RC 350 Randomly Becomes Exhibit at Museum Party!

Lexus upstages owner at gala, causes him to commit social faux pas.

“I’m not used to valets giving me a second glance,” writes Reddit user Cacraw, who drives a Lexus RC 350, “but when we pulled up to park at the American Cancer Society’s Chicago Discovery Ball, the guy said, ‘We’re leaving this one up front!'”

“He put it up on the walk in front of the Field Museum with a bunch of six-figure cars,” adds Cacraw in his Reddit post. “I was so irrationally excited to see it there that I totally forgot to tip the valet at the end of the night and now I feel like an idiot. Oh well.”

Hey Cacraw, don’t sweat it. Mistakes happen. Plus, you allowed the valet a few glorious moments of driving that incredible machine, so at least there’s that. And that is priceless.

David Ciminelli

Los Angeles-based journalist David Ciminelli has covered everything from high-profile Lexus and Toyota reveals to reality TV show competitions focusing on custom automotive mods. He considers the "Droptops & Dirt" event in Malibu, “Luftgekühlt” and Sunset GT among his favorite automotive events to cover.

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