General Car Conversation 2024 - part 2
#1186
Lexus Fanatic
#1187
Lexus Test Driver
#1188
Lexus Test Driver
It's a normal belt driven compressor. If there's enough of a temp differential between what I have it set to and what it is inside, it won't shut the engine off or will fire it back up to keep it cooling. If you set it on MAX A/C it straight up won't shut off at stops, thus nearly eliminating the feature in Vegas for 4-5 months.
#1189
Lexus Test Driver
#1190
Lexus Fanatic
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@AJT123 Is really Cleetus McFarland
it was like watching dumb and dumber.
but 'cletus' is another youtube star so good for him. idiocracy sells.
#1191
Lexus Fanatic
I remember when Doug Demuro drove an old LS400 back to back with the LS500 when it was new in 2018, and then compared the driving experience in the LS400 to being in a base model modern Camry. Comments section was livid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqDiWhlwrZ4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqDiWhlwrZ4
#1192
Lexus Test Driver
but it was overall a botched review, he just briefly drove it around town and never made it to any kind of highway speeds which is where the car really stands out from say, an ES/camry
#1193
Lexus Test Driver
anyway pretty sure his real name is garrett and he's well spoken when not doing the cleetus routine
#1194
Lexus Test Driver
The torque steer from a V6 Camry alone would kill any possible comparison to the LS but the gap between a modern Camry and the original LS400 is a lot smaller than the gap between the LS500 and the LS400. Even if it is underwhelming compared to its current rivals, there's just no comparing a modern flagship sedan to one made 35 years ago.
Last edited by Motorola; 09-11-24 at 07:03 AM.
#1195
Lexus Fanatic
The torque steer from a V6 Camry alone would kill any possible comparison to the LS but the gap between a modern Camry and the original LS400 is a lot smaller than the gap between the LS500 and the LS400. Even if it is underwhelming compared to its current rivals, there's just no comparing a modern flagship sedan to one made 35 years ago.
At 21:54 he literally says that the LS400 would "never pass for anything more than a base level midsize car" after referring to the Camry about half a dozen times prior. It was obviously a very negative review which is why the comments section was so indignant.
I also think part of it was it being a Gen 1 he was driving. They felt austere and Toyota-ish compared to the Gen 2 LS especially the refresh model.
#1196
Lexus Test Driver
to be fair i've never driven an original LS, only mine and matt farah's million mile lexus so maybe doug is more on point than i'd like to think... but again it doesn't look like he ever exceeded like 45 mph in that video, and the depth of the engineering doesn't really start to become apparent unless you start pushing things a bit
would be very interested in his response to a 1998 LS with all that extra performance
#1197
Lexus Fanatic
He's not really on point, the Gen 1 still feels markedly better than a Camry...
#1198
Lexus Champion
i sit corrected
to be fair i've never driven an original LS, only mine and matt farah's million mile lexus so maybe doug is more on point than i'd like to think... but again it doesn't look like he ever exceeded like 45 mph in that video, and the depth of the engineering doesn't really start to become apparent unless you start pushing things a bit
would be very interested in his response to a 1998 LS with all that extra performance
to be fair i've never driven an original LS, only mine and matt farah's million mile lexus so maybe doug is more on point than i'd like to think... but again it doesn't look like he ever exceeded like 45 mph in that video, and the depth of the engineering doesn't really start to become apparent unless you start pushing things a bit
would be very interested in his response to a 1998 LS with all that extra performance
Then it will be random cars I find cool but the two long rows of cars in my storage barn will be the LS from old to new on the left, the W12s on the right, and the Bentley in the back of the center isle. I plan to keep the R8 at home with whatever it is I'm using as a daily at the time, likely my 2012 since I am trying my hardest to find a 15/16 W12 in silver for the collection. Issue being there are 6 2016s and about 25 2015s so my chances are extremely low.
#1199
Lexus Test Driver
to be fair i've never driven an original LS, only mine and matt farah's million mile lexus so maybe doug is more on point than i'd like to think... but again it doesn't look like he ever exceeded like 45 mph in that video, and the depth of the engineering doesn't really start to become apparent unless you start pushing things a bit
#1200
Lexus Test Driver
I don't know about Doug, but if the average person got their hands on an LS400 they would probably complain that it's only as quick as a 4-cylinder naturally aspirated Camry with "slow steering" that drinks a lot of fuel. I think only enthusiasts would really appreciate or notice the refinement and power delivery of the V8 and the balance of a proper RWD platform without struts.
had my grandparents been faster drivers they may have thought more carefully about giving 17 year old me the car way back then haha