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Replying to: hpowders (Jan 08, 2009 7:13 pm) I'm a brand new owner of a Scott addict R4. $3,899.99 retail, for the 08 closeout price of $2700.00. sub 17" lbs
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Replying to: jimbres (Jan 10, 2009 9:24 am) Mercedes-Benz SUV Here is the main link so you can compare different brands. Brands Sounds like the ticket to clean wheels year round! Regards, OW |
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Replying to: clembo (Jan 10, 2009 4:12 am) I agree with everything with what you had posted. Except I dont think we will see great price competition in the future as we did in the past. The following may sound like a contradiction ....During hard times it's best to focus on selling higher priced goods to fewer people. Despite the contradiction that is what the luxury business is all about--EXCLUSIVITY. Cheap credit made affordable leasing progammes possible for luxury auto marques . Unlike the past exclusive luxury marques started catering to the mainstream middle classes. But now that the credit tap has been turned off this low priced INCLUSIVITY will be replaced by high priced EXCLUSIVITY. Thanks to this new period of Economic De-Leveraging the BMW 3 Series and the MB C Class will continue to be sold but at a far lower volumes and at far higher prices /lease rates than what had existed in the past. |
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I really like this car...blown even better!         I hope Jag doesn't go away... Regards, OW
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Replying to: ljflx (Jan 09, 2009 5:20 pm) I've never been able to get past the "Chevy Caprice" stigma of the column shifter in the old 7 and a few MB products. They can fancy it up all they want, but a column shifter is a column shifter, and has no place in anything trying to be a luxury car. I'm glad BMW abandoned that idea. As for brake dust, a bit of P21S wheel cleaner takes care of it right away. |
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Replying to: dhamilton (Jan 10, 2009 10:14 am) Check the tire pressures at least twice a week and enjoy. Amazing isn't it how light these bikes are? Makes hill-climbing a breeze. I hope the Scott brings you many exhilarating hours of riding pleasure. Nice communicating with you once again. Happy New Year! 
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Replying to: circlew (Jan 10, 2009 12:36 pm) As do I. It adds the extra bit of aggression that the S-V8 is lacking, without coming off clownish and "fast and furious" like the IS-F or recent AMGs. Should definitely give the Germans something to think about. The real question though is what will the new XJ look like?
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Replying to: lexusguy (Jan 10, 2009 5:16 pm) The real question though is what will the new XJ look like? Good question...I found this from last November: While the fate of Jaguar is yet to be decided, work continues behind closed doors on the next-generation Jaguar XJ. It’s no secret the new Jaguar XF has taken the world by storm but the flagship is still to remain with the XJ. Now that the XF is out and is ready to hit the roads, Jaguar’s design team, lead by Ian Callum, is now hard at work on the next-generation XJ. Sources say that the next-generation XJ will get a revised family of 5.0 liter V8 engines with direct-injection and superchargers. A new supercharged V6 is also in the works that could produces above 300 horsepower. A 3.0 liter diesel could also be on the cards for the U.S. market. Insiders are saying that the next-generation XJ will be even more aggressive looking than the new XF. The 2010 XJ is said to be taking a coupe-like form. Of course all this relies on whether the new owners of Jaguar are pleased by the car. So if they hate it, Ian Callum may leave Jaguar and the Jaguar XJ will just be lame.  Regards, OW
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Replying to: theanimal (Jan 09, 2009 3:17 pm) As to control systems, I judge these systems by taking my 17 yr old son with me and let him check it out while I drive. He takes to new technology much faster than I do. We both thought the latest version of the COMAND was easier to use than the MMI (last time I tested was in a '07 8L), but in both cases I really just wanted to reach out and touch the screen like I do in the my Lexus LS (in fact, I did it multiple times out of habit and frustration!). The reality probably is that once you get used to a system, they all (even latest BMW?) are fine. But touch screen is the most intuitive and easiest to learn.
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Replying to: garyh1 (Jan 10, 2009 6:19 pm) I would agree with that. It's a bit weird that VW and Porsche have picked up touch systems just as Lexus is starting to phase them out in favor of their stupid mouse thing. The MMI system in the S6 and touch system in the XK both work reasonably well, though neither is perfect. One thing is for sure, they both mop the floor with the horrendous pre-iDrive relic in the X3. The old COMAND system was awful, but the new one has been generally well received by the automotive press. It's just too bad that Mercedes interior designers have been stuck on their "Hey, remember the '80s?" kick. The outside of the new E-class looks like a Chinese knock off of an E-class, and the inside looks just like the interior of the Benz I sold back in '96.
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