Birds Of A Feather?: Lexus "Peacock Blue" Really Proves It Can Attract "The Wild Life"!

A British aristocrat has been forced to warn visitors to his manor home not to park cars painted a particular shade of blue on his property, after his peacock caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to a luxury car it mistook for a mate.

The over-excited bird caused £4000 (AUD$9184) worth of damage to an employee's "peacock blue" Lexus parked on the grounds of Sir Benjamin Slade's country manor, Maunsel House, in Somerset in England's south, report English newspapers.

The car was left with numerous scratches and dents as a result of the frisky bird's amorous attack, and Sir Benjamin has now erected signs in his carpark warning drivers of blue cars of the danger presented by his bird.

"It started when he fell in love with this Lexus, which was in a very distinct peacock blue and looked like another peacock boy," he said.

"He couldn't control his urges and tried to shag it. He attacked the panels so hard that the car needs a total respray.

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david999 - 10/9/2007 10:57:48 AM

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Those peacocks are pretty randy birds.

enthusiastx11 - 10/9/2007 11:01:15 AM

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quite funny.
this must have been the new IS-F blue no?

1970toyotamarc - 10/9/2007 12:28:18 PM

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slow day........

DaHarder - 10/9/2007 12:48:03 PM

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Very Slow Day...

M35MT - 10/9/2007 1:05:56 PM

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I wonder what happens if you paint a Ford Edge like a cow...

zairnaim - 10/9/2007 2:26:57 PM

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it gets totalled

M53R - 10/10/2007 7:12:41 AM

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Or a porsche cayenne as a frog....?

enthusiastx11 - 10/9/2007 1:44:33 PM

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at least something wants to ''ck a lexus.

Rupert - 10/9/2007 6:59:34 PM

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Apart from houstoncutie?

enthusiastx11 - 10/10/2007 2:06:35 AM

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i think houston does so regularly.

S4cabriofoxone - 10/9/2007 11:18:10 PM

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"It started when he fell in love with this Lexus, which was in a very distinct peacock blue and looked like another peacock boy," he said.

lol.

bevisroy - 10/11/2007 9:19:02 AM

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Lexus ALWAYS understates their 0 - 60 times by at least .5 seconds. Here are the results of the 5 Top Luxury Cars in this test which was reported in the January Issue of Car and Driver. Please note these tests were all done on the same day at about the same time and at the same altitude. The results reflect the average of 3 runs and all cars are the 2007 vintage.

Mercedes S550 5.6, 0 - 60 quarter mile in 14.1 (Benz show 5.4 in their specs)
BMW 750iL 5.7, 0 - 60 quarter mile in 14.2
Jag XJ Super 6.0 0 - 60 quarter mile 14.5
Lexus LS460L 6.2 0 - 60 quarter mile 14.6
Audi A8 6.8 0 - 60 quarter mile 15.2

Note that Lexus, as usual, is more than the 5.4 the manufacturer CLAIMS to get by .8 seconds.

Also note the LS430 (prior model the LS460 replaced) was rated at 295 HP and was actually 278 when Lexus corrected their rating. And there were no refunds or apologies from the so-called "quality" car company. ABC - Always Be Careful what you buy from the (REPREHENSIBLE) Toyota/Lexus people.....