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The story
A poster believed to be living in Hokkaido started a thread on 5ch saying they want to buy a sports car as early as March next year. Since they didn’t reveal a specific model at first, some commenters warned that staying quiet would “just invite bump trolls” (posters who flood a thread with junk just to keep it alive). Eventually the poster revealed that a Lexus RC F was their top pick, with a budget of around ¥5.5 million, and said they were hunting for a used 2016-or-earlier model with under 40,000 km on the odometer. Some asked about the reputation of the Toyota GR86, and one commenter passed along secondhand feedback from a relative who owns one: “Since it’s a manual, driving around town is rough.” The thread also touched on driving in snowy regions and choosing the right car for the job.
What people said
My relative has one, and it's not the car I actually want anyway
What I'm actually chasing is the RC F
Once the roads start icing over, it goes into hibernation
I've got a beater for daily driving so it's fine
I hear the Copen is fun.
But it's a 5.0L naturally-aspirated V8, so it's more about the sound and the feel than raw acceleration
Can't a Swift Sport beat it?
There's a big weight difference, so of course that'd be tough
Oh 😲 well then you get to pick whatever you like, nice
Yeah.
It's technically a compact car.
It's AWD too, so that's a plus. Though it's ridiculously slow
When I think maybe they're paralyzed on one side and can't even drive, I start feeling bad about what I just posted
The Orofure Line (a scenic but notoriously windswept coastal highway) freaks me out
It's the RC F, same engine.
Though the tuning's different
Re: #74
Well, I'm used to it…
I hear everyone floors it on the Orofure Line, though I've never actually been there
All over the roads across Hokkaido, obviously
Nice
How much is it?
I was thinking around ¥5.5 million.
You can occasionally find one from 2016 or earlier with under 40,000 km
I'm curious — wondering how it's rated
I've got a relative with a GR86 who says it's pretty good.
Though they bought the manual version, so apparently driving around town is hell
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
The Lexus RC F is one of the few remaining Japanese sports coupes still powered by a naturally-aspirated 5.0L V8, and as tightening emissions regulations shrink the pool of new cars offering large-displacement NA engines, the model has held onto solid popularity on the used market. In the thread, some commenters noted that the original poster’s initial silence about which model they wanted would “just invite bump trolls,” but once the RC F was revealed, opinions split over the relative merits of the RC F versus the GR86. One remark that “a turbo kei car would beat it off the line” is easy to misread: it’s not about the RC F being slow overall, but about the difference in initial acceleration caused by the weight gap between the cars — a distinction that’s easy to conflate. Note that numerous posts consisting of meaningless repeated words from a single ID were excluded from this article. Since the poster lives in Hokkaido, the thread also touched on winter driving and the need for all-wheel drive, giving the exchange a distinctly regional flavor.
※This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary of the 5ch (Nanidemo Jikkyo G) thread “I can’t wait to get a sports car, my heart’s racing.”
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