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TOP GEAR hits the track with the LFA and the stig behind the(NO SPOILERS PLEASE wheel

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Old 12-09-09 | 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by 05EX
As Jeremy Clarkson would say, Rubbish....lol
Where's TRDFantasy when the LFA needs him the most.

Seriously, I think we'll be pleasantly surprised.
Old 12-09-09 | 08:36 PM
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I sincerely hope we will.
Old 12-10-09 | 09:46 AM
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FYI, the LFA will be on Top Gear (in the UK) January 3, 2010.

Originally Posted by FisforFast
We'll see on Sunday I guess. I'm not expecting it to be absolutely stellar, to say the least.
Of course you're not. You're still bitter that despite having money, you likely will not be able to get your hands on an LFA, and have been excessively criticizing the LFA without a shred of evidence in terms of how it performs on the track.

All the LFA critics, I think you will be quite surprised and shocked.

Power-to-weight ratio and numbers on paper are not everything. Machines like the GT-R and M3 have proven this and get a free pass in this regard, yet the LFA is burned at the stake .
Old 12-10-09 | 09:55 AM
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If the LFA does better than the GTR on the Top Gear track, I will stand corrected. Until then, I maintain my position that the LFA is suffering from hype obesity.
Old 12-10-09 | 10:05 AM
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As soon as I saw this, I bought all the


I could find. Knowing the lap will be a "wet" one, there will be no end to the speculation and bishing about it and what a "dry" run would have produced.

Sigh....

GET YOUR FRESH POPCORN!!!
Old 12-10-09 | 10:11 AM
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It's not because the picture of the car was taken while it was raining that it's the exact same day it was tested. For all we know, they could have had the car for a couple of weeks.
Old 12-10-09 | 10:12 AM
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another great video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDsXsdNgov0



3 seconds of video....and lots of wonderful sounds....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6D7S2rcyIQ

Most of us will never get the chance to drive the LFA (although Top Gear's Stig took it around the Dunsfold test track yesterday), but after Lexus uploaded a few sound clips to their microsite (http://www.lexus-lfa.com/) we felt compelled to bring them all together into a single 75 second symphony.

We think that it sounds a lot like a Carrera GT, and whatever you think of the LFA, you surely can't deny that it sounds pretty special...

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Old 12-10-09 | 10:18 AM
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One thing I do love about this car, however, are the acoustics. Almost sounds like it has square gears.
Old 12-10-09 | 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX
As soon as I saw this, I bought all the


I could find. Knowing the lap will be a "wet" one, there will be no end to the speculation and bishing about it and what a "dry" run would have produced.

Sigh....

GET YOUR FRESH POPCORN!!!
crap no wonder why i couldn't find any popcorn here

i am just going to sit here and wait and not say much, it's pointless

i just thing it sux it's on wet track
Old 12-10-09 | 10:23 AM
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Really disappointed if it's on a wet track. Oh why oh why can't they just wait until the weather clears up1!?!?one1?!
Old 12-10-09 | 11:46 AM
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It's gonna b on January 3rd
Old 12-10-09 | 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX
As soon as I saw this, I bought all the


I could find. Knowing the lap will be a "wet" one, there will be no end to the speculation and bishing about it and what a "dry" run would have produced.

Sigh....

GET YOUR FRESH POPCORN!!!
Originally Posted by rominl
crap no wonder why i couldn't find any popcorn here

i am just going to sit here and wait and not say much, it's pointless

i just thing it sux it's on wet track
You guy stock up on the popcorn and I'll go stock up on Orville Redenbacher stock!

I read an article recently saying that popcorn was one of the worst things you can eat, especially the buttered kind. Ya'll should really consider an alternative... Maybe some celery or a carrot stick? haha
Old 12-10-09 | 08:32 PM
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running a car on like the LFA on a wet track is basically meaningless.
Old 12-10-09 | 09:48 PM
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i'm predicting 1 minute 17.35 seconds!
Old 12-10-09 | 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX
As soon as I saw this, I bought all the


I could find. Knowing the lap will be a "wet" one, there will be no end to the speculation and bishing about it and what a "dry" run would have produced.

Sigh....

GET YOUR FRESH POPCORN!!!
Pass me the butter.


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