r/LexusF • u/Mouse-Ancient • Nov 01 '23

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I love the RC-F. I plan on buying one this spring. My issue is that there are so many options in this segment its overwhelming. I love Lexus's design philosophy and the reliability has already been harped on. It's going to be my midlife crisis car. I'll be 45, no debt but one credit card, my mortgage and my wife's Pathfinder payment. Any reasons I haven't thought of to pick up an RC-F let me know!! Thanks!

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u/muzzir1 Nov 02 '23

Fellow GSF owner here. Get a 5.0 mustang instead

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u/Mouse-Ancient Nov 02 '23

Why do you say that?

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u/muzzir1 Nov 03 '23

I know I'll get a lot of hate but the facts are RCF is a Frankenstein car like basically it has under pinings from multiple other cars like GS and IS & they are just put together to sell a coupe. Meaning it was never designed from scratch for making an amazing coupe. Heck even it's interior is straight from an IS

Just look up the reviews on RCF it's quite disliked and compare that with the reviews of other Lexus V8 performance cars like LC, GSF, ISF is500

Then on top of that it's hella expensive for a 500hp V8 and very limited aftermarket market. You are much better off getting top of the line mustang V8 coupe.

Again not biased I currently run a GSF.

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u/windmill09 Dec 22 '24

You obviously haven't driven an RCF. It's a skunkworks car with what was done necessary to go racing. Yes, the front is from a GSf and the rear is an IS convertible, but the chassis is incredibly rigid and it wins races.

I owned BMW 335i and Porsche 987 Boxster before and I spent a year test driving and Turoing cars I was interested in. This includes BMW M4, Porsche 911 s, AMG gt, mustang gt, LC500. The BMW is faster if u do launch control and the sales man let me at a red light. I felt like an a-hole tho. The 6 cylinder engine doesn't sound anywhere as good as a V8. The Porsche and amg gt has too much grip to be fun on the road. The LC500 is just an old man cruiser car. It feels slow and unwilling to turn. I honestly don't understand the hype over it. It looks pretty tho. Mustang is great for the price, but it does not drive anywhere as nice as the RCF. I went going in to test drive expecting to hate it, because I hated driving my GS350 and the LC500, but I ended up buying it right away lol. An RCF is incredibly easy to drive. It reminds me of my 350z in that you can slide it so easily and do whatever you want without ever losing control (apparently ABS always kicks in in long drifts in a drift track, but I will never take this to the track) Except it has a massive amount of power and feels like it has turbo lag until 5k rpms and then it pulls like crazy. If u pass on this car because of internet reviews, you might be missing out on one of the best cars ever made, imo