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Sedans High End Luxury Cars
24645 messages, Last post on Aug 26, 2008 at 4:40 PM
You are in the Sedans Forum. Your Hosts are pat & karens
Let's try to define this forum as being limited to luxury performance vehicles where the mainstream version in a typical configuration has an MSRP of at least $60k.
A luxury vehicle with a base price of $59k qualifies because it would typically be bought with some additional equipment, bringing the MSRP over $60k.
Vehicles like the E, 5, A6, M, or GS, even if available in certain versions over $60k, don't qualify because they are cars from companies that have higher end cars in their lineups.
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Replying to: ljflx (Mar 30, 2006 5:37 am) We finally got rid of Chicken Little! Though I like some of the folks left, I don't believe that the original group of 12 were the best they could find in all of the U.S. This is the worst group of finalist in the history of the show, IMO. M
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Replying to: blckislandguy (Mar 29, 2006 6:15 pm) Sorry, I have to disagree with you and agree with tagman and ljflx on this one. Before I had NAV, I thought it was a somewhat silly option. After living with it for over a year, it's very nice to have. If you live in a city where all streets are perpendicular and are numbered in one direction and alphabetically arranged in the other direction, then NAV won't be very helpful. But if you live in a large metro area, or in the 'burbs where streets start and stop, and nothing is straight from point to point, NAV is great. I am also starting to think that as Alzheimer's sets in, NAV will allow me to keep driving for a few extra years. I've already been amazed to more than once find myself turned around and confused not that far from home.  On the other hand, I agree with you on buttons vs. mice! |
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Replying to: tagman (Mar 29, 2006 8:14 pm) I don't have NAVI system in CLK but I do in R, so when we traveled to Gatlinburg, TN I could whip off on an exit I was told about and just "left and right" it on the map screen. I could see the traffic jam every now and then on the other side of the mountain as I weaved the back roads on the other side. When my wife asks if I will pick up a child at a friends, I get the addy and take the R. She is in real estate. She plugs in listing addys and saves them. I live 0.9 miles from work so I don't need it. I like having NAVI but don't like the R's joy stick. In addition, if you know someone that knows someone, you can add hardware to use dvd to watch a movie.  FYI:Please be advised that the Metal Workers Trade Union in Germany is initiating “warning” strikes in an effort to gain leverage in upcoming labor negotiations.
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Replying to: benzster (Mar 30, 2006 7:09 am)
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Replying to: merc1 (Mar 30, 2006 5:49 am) There is no way that Pickler gal should still be left and Lisa Tucker gets canned! And if I hear one more "amazing" out of Abdul!! Can't she express herself without always resorting to that word? I thought they were going to dump her and I see she just signed a new multi-year contract! 
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Replying to: hpowders (Mar 30, 2006 11:58 am) Amazing! T
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Replying to: hpowders (Mar 30, 2006 11:58 am)
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I can't imagine driving on today's roads without navigation. I've got a sense of complacency now since 2001 when I purchased my very first navi-equipped car (S500). The value bestowed in this technology is worth it's asking price. Even some cars like my '06 A8 W-12 have the system as standard equipment. I like the fact that every carmaker is in the rush to improve nav systems, may it be picture clarity, road maps, street signs, et al. It keeps everything fresh. And now, the race is on to eliminate the need for nav systems to incorporate HVAC/audio controls, even though the ever-present i-Drive/MMI/COMAND knob controlled variants are on the rise. And the technology is trickling down from the super-luxury cars of 5-6 years ago to Mazda 3's($16k car), VW Jetta's($20k), and upcoming Dodge Caliber to name a few. The technology as grown so fast and fierce that GM has announced that it will offer it as an option along with Onstar on every model it sells by 2010. I guess this is to offset the worries from the government earlier this week when they rolled out the new CAFE standards, with the H1,H2, and 2500 Surburban having to be included in the average mpg test for the first time ever. Back to my point, navigation helps out in not having a fight with your better half because we are to "man" to stop and ask for directions. It also is a beneficial safety component in that you don't have to worry about getting lost somewhere you don't have clue of where it is. Summation: Navigation- It's a life saver.
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Replying to: houdini1 (Mar 30, 2006 3:30 pm) It seems you are far from alone-Ryan said she has a pretty big fan base.
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