Maybe they can afford a 50-grand car because they live a lifestyle of choices like buying a diesel, that allows them some luxury where it matters to them.
It's not about not being able to afford fuel. Bucketloads of torque, a range of 1000++km per tank etc etc are all nice qualities to have in a car at any price.
It wouldn't cross my mind to buy something like a 5 series with spark plugs. At any price. Simply because the diesels are nicer.
A diesel is not luxurious, it's simply not, it won't sound nice, it won't rev like gasoline engines and it will never feel the same. B/C had a very good point about the V8 vs V6T in the Audis, sure the power/torque is comparable but the V8 feels better. I wouldn't want my luxo barge to sound and feel like a tractor trailer personally.
This has nothing to do with saving where you can and driving a status symbol. Most of these cars are company cars anyway, and a company saves everywhere they can.
Fleet cars are fleet cars they don't really count
Yeah I meant more like same class/size.
It's not about utility at all (I have no use for such a car, yet lust after it). It's the sheer ridiculousness of bang for your buck you're getting.
Properly specced VW Passat or fully loaded Superb with leather for the same monies? I can't see why one would go for the former.
I'll give you VW on this one, IMO there is no point in getting one if there is a comparable Skoda for less money as they really are basically the same car.
Considering we have large numbers of people here that buy luxury cars and then complain about the expense of having to run them on premium instead of regular... If diesel were cheaper than gasoline in the US, we'd have more people buying them, too. Not a majority of the market, but at least significantly more.
Those people need to STFU
Though I do know what you mean, someone called my mechanic when I was there asking for a quote on an oil change for a 750, he was very unhappy with the quote (IIRC it was 130ish) but then it's like dude you are driving essentially the top of the line BMW really???
A Superb is not only about utility it's utterly sublime to drive on the Autobahn for hours.
So is my Outback but I'd rather drive the Z
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In Wisconsin, car dealers have to be closed on Sundays, by law.
And this is why fuck Midwest
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Yeah, car dealers should operate like pizzerias. Closed on Monday, open on Sunday. Here they tend to close early on Sundays (like 13-14).
Everything should be 24/7, I don't like having to fit shit into my schedule somehow /spoiled new yorker
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In response to a luxo barge diesel,
I want/ed that Jag that Clarkson ran in the milage challenge to Blackpool a few years ago, but it is not sold here in the form of a diesel. I would love to be able to go to the U.P. more often, but the fuel costs these days hinder that want.
Is diseasel cheaper than gas in MI? Diesel is the most expensive type of fuel here, premium is actually cheaper.
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Do The lawyers from Mercedes also made sure you can't import a non-compliant engine by your own?
I can see people fitting...say....a new Audi 3.0 TFSDI or whatever in an old 80 or something.
IIRC you can import motors however you want as they are parts, plenty of people I know run SR20DETs as well as RBxx motors in their cars.
