Originally Posted by Chuck33079
(Post 2403027)
My buddy and I got invited to the Lexus event where they let you drive all of their new cars, along with some of the competition. It was nice. They fed us, and had a really cool simulator set up to drive the IS250 on a track. I set the fastest lap time there, so I won a ride along in the promotional LFA with their pro driver.
The cars we were allowed to drive were the IS250/350, 335i, MB c350, an A4, a GS350, LS460 and that crappy little hybrid. They had several AutoX courses set up to flog the cars around, and out of everything there, the IS350, GS350 and 335i were the only ones I would consider if I were going to buy an automatic sedan. It's very telling there were no Infiniti vehicles there. I guess Lexus wanted to skew the odds in their favor, not help Infiniti sell a bunch of G37s.
Three of us got rides in the LFA- me for the fastest sim time, and the fastest male and female times on the AutoX course. There's been a lot of bs spewed on forums about the cost vs. straight line speed of the LFA. It's not a cheap car, and the power can be matched by other vehicles costing 1/3rd of the sticker price. This is true. What the **** ever. Yes, a GTR may outrun the car on a drag strip. Hooray. This thing is still SERIOUSLY fast, and the interior is unreal. It's all alcantara and CF everywhere. The seats are the best I've ever sat in. It's what a Lexus supercar should be. Fast and comfortable.
The hot lap was spent hanging on for dear life because the driver had the car sideways nearly the entire time. And the sound. Oh my God, the sound. This is what God's weekend car sounds like. You may have heard one on a video, or in person outside the car. You know nothing until you've been inside when someone's beating on one. It's even better inside the car. This is the first time I've liked the sound tube piping engine noise into the cabin. If I owned this car the stereo would never be turned on. Would I buy one? If I hit the powerball, this would be the first thing I bought. And that's the kind of money you need, because the rear tires cost $1000. Each.
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