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Old Dec 27, 2013 | 10:07 AM
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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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Old Dec 27, 2013 | 10:44 AM
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Thanks for sharing OP!
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Old Dec 27, 2013 | 10:58 AM
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Nice to hear that he wanted to buy one!

Kind of crazy to see him speak as if he were still alive.
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Old Dec 27, 2013 | 11:48 AM
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Cool video. Thanks for posting!
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Old Dec 29, 2013 | 04:46 PM
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i love paul walker ....... great actor RIP idol
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Old Dec 29, 2013 | 11:38 PM
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RIP PW very chilled actor very few actors actually recognize the LFA.
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Old Dec 30, 2013 | 09:56 AM
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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
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.
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Old Dec 30, 2013 | 12:48 PM
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Thanks for posting. Paul Walker is definitely a down to Earth guy and will be missed...
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Old Dec 30, 2013 | 01:58 PM
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I always liked that dude. Not the typical celebrity type.
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Old Dec 30, 2013 | 07:20 PM
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bless the auto enthusiast in all of us. rip Paul Walker
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Old Dec 31, 2013 | 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Hoovey2411
bless the auto enthusiast in all of us. rip Paul Walker
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Old Jan 6, 2014 | 02:45 PM
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Very nice review , RIP Paul.
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