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Sedans High End Luxury Cars
24700 messages, Last post on Dec 01, 2009 at 12:24 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: dewey (Nov 30, 2006 8:10 pm)
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Replying to: shop123 (Nov 30, 2006 8:15 pm) 
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Replying to: dewey (Nov 30, 2006 8:17 pm)
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Replying to: jcoby (Nov 30, 2006 7:46 pm)
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Replying to: shop123 (Nov 30, 2006 7:45 pm) Mercedes dealers are hit-and-miss. I was looking at an E350 4Matic for my wife (though she wasn't with me that day), and my son and I waited twenty minutes until a service personell finally walked by us (the rest were in their cubicles, not noticing us, the only customers in the entire dealership), and my son grabbed them as he saw them walk by. The E350 was competent, but not the dealer. I know there's also some superb customer service at other dealers. As it turns out, I'm buying her an A8. Perfect for her- no hideously annoying last-generation COMAND system, AWD, backup camera (she has it on the RX now), intriguing air suspension, etc... But the LS is nice, and I can see why you'd get it. But at this level, the S-Class is the only way to go. Why am I not getting it for her, then? 1. She doesn't really appreciate the design of the new Benz, and two of her friends just got them (both blk/blk, one of them 4Matic). It has to be an exclusive car, you know. 2. It's too big. I'm getting her a SWB A8. The car is half a foot shorter than the S-Class, which is only sold in LWB in the US. 3. It's too expensive. I'm not in the mood to spend almost $100K this year on a car she won't necessarily love. 4. It's too powerful. She's not exactly a skilled driver, and she might get herself killed in an S-Class, no matter how many high-tech safety features it may have. The A8 can be driven both like a Buick and like an M5, only with 150 less horsepower. 5. Finally, it's too feature-laden. I would sure appreciate some of the features this car packs, but she would never know how to use it. Just my opinion. Also- if you're getting an S, you must get the AMG bodykit. It's ridiculously priced ($6,000), but it makes the car that much more beautiful. '06 Audi A3 2.0T DSG • '05 Audi S4 Cabriolet • '04 Lexus RX330
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Replying to: shop123 (Nov 30, 2006 8:05 pm) Thanks for the warning. I was considering getting the 335i coupe next year, but since it would probably explode or at the very least, fall apart between the showroom and driving it to my chateau, I have crossed it off my list. Always willing to listen to fine advice. You may have saved my life. Thanks again! BMW's? How can anyone actually drive those things? Don't they know the risks? It takes all kinds, I guess.
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Replying to: esf (Nov 30, 2006 8:20 pm)
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Replying to: tagman (Nov 30, 2006 7:51 pm) The IIHS has not tested every currently available model and so any conjecture that Toyota and Lexus make more unsafe vehicles than any other manufacturer (without qualification) is not correct because not every model currently on the market has been tested. Having said that, I do believe that the IIHS data would support the conjecture that Audi, BMW, Lexus, and Mercedes all make very safe vehicles overall
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Replying to: hpowders (Nov 30, 2006 8:21 pm) 
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Replying to: dewey (Nov 30, 2006 7:57 pm) I hope this does not go to the World Court. I declare that I am innocent until proven guilty LOL Man, this forum sure lit up today. We need more studies for that day we all go to World Court... especially those studies that bring TMC down a notch in OVERALL ratings. BTW, is it my imagination or did winter make an early sneak appearance this week? TagMan |
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