > MLGCarGuy 09/14/2015 at 17:39

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Damn! Just a little short!

PanchoVilleneuve ST > MLGCarGuy 09/14/2015 at 17:40

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Actual, genuine car enthusiasts always loved it, because they understood the whole concept and philosophy behind it was to use all the know-how of the world’s most anal engineers to build the greatest driver’s car of all time. It’s a car where the numbers people who like cars but don’t love cars (0-60, top speed, ‘Ring time) were irrelevant, and the numbers that did matter (center of gravity, redline, how fast the engine reaches the redline) were more esoteric and harder to explain, as was a lot of the things they did, like going with a single clutch sequential over a dual-clutch, just because that brief pause during a shift added to the sensation of driving.

Basically, it was a car for people who can appreciate the fact that they put weights in the bottom of the steering wheel to allow it to return to center more smoothly. It was made by people who live and breathe cars for people who live and breathe cars, and nobody else.

After all the years people like Clarkson have spent going on and on about how amazing it is, people have finally started to come around.

Van Man, rocks the Man Van > MLGCarGuy 09/14/2015 at 17:42

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What made you think very few car enthusiasts like it? One of the, if not the, most prominent car enthusiasts in the world, Jeremy Clarkson, says it's the best car he's ever driven.

scoob > MLGCarGuy 09/14/2015 at 17:42

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I will forever love the LFA.

Officer Jim Lahey is not a real cop > MLGCarGuy 09/14/2015 at 17:46

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I always got the impression that it was only car people that liked it. Because non-car people didn’t know it existed.

Nonster > MLGCarGuy 09/14/2015 at 17:55

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I was largely indifferent to them...Then I saw one in person and fell in love

B/Xmrrmvr > MLGCarGuy 09/14/2015 at 17:59

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The engine sounds like it’s having an orgasm, what’s not to like.

MLGCarGuy > PanchoVilleneuve ST 09/14/2015 at 18:09

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I thought I knew most of the geeky stuff about the LFA. Guess that bit about the steering wheel proved me wrong.

Anyway, it’s true that this car is an experience type of supercar, not a numbers car. Even though Jalopnik and Oppo seem to have come to terms with that, Youtube commenters clearly haven’t. And I don’t think they ever will.

MLGCarGuy > Nonster 09/14/2015 at 18:09

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Pretty cool that the first one you saw was the king of LFAs.

wiffleballtony > PanchoVilleneuve ST 09/14/2015 at 18:10

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So if you don’t like it, you’re not a genuine enthusiast?

wiffleballtony > MLGCarGuy 09/14/2015 at 18:10

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It certainly looks the business.

MLGCarGuy > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 09/14/2015 at 18:11

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Once you get past the stupid adverts and some of the cars they make today, I think Toyota is a very respectable company for their innovation and heritage.

MLGCarGuy > Van Man, rocks the Man Van 09/14/2015 at 18:12

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The keyboard warriors on the Internet who haven’t seen or driven one lead to my impression of that. Even some on the FP used to not like it. It seems that’s changed, though.

MLGCarGuy > Officer Jim Lahey is not a real cop 09/14/2015 at 18:12

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Go to some other websites and you’ll see people ask if it’s the new Supra or something.

MLGCarGuy > B/Xmrrmvr 09/14/2015 at 18:13

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I can’t unthink that now. Thanks for the more…vivid description.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > wiffleballtony 09/14/2015 at 18:14

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Genuine enthusiasts being the only ones to like it doesn’t mean genuine enthusiasts have to like it.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > MLGCarGuy 09/14/2015 at 18:15

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The thing people forget is that they’re in the business of making cars for the mass public, and they do it very well. Of course I wish they had a stronger performance lineup, but they at least bring us some great cars over time.

MLGCarGuy > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 09/14/2015 at 18:17

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Well, in this day and age, I think that everyone overlooks the fact that money needs to be made somewhere to develop cars like these. Look at Porsche - even their “ordinary” cars are amazing, and yet they still get hate. Guess you can’t win.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > EL_ULY 09/14/2015 at 18:19

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I don’t have any love for Toyotas. That makes this one even more special, that it’s a Toyota I really like.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > MLGCarGuy 09/14/2015 at 18:23

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Yup.

PanchoVilleneuve ST > wiffleballtony 09/14/2015 at 18:24

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I wouldn’t go that far at all. You can very easily not like it and still be a real enthuiast, it’s just that the things that make it great are harder to grasp for those who aren’t into it.

wiffleballtony > PanchoVilleneuve ST 09/14/2015 at 18:47

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See what you’re getting at.

Sam > MLGCarGuy 09/14/2015 at 18:53

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I just realised that the FRS looks like a baby LFA.

MLGCarGuy > Sam 09/14/2015 at 18:57

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Just gonna leave this here…

B/Xmrrmvr > MLGCarGuy 09/14/2015 at 19:06

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415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > MLGCarGuy 09/14/2015 at 20:49

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I like it, a Japanese guy has one in Marin. He came to C&C for 15min one time. None of us will use the complete power of a super car so the outright speed of it is dumb to argue. I bet it’s really great, sounds great.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > EL_ULY 09/14/2015 at 20:52

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It’s the new 2000GT, Nothing wrong with Toyota race cars either

MLGCarGuy > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/14/2015 at 20:52

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Bet it did sound great. I’ve never heard one IRL before.