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Old 08-24-12, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by lunaC42
S2000, you are 100% correct on your guesses. You can see the yellow "Pittsburgh Cars 'N' Coffee" sticker on my windshield...

Fantastic experience. Thank you, Lexus! Event of a lifetime! Very gracious and generous hosts.

Yes, many hours of vid to follow. MANY hours. I had six GoPros on my car!

Wait for it...wait for it....wait for it...

BTW, Scott Pruett scared the **** out of me in the IS F CCS-R
that's the way to do it! thank you lunac42! and no, we can't wait for it
Old 08-24-12, 04:38 PM
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No sleep...still on Pittsburgh time...Gengar? Flipside? You out there?
Old 08-24-12, 04:48 PM
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Looking forward. to your videos lunaC42

Glad you had a super time

Did you get a ride in a ring car or perhaps sit in the LF-LC

Did any of the other owners have any particularly interesting stories to tell

And was Jeff,my favorite LFA tech there
Old 08-24-12, 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by lunaC42
S2000, you are 100% correct on your guesses. You can see the yellow "Pittsburgh Cars 'N' Coffee" sticker on my windshield...

Fantastic experience. Thank you, Lexus! Event of a lifetime! Very gracious and generous hosts.

Yes, many hours of vid to follow. MANY hours. I had six GoPros on my car!

Wait for it...wait for it....wait for it...

BTW, Scott Pruett scared the **** out of me in the IS F CCS-R
That's awesome, I was lucky enough to be in an LFA at New Jersey Motorsports park with Scott Pruett behind the wheel. I have never been so scared and amazed at raw driving talent at the same time. He is the man!
Old 08-24-12, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by lunaC42
No sleep...still on Pittsburgh time...Gengar? Flipside? You out there?
Yes! Alive and still recovering! Still working through the 1500 pics I took....but here's one of yours for now..with 1 of 6 GoPros.

Old 08-25-12, 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by S2000toIS350
We're you able go get a ride in a ring car?
There were only customer Nürburgring cars at the event. I'm sure one of the owners would have given me a ride in one, but Lexus USA doesn't have a corporate Nürburgring car,* so I just opted to spend my track time actually driving. Except for the CCS-R hot lap, of course.


Originally Posted by flipside909
So did you get any sleep?
I got about an hour nap yesterday morning, besides sleeping on the plane. It wound up being a pretty hectic trip as my flight out of Monterey was so delayed that I would have missed my connection, so I had to scramble to rent a car and sprint up to SFO, thankfully without any police interference and I boarded the plane with about 15 minutes to spare. I think I slept about 12 hours straight last night.


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Old 08-25-12, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by flipside909
Just posted this on the CL Facebook:

Lexus Flagships. LFA #144 chasing the 2013 Lexus LS 460 F SPORT down the world famous Corkscrew!

wonder if the LFA ever caught up
Old 08-25-12, 11:38 PM
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Old 08-26-12, 06:07 AM
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Absolutely amazing!!!
Old 08-27-12, 09:38 AM
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WoW awesome event..!!!

Truly amazing to see Authentic LFA owners getting together & driving their own rides..!!!!

Originally Posted by S2000toIS350
Looking forward. to your videos lunaC42

And was Jeff, my favorite LFA tech there
You know Jeff too.. !?
He has one of the BEST positions at Lexus if you ask me..

We have spoken on a few occasions over the last year.. Most recently @ Pikes Peak w/ the IS F CCS-R.

~ Joe Z
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Some new images...

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Old 08-27-12, 12:33 PM
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Sweet pics Flipside!
Old 08-27-12, 01:20 PM
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Joe,

I first met Jeff at the Homestead event prior to receiving my allocation.

He was at the Autobahn event and the Infineon driver development event I attended.

Jeff was always willing to answer questions and takes amazing care of the growing number of LFAs.
Old 08-27-12, 05:41 PM
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man this would have been a awesome event to attend
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