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Old Aug 23, 2012 | 10:53 PM
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lfa doesnt have auto headlight shut off function?
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Old Aug 24, 2012 | 12:02 AM
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
OK...possibly my bad. You guys may be correct on the numbers. Originally, as I understood it, they were planning a couple of thousand, but they may have settled on 500. Anyhow, the point was that, whether 500 or a couple of thousand, the car is rare and expensive enough that many of us haven't had a chance to even quickly sit in one, much less drive it or examine all the controls in detail.


Also makes you wonder, doesn't it, why her boyfriend bought her one, when she, with her Hilton fortune, probably has more money than he does, and could have easily afforded one herself. I'm sure, though, that she is MOST appreciative of the gift he gave her......if you get my point.




Hey...if you aren't being sarcastic, you are at least one of the few of us to actually sit in one. Not many of us can say that.
as far as i remember as they debut the car they already said 500 and only 500.

i sat in a few, i have driven it too. actually quite a few people on here that i know of who have driven the car.

doesn't really help on the auto headlights i guess
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Old Aug 24, 2012 | 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by 1sWt2GS
lfa doesnt have auto headlight shut off function?
lol between this thread and the one in car chat, this is now the most discussed question
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Old Aug 24, 2012 | 01:36 AM
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She I can say has been doing a pretty good job of staying out of the spotlight... trying to stay out of the headlights too.
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Old Aug 24, 2012 | 05:35 AM
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Originally Posted by vangis350
Several CL members have said their headlights didn't turn off because they didn't close the door all the way and it ended up draining the battery, so who knows?
Mine drained because i popped the trunk but never opened it, and thus never shut it.
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Old Aug 24, 2012 | 05:38 AM
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There is an identical thread in the LFA forum no?
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Old Aug 24, 2012 | 06:29 AM
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If Paris Hilton qualified for LFA ownership, the bar must have been set pretty low for entrance into that exclusive club. Probably some credits for bank account and a reputation for foolish spending slid her over, but you'd think that her penchant for tabloid headlines and notorious stories involving her other vehicles should have warned Lexus that her ownership of one of their products wouldn't reflect well on them.

But if Lexus wanted to join her stable, it has some pretty impressive company:
  • Blue Bentley Continental GT Cabriolet
  • Pink Bentley Continental GT
  • Red Ferrari California
  • Gray Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
  • Yellow Lexus LFA
- all the current model year. Evidently she replaces them when the ashtray's full or the windshield's dirty.
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Old Aug 24, 2012 | 07:12 AM
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how come it shows her b/f giving her a yellow one but the one in the article is white?
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Old Aug 24, 2012 | 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by 4TehNguyen
how come it shows her b/f giving her a yellow one but the one in the article is white?
the yellow one was one of the prototype (p014) lexus owns. they loaned the car out to them for their reality show back then (while the white one was in production)
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Old Aug 24, 2012 | 04:51 PM
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Fark! Met several smart and savvy female LFA owners at Laguna Seca this week. Paris was not there...

Sad.
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Old Aug 24, 2012 | 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by 1sWt2GS
lfa doesnt have auto headlight shut off function?
It doesn't...as well as cruise control!
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by rkyat
Quick, someone warn gengar....
I always manually control my headlights on all my cars, so that won't be a problem.

Besides, I already ran out the battery on my LFA a few weeks ago.
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 04:46 PM
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well, cruise control would be SO WRONG. what i don't understand is the heated seats...
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 05:54 PM
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Would the battery really drain that fast from leaving the lights on for a few hours?
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 11:44 PM
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Originally Posted by 92 SC400
Would the battery really drain that fast from leaving the lights on for a few hours?
you don't know how long she shopped j/k
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