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M3 is almost $91k with all the boxes checked
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Yeah, I'm the other guy. If I got to the price with all the boxes checked, I would just pay the extra ten grand and get that middle class rated Chevy Z06 Corvette. Or, maybe I would get new SS Camaro and a new truck.
I think a lot of these folks with this strange BMW argument must have grown up with common core math. Where I come from 50k is 50k no matter what you can afford to spend it on. And if you can afford to drop that much, you must not be doing to bad for yourself no matter if your ass is piloting a Chevy or a Bore MW. |
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One of my oldest friends who is a car guy, as soon as he got his job which pays him a decent $ first thing he did was ditch his Ford for an Infinity. Thought about a Challenger, looked at what it would cost him for what he wanted, sprung for the Infinity bc of the "status" symbol. He has since realized it was a move to "gain status" and ditched the car, but still. That is the perception of the public. Why spend XX on something when I can get this brand for the same (evne though it may not have the same features or abilities) |
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It's really sad if our young people are viewing things the way you say. I know one that won't and doesn't. My daughter. |
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Why are people acting like status based on "brand recognition" is a unique or new attribute to the more recent generations?
Give me a break. Why do you think people wanted Aston Martins, Jags and Porsches when you could get a C2/C3 Stingray that did just as well? Status of the badges. And that was in the 60's. People like what they like. If they want a BMW M2 over a highly optioned 2SS Camaro because they prefer BMW or European cars...that's their choice. It doesn't make them stupid for "choosing a more expensive car with less performance"...it means they LIKE the BMW more. |
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Yeah no matter how much we try to debate this the camaro might have potentially outpriced itself out the market. Doesn't make it a bad car for the money which I think it is a value for what you get but when you start hitting the 50k range the average consumer that wanted a camaro will start looking at luxury sports cars.
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It's just like mini ductless units in my world. They are marketed as the next best thing to sliced bread to unsuspecting home owners. When in reality, they have a place, but they are not the saving grace in the HVAC world that their makers claim. There are a lot of homes here in the north east that currently don't maintain setpoint because they aren't for every application. Marketing often drives perception. BMW could build the same exact cars as they do now ,and if the media turned on them, they would be mud in no time to all these dump people we've been talking about. It's kind of like Obi-Wan Kenobi saying to the stormtroopers "These aren't the droids you are looking for" and they bite. Luke says "how did you do that?" He says" it only works on the weak mined". The media and marketing is Obi-Wan preying on the weak mined. |
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