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Old 05-17-17, 10:13 AM
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Can find used under 150k easily. Some people dont want dime a dozen 911 or GTRs. I drove a GTR on a track before, fast yes but one of the most boring performance cars I've ever driven.

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Old 05-17-17, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by S2000toIS350
Where would one find a new Turbo S for $150K?

the OP started this flunked out of high school thread asking for a $65K version of the LFA

the LCF will in no way cover that request
CPO 991.1 Turbo S can go for $130k. I'd rather have the 991.2 of course, but they are going for $200k new.
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Old 05-17-17, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by ragingf80
CPO 991.1 Turbo S can go for $130k. I'd rather have the 991.2 of course, but they are going for $200k new.
Well, a "regular" Turbo can probably whoop on the LFA pretty easily too...not to mention the GT3 and other variants of the 911. Porsches tend to be reliable but expensive to maintain.
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Old 05-17-17, 01:01 PM
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New is not used

like I said, where are you gonna find a new Turbo S for $150K?
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Old 05-17-17, 01:53 PM
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LOL I can't believe I just read the words "cheap" and LF-A in the same sentence!!!!

Stop dreaming please....
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Let's compare apples to apples and oranges to oranges here. Very few people, if any, cross shop GTRs and LFAs.... nothing nice nor rare about a gtr but it's speed and power....that's where it ends. LFA and GTR aren't even comparable in any other way.
no one has to pay 100k for crazy fast speed on the streets. An $8k gsxr and $8k of work done to it will murder any modded GT-R...and at about 1/10th of the cost.... That's about as fair as a comparison as the GT-R vs LFA.
As for Porsche vehicles, I can't speak on them. Tend not to pay much attention to them because they all look the same.

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Originally Posted by S2000toIS350
New is not used

like I said, where are you gonna find a new Turbo S for $150K?
Whats the point if you can get eventually get a ZR1 for less than $140k and kill both of these cars?
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so now we are comparing new lcf (which has yet to come) to a used car?

this thread is getting more and more silly
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Eventually, we'll get back to a dead beaten horse where you can guy a GTR for 1/4 of the price of an LFA

Notice how OP never shows up to his own thread and here people are arguing among each other
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Originally Posted by S2000toIS350
The more important question for Lexus is why can't they build an SUV that attacks the Range Rover market

the 86 is a cheap crap box that is fun to drive, too small to be a Lexus anyway
86 is 166.7in in length. BMW Z4 is 166.9in. Lexus could have a roadster

Originally Posted by ragingf80
The RC-F is 400lbs overweight. You might HAVE TO make the body CF just so it's actually competitive, and now the car is $100k+ again.

No. Lexus needs to go back to the drawing board for this segment. The RC looks good, but it's not making the waves it should be.
They will when its time. Currently the LC and LS are the first to adopt the new GA-L platform architecture. At least for the 5LS, it lost 200lbs vs the 4LS. IS, RC, and GS will follow when next generations are ready to debut. This year the 2018 RC will receive its mid cycle refresh along with the NX. Expect to see standard SS+, a revised front and rear fascia + headlamps/tail-lamps. Interior refinements like from the 2017 IS including the new 10.3" screen, and the revised remote touch 2.0 from the LC. The suspension like the NX will likely benefit from a revised AVS set-up to improve stability, handling, and NVH. On the NX it will be up from 30 to 650 instantaneous compression and dampening adjustments (up from 30) like on the new LC. I wouldn't expect a new RC until 2020/21.
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