It's unfortunate in this country Jay. Being an island recieving lots of rain it's full of salt. And in the winter we have all the salt put onto the roads. Doesn't help with the bodywork, especially if you have a few chips.

@@larryjimbob there's a joke in there somewhere.

@@larryjimbob Pretty sure it's the salting of the roads in winter that does it - I live in New Zealand - even lived within a kilometer of the beach for 4 years - like the UK, we get a lot of rain too - have never had problems with rust since the 90's when most manufacturers started proper galvanization. I work on my own cars too, and even my 20 year old Toyota, you get underneath it, every single bolt is rust free. Only bit of rust on my 15 year old Lexus was a bit under the battery tray about the size of a coin which I presume has been caused by a leaking battery at some point. Funny thing is, even in the South Island here, they don't salt the road in winter - they manage with ploughs and grit - the grit is nasty stuff for paintwork and moving parts - but I still prefer it to salt.

Pocher?! I barely knew her!

Like it would make it to 100,000 miles! 😀

Stopped the video just to agree with this. I wish you the best of British Luck in putting your money where your mouth is on this one!

do it dont be a chicken

It’ll just disintegrate into a pile of rust and badly soldered wires

you know what, i'd watch that video. A well used ferrari is almost more special than a garage queen

😂

This has a scary relatability

Best car, well done👌👍👍👍

Plot twist: you actually own one and it's the bits in between that are the actual dream

it is a fantastic car! I bought mine last year

Thanks! Life is too short to complain about everything

Yes don’t apologise or change…you get them miles done…. Would be great to meet up one day, i own a Lotus down to watching your early videos…..

Here here mate, well said.

Anyone that makes a success out of whatever they choose to do for a living has the right to choose how and what they spend their money on that gives them joy and pleasure

@@JayEmmOnCars mate i’ll see your 9k and raise you another 9800 And welcome to the wonderful world of Bentley ownership (in particular Bentley of Surrey great lads in all honesty ) so my GTC I was driving it like a 40 something who has the emotional age of a five year old and I floored the very heavy vehicle over the top of the a hill smashing past some degenerate in a c63 . I couldn’t resist it. The next day I heard from the rear of the vehicle a loud hissing noise it was quite peculiar , checked the tyres which were fine hissing continued went to the suspension setting where you can raise it up. Car wouldn’t move what I’d done going over the top of the hill at Mach 2.5 must have damaged the air suspension unit you’ve got a lot of Bentley though they don’t replace one they replace both they come as full units so just because the unit on the left have gone they also had to replace the entire unit . Now Bentley assistance is something else it really is something else firstly they recover the vehicle and they give me an Audi S6 as a courtesy car delivered to my holiday home in Wales recovered the Bentley from my holiday home in Wales and take the vehicle back to Bentley Surrey all good so far . As the vehicle was coming towards the end manufacture warranty they give the car a full health check ( thank God for warranty, I’m gonna say that one again thank God for warranty) and away they go the service manager asked could he just fix everything that was under warranty and my replies why not . that three weeks later got my GTC returned and the bill was eye watering. They had gone through every single part of the car which was under warranty that could be replaced. The air suspension unit alone was just under 6000 Without labour . Some gold plated connectors in the engine new radiator they went they did everything that was under warranty cough, cough, nudge, nudge wink wink if you get my drift. 18800 pounds was the final bill I would’ve been heartbroken if that was not under warranty in fact I was buying aftermarket warranty. I like what you say about the Lexus that’s a nice car and I’m very tempted myself. My wife has Lexus RX nothing nothing nothing ever ever ever touchwood goes wrong, great channel mate

Much appreciated

We have the same tall poppy syndrome in Australia and I echo these comments.

I've increasingly turned to thinking...damn the spec sheet. The cars I like most may not win every battle, but being good as a whole and offering something that stands out still matters. If you're going to drop 100K USD or more on a car, I think it should offer something special. Style? Supreme comfort? Beautiful, well made interior? Something. I just had to replace my beloved sport edition LS Lexus and bit the bullet on step down commuter car. Turns out I really like the color combo, comfort (really great for my back over a long trip), and fuel economy on the ES I got. And now I can save up for my LC 500 in the next few years. But I also have the bug for the design of the Roma and should I get there financially in the foreseeable future, I'll probably buy one.

NICE!! that orange colour is carnelian red bTW, it's beautiful, but so is the red- red!

Wow That’s 33.5 mpg on a run for UK biased viewers

Love your description of the LC and the benefits you found with it. I recently got an IS-F and the engine is a great piece of tech, fun and dynamic! Definitely feeling the need for an LC500 in the future but currently have other impractical cars I might have to address first :)

Thanks John!

If supercars could only have the build quality as a Land Cruiser...

The LC500 does have the build quality of a Land Cruiser

You sure the LC500 can impress Jay more than the F12? Doubt it

False dichotomy

Do love a Japanese V8. Also a bit of ball tickling. I had a GS450h, which had "nanoe" aircon which was apparently moisturising (to be fair, it seemed effective, my Porsche turned my hands into the atacama desert). It also had ventilated seats. That meant: it literally moisturised your arsehole while driving. That wasn't how they marketed it though, which always disappointed me. I presume the LC500 will have that too, so it probably is one of the closest things you can get to literal ball-tickling from a Japanese V8, since massage seats just get your back. Or, in the case of French cars, the massage seats are the best approximation of a child kicking your seat from behind, but based on how the French drive it's probably not surprising that the idea of "relaxation" isn't something they do well in cars, at least recently...

Cheap practical way to enjoy a Japanese V8 is get a Volvo xc90/s80 which has a Yamaha 4.4 lit v8 , get a sports exhaust and hard to beat the sound .

Do 100,000 miles!

@@ApothecaryTerry 'Lexus moisturising assholes since 1997'

@radinz1 Yeah I saw one of those on Autotrader a year a go. A very strange premise that car....

Lexus=vanilla, got it ;) to stretch the analogy further, you should date at least one crazy, hot, crazy hot freak in your life, but settle down with someone more reliable.

That and you Lexus owner circle jerk committee telling themselves constantly how great and clever they are.... That's why I wouldn't own a Lexus (aside from the LFA but those are like hens teeth) because their owners are completely insufferable smug clowns.

Meanwhile owning an Lexus means you become so insufferably smug that most of car community thinks you're beyond irritating. “I’ve owned my Lexus 50 years and it's done 500 million miles and all I've changed is the oil” is the kind of nonsense you hear from them.

Did you watch the video? He made the point that they really aren't as unreliable as the masses of non-owners on the internet seem to think

You're not the first to compare Ferrari to BDSM stuff 🤣

Now that would be something!

At the time of writing there is one on UK Autotrader. A steal at £999,900!

Just heard LFA V10 have oil pump issue/repair/attention needs...

Oh the LFA is a dream car of mine! I have the LC and its great

@@_queand? Fix the car if it has issues and money is not an issue.

I would but only single clutch gearbox. Really needs a DSG conversion.

That's cool to hear! With regular maintenance, any car will last long enough. But sadly, a good number of people just don't want to put that much effort.

Maseratis are great cars, all of them. They are just too expensive and the vast majority of the public have never seen one in person, let alone driven one or owned one.

Me too, I think that eventually, if I had the funds for one super car, I would buy the Porsche (but always dream of the GT4Lusso v12). Unless you have too much free time and passion to take care of them, or you have a collection of such cars and therefore someone (or more) to take care of the cars, it does not worth the effort. I own a Lexus RX, reliable, sensible, I love the LC, but I really dislike the interior.

ferrari is a totally different animal than porsche; it’s an occasion car. porsche is just a simple german sports car. new ferraris are kinda trash though imo

Agreed, I know someone who owns a Portofino that had a bunch of problems that I’ve seen firsthand. For the money I’d get a GT3 as boring as that sounds. Coming from an Italian in LOVE with Ferrari and what it represents

@@jeririce4928 I do not disagree, but I would only buy a Ferrari as a kind of "daily" as well. Not just for 1-2 rides /month. That is why I would only get a GT4lusso (got a small family) or a "compact" one like a Portofino or Roma. Not the "exotic" ones. These for me are "too much" and kind of show-off (my humble opinion).

@@davu6712 Ah! Portofino perhaps my favorite modern Ferrari (alongside GT4lusso as I mentioned). Such a pitty to hear it has problems, considering that it is a kind of sensible and car for daily use... I guess it should be simpler and more reliable.

To be fair a Volvo could probably fight nature and win

Being British: always complain, always explain. Don't apologise though, we're not Canadians 🤣

Isn't the lc500 an NA V8?

@@TheFlyingClutchman yep, it's something different, something James doesn't currently have in his fleet (flatplane 430 aside).

@@richardharrold9736 you mentioned a hybrid V6?

@@TheFlyingClutchman there is a hybrid V6 LC with the 2GR coupled to a CVT and a shorter geared diff than the V8. A lot of V8 owners swap in the V6 diff gearset to liven their cars up

@@richardharrold9736 are their any real engine mods available? That's news to me

If you have enough money you could always buy in pairs. One for show, and one for go. That’s not a problem if you’re rich enough. But why would he do that. What was the point of having a zero mile Ferrari behind doors? By the sound of it it seems he bought pairs several times. That might mean he got rid of the old pair, and the no mile car at 3-4-5 yrs old surely wouldn’t have appreciated to an extent that this was a financially wise thing to do? He maybe just wanted a clean one to look at and drive the dirty one he never had to wash😂

@@Nord_Mann one for investment value, one as the runaround.

​@@1968spikeyinvestment value Ferraris are generally the worst to daily driver. A 360 stradale as a daily? Yea if you live in the Alps. Otherwise why. It's silly. Now you gonna tell me the boss commutes on the Nurburging or something😂

​@@TsLengi know a guy who daily his 488 Pista. When asked about his experience, he said the bumpy road mode is a must and the dual clutch is surprisingly smooth for town use. He changed the Pista's tires to more civil Michelins bcos it rains a lot in my country, and also last longer

How much does it have now

@@maxmgquba8494 approaching 50k. Miles of smiles 😁

That's my main concern with getting a sports car even if it's reasonable and the same cost as an average truck these days. I feel like it'd be weird especially if extended family who aren't doing as well know about it. How has it been for you so far?

@@alexbruski mostly ok but early days.

A Lexus replacing a Ferrari sound ridiculous and I don’t even like Ferrari. LC500 make sense when replacing the Aston Martin but not a Ferrari.

@@gaara4667 it all depends on the depth of your pockets when it comes to maintenance and repairs, but on a like for like car base, I agree with you of course.

The majority of Ferrari owners drive them like it's a Lexus. So, getting a Lexus instead makes sense.

@@zarbon700 but Ferrari would be out of business🤣 driving it like a Lexus or not, their pockets are deep enough to buy it, maintain it and insure it so it’s all good. 👏🏿

@@fransb8543 yessir. Love the LC500 and RCF as well. 👏🏿

Just a shame it's nearly 2 tonnes!

@@CharlieeDownesit’s not a razor sharp drive, more of a GT Bruiser imo.

Should've got the GS460.. no wind noise, better aero, no sacrificial lower bushings etc, corners better, weighs less. But a 599 GTB is a different car lol. Enjoy

You get used to it!

Thanks 👍