Before Lexus waves goodbye to the LFA forever, the automaker threw a going-away party to honor the last LFA to be sold in America. We visited the Toyota Automobile Museum in Southern California, where Roy Mallady took delivery of his new LFA – but not his first.

examples of the ear-shattering V-10 powered supercar were hand-built for patrons around the world, but only 178 units came to the U.S. Of these, 22 Nurburgring Editions were sold inside the States, including Mallady’s number 499, which wears steel gray exterior paint, red brake calipers, red leather interior, and an optional $25,000 carbon fiber roof. Although the Georgia native has a taste for exotics (he’s owned everything from a Maserati Merak to Porsches, Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and a tuned GT-R) Mallady has a sweet tooth for the LFA: the auto you spot here’s his second. While he keeps most of his cars for approximately a year after which sells them, Mallady said he’ll keep this LFA for the remainder of his life.

But how does he justify spending $1 million on two “I adore it that much, plus i’ve the 1st U.S. car, 003, and the last, 499. They’re bookends,” he told us.

Mallady’s obsession with the LFA sparked when he saw the theory on a mag cover in 2005. He fell in love immediately, and visited a close-by Lexus dealership to demand one. Dealership representatives told him it is going to take about two years until the idea came to life, and that it might cost about $150,000. many years and millions of greenbacks later, Mallady received his first silver LFA in 2011, but not before taking a wild ride with Rolex 24 winner Scott Pruett on the helm of an LFA test car.

Pruett was giving rides to potential buyers and said he vividly remembers Mallady’s words upon going in the auto: “Just give me the ride of my life, make me cry!”

So what’s next for Mr. Mallady He’s already talked to his local Lexus dealer about being wear the order list when the Lexus LF-LC concept car gets approved for production.

Although the LFA marks the tip of an era inside the U.S., that doesn’t mean it will become forgotten. The supercar preceded cars just like the 2013 GS and 2014 IS, sedans that demonstrate the automaker is out to make vehicles which are visually and dynamically exciting. The LFA influenced the high-tech gadgetry seen at the new IS, and for enthusiasts like Mallady, just whetted his appetite for the subsequent flagship Lexus to return.

Below are photos of the Lexus LFA number 499, and vehicles on display on the Toyota Automobile Museum.