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Old Sep 26, 2007 | 10:51 PM
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looks like we might have an F pace car for fuji speedway??
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Old Sep 26, 2007 | 10:58 PM
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Interesting. Cheap lookin' "Official Car" emblems, but interesting...
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Old Sep 26, 2007 | 11:42 PM
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I hate to say "I told you so," but...

I told you so.

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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 08:26 AM
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I hate to say "I told you so," but...

I told you so.

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. It would have been so much better if the rumour was true about the production LF-A being the pace car. Heck even a camo'ed LF-A would have worked . Toyota would have gotten the attention of hundreds of millions of people worldwide with such a pace car.

Lexus better show the production LF-A at Tokyo, otherwise a lot of people are going to be dissapointed especially given the production GT-R will be at the Tokyo show.
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 01:09 PM
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. It would have been so much better if the rumour was true about the production LF-A being the pace car. Heck even a camo'ed LF-A would have worked . Toyota would have gotten the attention of hundreds of millions of people worldwide with such a pace car.

Lexus better show the production LF-A at Tokyo, otherwise a lot of people are going to be dissapointed especially given the production GT-R will be at the Tokyo show.

My thoughs as well, but this is still exciting. I wonder if anybody will be smart enough to get the scoop from the pace car drivers on how it drives compared to the regular AMG pace cars....
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 01:29 PM
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i really wish they kept those wheels instead of making them pure black. i dont think people really understood what they were voting for on the wheel choice poll sent to lexus.
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by nysupraman
i really wish they kept those wheels instead of making them pure black. i dont think people really understood what they were voting for on the wheel choice poll sent to lexus.
should have made the poll with pictures stating which color the wheel would be and how it would look like.
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by CrazyMPG
should have made the poll with pictures stating which color the wheel would be and how it would look like.
I agree with you here. I voted for gunmetal based on a misunderstanding of the polished wheel.

However, I have seen the gunmetal up close on the white pre-production IS-F and it looks good as well. I think it will look very nice on my black IS-F.
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 02:07 PM
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i like the wheels...
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 04:45 PM
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Is that OFFICIAL CAR thing photoshopped on? Kinda looks that way
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by MR_F1
My thoughs as well, but this is still exciting. I wonder if anybody will be smart enough to get the scoop from the pace car drivers on how it drives compared to the regular AMG pace cars....
I don't see why you think these will be the safety car. I haven't seen anything even close to official as an announcement and I would be shocked to find the MB safety car and medical car not doing their standard duty. These might run around some but come Sunday I expect to see Bernd Mylander driving the AMG.
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 07:41 PM
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Those lights are totally Not Safety car specification lights! Also, I just saw a pic in Formula1 website; with AMG safety car!
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 08:05 PM
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Even worse, it looks like (initially) there are NO Lexus pace cars at all at Fuji, based on pictures from the track. Several AMG cars have been spotted on track though, including the AMG pace car.
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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 12:58 AM
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look at the white one... you can see that there is a text box around the official car... extremely fake if you ask me..
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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 07:20 AM
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Originally Posted by SPEED&ECO.
look at the white one... you can see that there is a text box around the official car... extremely fake if you ask me..
Yup these are a complete photoshop job.
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