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Crispin *****
Joined: 09 Jun 2009 Posts: 685 Location: Welham Green, Hertfordshire, England
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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:07 Post subject: New LC - very nice in the flesh. |
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Just been drooling over the new LC outside my local dealer. Black and very very shiny. A very nice looking vehicle, looks a tad bigger than the 120.
A friend of mine in SA has also just ordered one - R650,000.00 (±£62,000.00). Takes delivery in Jan. Very jealous. _________________ Cheers,
Crispin
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Desperatezulu Lifetime member
Joined: 29 Mar 2008 Posts: 483 Location: Surrey
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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:51 Post subject: |
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That's the 150 series, right?
Minor point - your R:£ exchange rate looks a bit out
Cheers, _________________ Andrew
'98 LC80 4.2TD VX 24v |
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Crispin *****
Joined: 09 Jun 2009 Posts: 685 Location: Welham Green, Hertfordshire, England
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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:27 Post subject: |
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Desperatezulu wrote: |
That's the 150 series, right?
Minor point - your R:£ exchange rate looks a bit out
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Yes and, ever the pessimist
Actual exchange is £52k. Steep.
I did try float the idea past the wife. Tried the "...as our interest rate has come down on the house, the savign there could be used to...."
My ears are still hurting. _________________ Cheers,
Crispin
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Crispin *****
Joined: 09 Jun 2009 Posts: 685 Location: Welham Green, Hertfordshire, England
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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 14:05 Post subject: |
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just went and asked nicely and they let me take the LC round the block.
It is a LC5 with all the bells and whistles. Is very nice inside but...does look like a disco3 at first glance. Still like it very much though
I also notice switches for centre and rear lockers.
Gary: Forgot it had the fold away seats so it might have had them. I did not look in the boot and it had the tarpaulin covering it. (I had said it Gary it had no 3rd row but now stand corrected.)
ICE consisted of a center (large fold down jobbie) screen for the rear passengers and not individual ones.
Would I buy it? Yes, a second hand one. Not paying 44k for it. Take it through some narrow lanes? Forget it. To shiny and plastic (not to mention, 44k!).
Dear Santa... _________________ Cheers,
Crispin
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garystockton Lifetime member
Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 1190 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 14:52 Post subject: |
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I hear rumours of a 3.0 D-4D V6 twin-turbo diesel coming for the LC150 mid-2010
That would be cool _________________ I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
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Crispin *****
Joined: 09 Jun 2009 Posts: 685 Location: Welham Green, Hertfordshire, England
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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 14:57 Post subject: |
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They should then do the BM way of small + large turbo to reduce lag. _________________ Cheers,
Crispin
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Desperatezulu Lifetime member
Joined: 29 Mar 2008 Posts: 483 Location: Surrey
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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 15:06 Post subject: |
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Crispin wrote: |
They should then do the BM way of small + large turbo to reduce lag. |
Depends how the engine is designed - easy to use different size turbos on the BMs because they're normally turboing straight 6 or 4 cyl engines. [Ok, they're starting to boost their V8s too but not sure if they're doing the big + small turbos on that?] Presumably Toyota would use one turbo per bank of cylinders of the V6, so identical turbos would be needed. They could go for a common/single manifold approach but that would cancel out much of the benefit of running twin turbos I would think
My 2c anyway
Cheers, _________________ Andrew
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24Seven *****
Joined: 13 Jan 2007 Posts: 734 Location: Poole, Dorset
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 13:50 Post subject: |
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Just been shown one at my local dealer when buying oil, left with a brochure even though I told them I was not buying one
Just a few details of note.
LC3 starts at just under 30K
LC4 at 40K
LC5 at 45K
LC5 has variable height air suspension LC3 and LC4 has coils.
Engines the 1KD-FTW @ 173 DIN (hp) Max Torque 410 Nm between 1600-2800 rpm
Seems like they all have traction control which can apply the brake to one wheel if traction is lost, but you can only get a "proper" locking rear diff on the LC5 which comes with it as standard |
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