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  1. 01-16-2010, 11:45 AM #1
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    Default The most overpriced car of all-time

    I know that this thing is full of awesome technology and I'm sure it's very fast, but last night at the NAIAS I looked at the Lexus LFA and I can in no way, shape or form ever imagine anyone stroking a check for $400k for something that looks like this:



    It's just a mind-bogglingly expensive car to being with, and when I look at it, I can't help but think that at best this thing could be priced somewhere in the GT-R, ZR1, 911 Turbo realm. I mean $400k! Base MSRP is supposed to be $350k and I looked it up and this car is over $500,000 in Europe. Holy shit!

    You could buy this



    or this



    or this



    easily for that kind of money. Shit, you could buy an SLR with a ZR1 to spare for $400k.

    Maybe I just don't get Japanese cars, but that's just crazy money for something that looks like that. Would I love to take one for a few laps? Hell yeah. Would I spend more for that thing than a freakin Carrera GT? Uh, no.
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    especially for a car that looks almost exactly like this

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    Agree on the pricing...give me a ZR1 and a Ford GT, and spend the rest on trackday tires.

    Top gear did a pretty cool test on it last week.

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    at the end of the day, it's still a toyota.
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    i'll be happy in my 288GTO new cars FTL
    i dont like small cars or real big women but somehow i always find myself in em
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    400k... i just left one of those in the toilet that someone can have for free


    *update* someone flushed. no longer available
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    and in the end, its still just a Toyota
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    Quote Originally Posted by twistedstang View Post
    and in the end, its still just a Toyota
    so 10 years and 150k trouble free miles later it will still have a decent resale value? thats not all bad!
    i dont like small cars or real big women but somehow i always find myself in em
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    Ouch... Im sure Lexus wasnt too happy about the end of that.. haha

    A ZR1... at the end of the day its still a Chevy... one of the fastest production cars EVER made.
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    Quote Originally Posted by boosted gt View Post
    so 10 years and 150k trouble free miles later it will still have a decent resale value? thats not all bad!
    Thats if the throttle doesn't stick down the back stretch at 180mph and you end up a pancake on the barrier wall.
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