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- From: jbii@HDFS1.acd.com ( John O. Bell II )
- Subject: Re: Cadillacs (WAS: INFFINITI vs BMW)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.185925.11880@acd4.acd.com>
- Summary: Where do I sign?
- Keywords: real life yeah right
- Sender: jbii@hdfs1.acd.com (John O. Bell II)
- Organization: Applied Computing Devices, Inc., Terre Haute IN
- References: <BxMAKF.IA2@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <CARL.92Nov18133713@atlantis.Cayman.COM> <Bxxw4D.B70@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:59:25 GMT
- Lines: 37
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- In article <Bxxw4D.B70@news.cso.uiuc.edu> mchaffee@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (REAL LIFE?!?! HA!!) writes:
- >
- >I don't know which one *YOU* would buy, but quite frankly, if I had the choice
- >between an Allante and a Q45, I'd take the Allante. If I just had $70K (if
- >that is in fact the price), you wouldn't find either car in my garage. Come
- >on! The Allante is a great car in a lot of ways, the Q is a good car in a lot
- >of ways, but neither one is worth what they cost. If I had $70K I could afford
- >to blow on a car, and I needed room, you'd see me in a 750iL. The only cars
- >that come close are the $125K M-B 600SEL and the non-US XJ12. Actually though,
- >here's $70K worth of cars that would be a lot more fun:
-
- > Mercedes Benz 300SEL 6.3 $20,000 <=== ???
- > Austin-Healey 100-4 $20,000 <=== ???
- > BMW 3.0CSi $20,000 <=== ???
- > -------
- > $60,000 <=== ??? (shyeah...)
- >
- >Save the other $10k for Austin-Healey parts and you're set.
- >Now wouldn't that feel better than a Q45 or an allante?
-
- I want to know how you got these prices, seeing as I was in C/U here recently
- looking at cars... of course, I'm not blind to the extra $20,000 that you seem
- to have overlooked. In Champaign especially, since it is a campus town full
- of rich ivory-tower professors that have no idea what cars _really_ cost.
-
- >--
- >Michael T. Chaffee
-
- Hell, I could be wrong... maybe the dealership is having a fire sale (yeah,
- that's it, the cars caught on fire so they are half off :-7 ...). And if
- you are gonna save what's left over for anything, save it for the cost of
- the ream-you INSURANCE you'll have to pay on these vehicles. Hurts just
- thinking about it...
-
- Like I said, I could be wrong (sure wish I was... but I'm not that lucky).
-
- John Bell
-