One of the BEST Lexus focused videos yet! Your first vid on the LC was a master class on how to properly showcase a vehicle. This vid is no different. Picked up my IS 500 a few weeks ago and I’m in-freaking-love with this car. THANK YOU for posting up something super special. Now I need to go drive somewhere… 😈😜👍🏽
Everyone who doesn’t really drive them has the most negative things to say about them. I also definitely blame Jeremy Clarkson 100% for trying to bury the F brand, tons of suckers thinks he is a voice of reason.
I use to think Lexus was just a TARTED up Toyota... BOY I WAS WRONG! sure they might share the same platforms and some parts.... but DAMN! they're BUILT DIFFERENT! and the overall ownership experience is STELLAR! their cars just WORKS! and then their service centers are next LEVEL!
GSF 2016 owner along with 911 manual, Lexus LS430 and Jag XJ6 1997, GSF steering, handling prowess, and incredible engine baritone sound change at 3.6k rpm are quite amazing. It can hang with my 911 all day but I still find it hard to accept a sedan can perform this well. Rear slide amazing and dialing it back is easy. All GSF include all performance options and weigh only 70 lbs more than RCF yet hundreds less than LC500 which has nice materials next to windows, larger shift paddles, and a bit more V8 growl at low rpm. Oh that engine and the Torque Vectoring Differential (TVM) … addicting. Given a choice I’d rather have separate vehicles (911 and a luxury sedan), yet if only one vehicle a GSF can do the job very, very well.
I agree with some of the comments, excellently made video and promoting the greatness that Lexus vehicles are. As an IS 500 owner myself, this car is simply the apex of my car ownership and one that I will keep in my collection for several years, it is THAT good!
Wow, I got recommended this video by the algorithm and I’m not mad, it’s so well made, so well written, I watched the whole 17 engaging minutes. Only to realize this video doesn’t even have 900 views, made by someone with less than 3k subscribers, I bet if you keep making videos at this level, your channel will substantially grow in the future! Keep it up!
This was amazing, thank you for making this. Like you, I also own some gray Vans with black laces and a Lexus, though mine is a 2021 IS 350 F Sport that I picked up last year. For a while I didn't even know what I was buying when it comes to performance, but I think you hit the nail on the head when you talked about driving the IS 500 on autocross - it's just a confident car to drive quickly. I need to get behind the wheel of an LC 500 one day, since I hear so often that it's a one of a kind machine - and of course I have to hear it. I actually got to go to a Lexus Racing booth after Petit Le Mans 2021 with a local Lexus meetup group, and it was really special getting to talk to Townsend Bell and others from Lexus while looking at the then-new LX 600 and those IS 500/350 racing concept cars that were making the rounds at the time. I love those kinds of events - cost me nothing and was just a good-faith offer to the enthusiasts (shout-out to Mike Forsythe for the connect on that). Nice choice on the Atomic Silver over red interior by the way, kinda similar to my Iridium silver over red on the IS. Lexus really knows how to do a good silver. The LC is a gorgeous car - if I am already finding excuses to go be around my IS just to enjoy the looks, I'd be in real trouble if I had an LC.
I was recently linked this video again and wanted to comment that I did, in fact, do the Lexus Performance Driving School myself last year. It was a blast! I also traded up to an IS 500. You might say I've drunk the Lexus Kool-Aid. 😂
What a great experience, thanks for sharing it. I own 2 Lexus cars and I’m hooked. For me it’s the quality, dependability, durability, and low maintenance (and of course everything you covered). PS, I sold my 911 turbo to buy the LC. Good choice.
People were wrong about the LFA and people are still wrong about the LC. I predict the LC will increase in value like the LFA due to its rarity and durability.
That was fun. I have an LC 500 Convertible. It's is so well made and a joy to drive. Not the fastest or nimble but the sound makes up for those limits.
its funny, i own an extremely heavily modified car that can put almost anything produced by a manufacturer to shame, as well as a super fun second generation mr2 to rip around in for giggles. So when i bought my lexus RC, i thought from all the reviews that i was just adding an overweight but comfortable car that "looked" sporty to my garage, but god damn if i haven't been utterly impressed with the thing when i drive it up mountains and have a little fun in it. It has even me, someone who, admittedly is not a wealthy person and who would much rather spend my hard earned money and time on making a car fast rather than buying a fast car looking at buying an lc500. great review man
BTW (Keyser Soze) nails it. Again. I was lucky to attend two of the first driving schools. One at Indy. 156 mph down the front straight in a ride-along with Scott Pruett in the LC 500. You had to look at the speedometer to believe it. Felt like 70 on the interstate. Comments by Jr. Science below are exactly right. I think the GSF is an all around better driver, but the LC 500 is my rolling fortress of solitude.
Omg! Great summary of the brand and the LPDS. I'm also a fellow LC owner and have been seriously considering booking a date for this event. I'm convinced - Thank you. Great job on this video and your last one with your LC - consider me a fan👍
Well, I'm glad you had fun. I went to the one in Feb at Laguna Seca and it was too cold for me to enjoy it. Yah, in the autocross it was fun to do it over and over and see yourself get better. Yah, it was fun to drive the RCF doing donuts--harder than it looks. Easy to get the rear end to slip away, not so easy to keep control. Yah, fun to stomp on someone else' brakes until the antilock brakes thump your feet. But, you spend about 15 minutes total time behind the wheel...the rest of the 8 hours you are listening to yak yak yak in a cold unheated garage.
Finally, you're back from the 'four-pots'...hehehe...these Lexus V8s have great exhaust notes. Coming from a background of BMW sixes and AMG V8s, the IS500 is sonething of an eye opener. Might actually end up buying one...
I attended this event in Aug. 2021 at Laguna Seca Raceway. In the autocross I had drive like a maniac to get the best time in my group at 35 seconds but we only had the 2021 IS 350 F Sport. Had a ride along with Scott Pruett in the same car and he did 32 seconds with 4 people in the car. He was so much smoother than a rookie like me. It was like a leisurely Sunday drive. Also got to drive 9 or 10 laps (without another person in the car but behind a lead driver) around the epic Laguna Seca track in an LC 500. The track has a 180 foot (55 m) elevation change through the corkscrew. That was wild to drive. Had another ride along with the driving instructor on the main track in a GS F at very high speeds. I currently own a GS 350 AWD and will definitely be buying an LC 500 as soon as possible.
I enjoyed this entire video. I like your sense of humor. I've been a Lexus fan my whole life but in 2018 I went to a Lexus Driving Event in Anaheim (it was free) and I got to test the GS F, RC F, and LC500 on an autocross track in the Angels parking lot. The experience took my enthusiasm to another level. I fell in love with the GS F (it was more balanced than both the RC F and LC500 at the time) and I swore I'd buy a GS F or a new IS F someday. When the IS500 was announced, I had to have it. I bought it 2 months ago and I love it. Now, are my important questions: Was the sweater free? Did you get any free swag? What did they serve for lunch??? Thanks again.
They just served fairly nice sandwiches, chips, cookies and beverages for lunch but honestly I was itching to get back on the track and you only get about 30-40 mins for lunch. Everything was very professional. I got a Lexus LPDS shirt and a Michelin hat and a few other things. The event only cost $995 so well worth the money.
@@jr.sciencebros.8411 That much track time alone at a super technical famous track like Laguna Seca in a car like the LC is probably worth at least $2,500 to $3K. Not even including all the instruction on performance driving that they give you. They are definitely losing money on every person that attends. $995 is well below what the time/experience is worth.
Lexus is better because they actually engineer something BMW has no clue how to do -- reliability. If you can't develop and engineer a product that lasts, it's flawed! Would you buy a refrigerator known to have issues in 5 years? Nobody would so then why buy a car from a company known for engineered obsolescence? I don't know why anyone buys German vehicles. It truly baffles me.
Cheap plastic technology has completely ruined BMW. I used to have a 92 525i with a 5-speed manual. I beat that car for nearly three hundred and thirty thousand miles before I had to get rid of it. You'll never get that kind of mileage out of a new one. Or the 15 years that I actually owned it. I didn't get it until it was 3 years old. Can you imagine driving a new BMW for 18 years I can't! You'd be in the poorhouse
I was just at Road Atlanta for the IMSA Petit Leman and noticed how Lexus-Centric it was. And I'm proud to own a 2020 RCF. I"ll be going back for the school
0wned 4 m3s & 2015 ref its an old man gt its not a track car I'm rebuying 2022 ref (discounted $74k) its perfect for me. but its too heavy, tech terrible, but reliable. most of all, no new m4 grill
Please release another video! How about a nice long form video, like the one you did long time ago where you showed your daily driver and your then slk weekend car!! Tell us about all your cars! A video discussing the crazy prices on used cars and your perspective would be a nice treat as well!! You could always do something off the wall, like buy a beat up truck or jeep and run the hell out it! Perhaps take it on a fishing trip in the boonies and test it's four-wheel drive! Get something with a manual and thrash it! Just give us more content!!
Thanks for the encouragement. I enjoy making these and do so when I get a few minutes of spare time which can be tough to find. Great ideas you shared (and I’ve been planning on a few as well). I’ll keep ‘em coming, so, thanks for watching.
Got my first lexus (is250) 2 months ago after coming from a chevy cruze and I just got to say lexus make some great vehicles. Honestly, the material in these cars is incredible, plus the very low maintenance requirements us super nice
Interesting review, did the performance driving class at Laguna Mach of 2021, good time fun track, but the traffic jams were a big let down and not getting the thrill of connecting all the turns at speed through the corkscrew and on to the front straight. Road Atlanta must have been a blast, definitely looks like they were conservative on the bakes coming into 10. One of the funnest parts of the track tossing it around though 10a and b then accelerating under the bridge and down the hill into 11.
Im sorry guys but I'm waiting for lexus to bring back the wood veneer and elegant wooden steering wheel. I hate a leather steering wheel for it looks cheap and it stains easy. Plastic everywhere with high-tech screens will eventually be outdated. I think you can never go wrong with raw elements like metals and woods that never goes out of style. If this LC500 had the elegant woods from the classic sc430 and a hard top too... It would be a hit with me. Its really dangerous to add too much tech to people who just want to drive a car without worring if the race model mechanical changes... too much stuff to eventually stop working. Give me the body and a beautiful wood interior, with analog speedometer and im good.
I attended the LPDS at Austin / COTA just a few weeks after you filmed this. I'm also a '21 LC convertible owner. I went with 2 friends and we had so much fun, we're planning on attending two LPDS events next year. We're also inviting a bunch of other friends. Great video, agree 100% with everything in it. Riding along with Pruett on the autocross track, while he beats your time by 3 seconds with 600 pounds of extra passengers in the car, is quite humbling 🙂
Still have the channel (this one)… but I don’t have the SLK - here’s what happened: My Mercedes SLK 350 Is Destroyed ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cVk_bb9_wNY.html
Thanks. I’ve been a BMW fan for years and owned several, but even nicest eight series never looks or feels as special as the LC in my mind. I think the LC is a bargain and much more of a head turning car.
sorry but Lexus is a performance brand???? it’s a luxury brand yes with a rare perl like a LFA v10 but i didn’t see lexus car in some one trophy (here in europe in usa i don’t know)
GSF rated better than final M5 RWD by legendary reviewer Chris Harris. CarWow UK guy also noted GSF better/easier drift n slide car than M2 manual. JayEm also gave it strong praise. All GSF have torque vector diff plus dedicated n separate oil and transmission cooling systems. Options or not available on the others for misc legit reasons, and most of us will NOT take these to a track for multiple 30 minute sessions, but GSF can do it without modification, just as my 911 can
Lexus kills you on the replacement brakes just for the parts for a rotor and the pads is approximately about $1,500.$200 for each brake pad and about five to seven thousand dollars for the rotors. That one hurts.
