“O, what men dare do! What men may do! What men daily do, not knowing what they do.”
– Shakespeare
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Reader and long-time friend Carl described yesterday’s car, the Jaguar F-Type, as “sex on wheels.” That phrase has also been used by reader and long-time friend David Banner (not his real name) to describe today’s car, the Lexus LC. You don’t really want to know what results from an Internet search for that phrase, but cars don’t seem to appear anywhere.
The LC was in the first Ultimate Garage that I posted on the blog hosted by the Evil Empire (aka Google). By the way, I did finally receive a settlement from the class action suit involving the Evil Empire and their deleting blogs to avoid paying ad earnings. Fack Fucebook has earned all of the bad press it has received, and then some, but the Evil Empire seems to have faded from view in terms of its wrongdoings.
I took the top photo in January, 2018 (!) and the bottom picture is from Motor Trend. Obviously, I think the Lexus LC is a stunner. It’s also one of only two cars in Ultimate Garage 2.0 that I have actually driven.
The Lexus LC is powered by a 5-liter/303 cubic-inch V8 that produces 471 HP/398 LB-FT of torque. The only transmission available is a 10-speed automatic, which I think is overkill, but helps the car get better gas mileage for EPA testing. I wanted to write about the forced-induction version of the engine for this car (I keep reading about a twin-turbo motor that will pump out 600+ HP), but Ultimate Garage 2.0 is only about cars that have actually existed.
The car is luxuriously appointed, but is more of a Grand Tourer than true sports car. However, it’s not a slug although it’s, perhaps, a tad heavy for exquisite handling. However, it will accelerate from 0-60 MPH in 4.6 seconds, which is very quick.
As for value/price, the LC my wonderful wife and I drove stickered at $101,000, but the salesman offered $10,000 off without my even asking. The base MSRP of these cars is about $93,000. For the “official” Ultimate Garage 2.0 value I am going to use $95,000 because I am going to assume a car with some options, but also with a discount from MSRP.
Once again, I welcome thoughtful comments about this car, any car or any topic. It is doubtful I will post tomorrow as my wonderful wife and I have a busy day planned, weather permitting. Ultimate Garage 2.0 is almost finished, but not quite.
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Beautiful car, mostly, but I can’t get past the cow catcher on any of the Lexus cars. Sex on wheels.. ? I haven’t Googled that, but you reminded me of the time my somewhat naive sister in law tried to find Dick’s Sporting Goods’ website..
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Yes, the Lexus grille is not loved by all. It’s the least attractive feature of the car to me also, but the rest of the car is just gorgeous.
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If you buy used, you can find these for $70-80,000. I located one in Red Bank, NJ with real seats vs the “George Costanza Ensconced in Velvet” looking seats for $71,000. I would then spend $25,000 on a used ES or LX as my daily driver, because every now and then you have to go to Costco.
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Thanks, sir. Yes, one can buy these used but for this vintage car I am using the new car price/value since they can still be purchased new unlike a 1956 Packard Caribbean.
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