Originally posted by MPM77
Maybe my point was not clear. When you buy a MB or BMW there are intangibles that you pay for. (i.e. free demo, customer service). Most if not all intangibles cannot be quantified, therefore, you have a premium. Your point on whether you get a demo or a rental car. If you took an RL in for service you would rather drive a rental car (most likely a grand am or something) instead of a comparable demo (TL/RL)? There's no value to that?
If MB gives away a "free" 20oz pack of jellybeans with their cars and at the same time charge an extra $500, does this equate to extra value?
I know the TL-S is compared to 330 in all the magazines, but you have to admit it is far less superior.
I would not say the 330 is "superior". More fun to drive and higher status, yes, but at about $10,000 more and smaller than a TL-S? :dunno:
If money was no issue, give me a 330, but since I live in reality and make a more than modest living like the average American professional and there's other prorities in my life that is better spent than a highly depreciable automobile, give me a TL-S and I'll put the extra $10k, I saved, on investments or for a housing addition. At least I have ~90% of the satisfaction equivilant of driving a BMW and an extra $10k better spent or invested somewhere else.