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The #014 Lexus LFA Arrives in Costa Rica


The following is an email I received from Purdy Motor employee Mauricio Barquero. Purdy Motor is the Lexus distributor in Costa Rica and is run by Lexus race driver Javier Quirós, who has just taken delivery of his red #014 LFA.

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Javier Quirós´ LFA arrived to Costa Rica today. Mr. Quirós is the president of Purdy Motor (Toyota Group distributor in the country) and also he was one of the Gazoo Racing Team drivers which had a great performance in Nurburgring (link) a few years ago. He has the opportunity to race with the LFA #14.

His LFA is red (code 3P0) and the interior is all in black leather with red stitches.

He invited some of his closest friends and closest employees to share with him the opening of the container in which the LFA traveled from Japan. We were very excited. When the container doors were open we saw the back of the LFA and we couldn’t say a word.

Lexus Japan sent the protocol to pull the car out of the container, and slowly the car began to show its stunning figure and great color. We still couldn’t believe the car that we had in front of us. SIMPLE AMAZING !!!!!!

As soon the car was pulled out of the container Mr. Quirós followed the protocol to start the engine and the sound of the engine was like a symphony to the ears.

Loyal to his racing spirit Mr. Quirós decided to celebrate his new purchase making some donuts into the building with his LFA. You could hear the great sound of the engine in each donut that he made. He had a big smile in his face, he was like a kid with a new toy:

Mr. Quirós requested to Mr Akio Toyota that his LFA must be the #14 in the production line, because during his life he have had a lot of racing cars and always use the #14.
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(Special thanks to Mauricio for putting all this together, and to Mr. Quirós for his permission to post this.)

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    Travis
  • February 2, 2011
I am beyond jealous........ :`-(
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    05RollaXRS
  • February 2, 2011
Amazing stuff!! Gazoo racer buys and LFA and get exactly the same number as the race car. Soooo cool!!
05RollaXRS wrote:Amazing stuff!! Gazoo racer buys and LFA and get exactly the same number as the race car. Soooo cool!!
Yeah, I loved this story. Just perfect. :-)
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    05RollaXRS
  • February 2, 2011
Lexus LFA setting a new world record of the fastest lap ever on the Goodwood track: 1:22.62 Fabulous video indeed! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABzcxTkcizg&feature=player_embedded
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    Tilps
  • February 2, 2011
Wow last record was 1.24.80 ?
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dang...
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not a big fan of that single reverse light... weird and nowhere as aggressive as America's double reverse lights.
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    Stan
  • February 2, 2011
Hmm.. isn't there a break-in period? Is that safe to do donuts right away?
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    ROAD RUNNER 007
  • February 2, 2011
Every LF-A was tested - driven and certified before it was shipped from Japan, its a Lexus mandatory protocol to folllow, each owner recieves authencity documentation for the kms on each vehicle.
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    RollaXRS
  • February 2, 2011
Tilps wrote:Wow last record was 1.24.80 ?
Yeah, that was set by AutoWeek Europe and also was done in the Lexus LFA. Now Lexus beat its own record.
Stan wrote:Hmm.. isn’t there a break-in period? Is that safe to do donuts right away?
The LFA electronically limits the engine during its break-in period, so there's not really any way to damage the engine or transmission.
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    toyotaclassics
  • February 2, 2011
krew wrote:
Stan wrote:Hmm.. isn’t there a break-in period? Is that safe to do donuts right away?
The LFA electronically limits the engine during its break-in period, so there’s not really any way to damage the engine or transmission.
plus it takes next to zero torque to do donuts on a smooth warehouse floor with new oily tires. Real jealous. Even for those who can afford one, there are none left for us Canadians. :`-(
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    mack
  • February 2, 2011
the gauge is siiick ! wonder how you put it in reverse ?
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gorgeous. and heres a great photo shoot of the yellow LFA http://www.gtspirit.com/2011/01/12/gallery-yellow-lexus-lfa-photoshoot/ ;-)
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    rodz
  • February 3, 2011
sn't th ttl "Lxs nthsst" n xymrn. Hw cld nyn b... Comment Disemvoweled by krew
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mack wrote:the gauge is siiick !wonder how you put it in reverse ?
If I remember correctly, you pull both shift paddles to put the car into Neutral, and then, push the Reverse button to the left of the outside of the instrument cluster.
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    Ernesto
  • February 9, 2011
Solo enciende la luz de marcha atrás del lado derecho.!!!! ¿Es que a la izquierda no tiene luz de marcha atrás? Es inconcebible para lo que cuesta el coche :-o:-o:-o
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      Carlos Chaves.
    • December 25, 2011
    Ernesto,1 es posible que al lado izquierdo lo que tenga es la luz neblinera,que es obligatoria en algunos paises de Europa.
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      Carlos Chaves
    • December 25, 2011
    Podria no traer ninguna....SIGUE SIGUE SIENDO UN SUPER CHUZO.............

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