Paul Walker on the Lexus LFA
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Paul Walker on the Lexus LFA
Back in April of 2013, Lexus invited Paul Walker to Willow Springs Racetrack to drive the Lexus LFA, and interviewed him for his thoughts on the car. Needless to say, he loved the car. Since the actor's passing Lexus has shared this video with us.
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Cool video. Thanks for posting!
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Here's the article by Autoweek to accompany their video:
Paul Walker talks about the Lexus LFA
http://www.autoweek.com/article/2013...NEWS/131229919
Paul Walker talks about the Lexus LFA
http://www.autoweek.com/article/2013...NEWS/131229919
An interview with Walker, in a previously unaired video from Lexus
Our friends at Lexus, spurred by our reminiscing, sent us this interview conducted with Paul Walker when he drove the Lexus LFA at Willow Springs earlier this year. It hasn't yet been released on Lexus' official channels, and we would be remiss not to share it.
He loved the car. There had been an LFA on the set of "Fast & Furious 5." "That was the baby. We had the security detail," he joked, "but nobody was driving it. I'm just trying to figure out how to manipulate Lexus into letting me borrow one for, like, two years."
"Yeah, I'd buy one," he said about the LFA. "You feel like you're getting away with something by driving it on the street."
Does this mark the apogee of Paul Walker reminiscence? Our celebrity-obsessed news seems to have finally gained self-awareness -- until "Fast & Furious 7" comes out, anyway, as a bookend to his life. Fortunately, his charity, Reach Out WorldWide, continues forth unabated with relief efforts in Illinois and Oklahoma and following the recent typhoon in the Philippines.
At one point in the clip, Walker says, "I usually kill traction control. But in this car, it definitely feels faster with the traction control on. … I like that feeling of walking that line, getting into that edge."
Walker, you could say, walked that line.
Our friends at Lexus, spurred by our reminiscing, sent us this interview conducted with Paul Walker when he drove the Lexus LFA at Willow Springs earlier this year. It hasn't yet been released on Lexus' official channels, and we would be remiss not to share it.
He loved the car. There had been an LFA on the set of "Fast & Furious 5." "That was the baby. We had the security detail," he joked, "but nobody was driving it. I'm just trying to figure out how to manipulate Lexus into letting me borrow one for, like, two years."
"Yeah, I'd buy one," he said about the LFA. "You feel like you're getting away with something by driving it on the street."
Does this mark the apogee of Paul Walker reminiscence? Our celebrity-obsessed news seems to have finally gained self-awareness -- until "Fast & Furious 7" comes out, anyway, as a bookend to his life. Fortunately, his charity, Reach Out WorldWide, continues forth unabated with relief efforts in Illinois and Oklahoma and following the recent typhoon in the Philippines.
At one point in the clip, Walker says, "I usually kill traction control. But in this car, it definitely feels faster with the traction control on. … I like that feeling of walking that line, getting into that edge."
Walker, you could say, walked that line.
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Thanks for posting. Paul Walker is definitely a down to Earth guy and will be missed...
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