Gotta turn it down. To get it equiped like I want it would cost about $93000. And the seat is realy not as comfortable as my 10 year old S420. The new one may be safer to drive. But the window glass is thiner and it sounds louder to me. Of course the seat coolers are nice even if not very effective. And the ac is still weak compared to the $10k amerikan kars. The clincher is that you have to take the 18" narrow-rim rapper-bling type tires. These burn off in about 15,000 miles. They cost about 1500 for a new set installed, balanced, and taxed. So that is a dime a mile for tires compared to my current approximate tire cost of 1/4 cents per mile!!! Even if I do have the money, that just seems like standing out in the parking lot pouring money down the drain. And I am not going to do it! With the current condition of the airlines you can't fly commercial. So we want to take a road trip through the west. Which means we would have to stop and put tires on during the trip!!! That is just not right for a car that costs that much. I currently get about 30 to 35000 miles on a set of H rated tires. So I know what these V or Z rated tires will do for me - about 15000 miles. Drat! The Lexii seem to have the same problem, and they say the BMWs do too. So it looks like I am back looking at the amerikan kars again. DRAT !!!!! I am not a bling bling rapper or drug dealer or gang shooter, so why do I have to drive their tires if I want a luxury car ???? NOT FAIR !!!!
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17 years ago