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For being ~$100K cars, there surely are a lot of Mercedes S550s driving around

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lancevance
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10:34p, 8/26/13
This is not a liberal post. Go to the cooking board for that.

So back to nice cars. For being $100K cars, there surely are a lot of Mercedes S550s driving around. Maybe it is just confirmation bias, but I see more of these than BMW 7 series or the Cadillac and Lincoln equivalent.

This is the car I am talking about

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The Wonderer
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10:40p, 8/26/13
Executive leases, bro. I know a few people that have them rolled into their comp packages to pay with tax free monies.
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10:45p, 8/26/13
Two things:

1) Like someone mentioned, many of them are leased
2) They depreciate like a falling rock. You can find a 2 year old S550 for $60K, which is affordable for a lot of people

The real ballers have the S600.
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lancevance
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10:57p, 8/26/13
That's true, I didn't think of company provided leases and used car values.

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Token
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10:58p, 8/26/13
i swear they shipped 85% of their black s550s to nyc to be used as leases
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Nougat
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10:59p, 8/26/13
That sounds like a made up statistic
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Snooter
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11:04p, 8/26/13
95% of statistics are made up...
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11:07p, 8/26/13
When I went to NY I was amazed at how many Lincoln Towncars there were.

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Token
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11:29p, 8/26/13
a lot of those towncars are less than 3 years old. I was shocked lincoln still made those POSs
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11:33p, 8/26/13
The Lincoln town car is the gold standard for being chauffeured. The back seat is very comfortable with a lot of leg room in the long wheel base. I request these over Escalades, which have crap leg room and a rough ride.
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Token
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11:34p, 8/26/13
i love riding in them, but they look like ****
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11:40p, 8/26/13
Comfort or looks for riding in a car that you don't own?
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11:54p, 8/26/13
The answer to that question is "Beep Beep"
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MaterialAg
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12:08a, 8/27/13
Token, you buckin' for that stretch Scion?
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11:05a, 8/27/13
Tesla or bust
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11:12a, 8/27/13
They say 3 percent of the people use 5 to 6 percent of their brain
97 percent use 3 percent and the rest goes down the drain
I'll never know which one I am but I'll bet you my last dime
99 percent think we're 3 percent 100 percent of the time
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11:17a, 8/27/13
The towncar/crown vic platform is an engineering marvel. It's being phased out this year or last year after an absolutely incredible run. It's a total workhorse vehicle with a very comfy interior and smooth ride.

And get 1ags to show you his merc marauders before you go calling them ugly.
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agnerd
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1:12p, 8/27/13
Bought a $100k mercedes for $32k after 6 years of depreciation. Definitely glad I didn't own it the first 6 years.
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1:16p, 8/27/13
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or the Cadillac and Lincoln equivalent
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1:17p, 8/27/13
I would consider an S600 if it weren't so damn big.
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1:22p, 8/27/13
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Bought a $100k mercedes for $32k after 6 years of depreciation. Definitely glad I didn't own it the first 6 years.


Why not get a 3 year old one for $50K? After 6 years, its no longer really a modern car where you can expect good reliability.

Years 0-6 are the best ownership years for a German car.
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Goodnight Irene
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1:47p, 8/27/13
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95% of statistics are made up...


82% of all people know that
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3:49p, 8/27/13
CLS 63 AMG is the way to go...
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4:00p, 8/27/13
At that price point, I'm looking at a Model S.
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4:02p, 8/27/13
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Why not get a 3 year old one for $50K? After 6 years, its no longer really a modern car where you can expect good reliability.

Years 0-6 are the best ownership years for a German car.



Wait wait wait....

It's a $100,000 "engineered like no other car in the world" automobile.
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4:03p, 8/27/13
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At that price point, I'm looking at a Model S.


I fear there will be issues for early adopters...there are an awful lot of electronic gizmos that can break.

Plus it would make driving to Houston, Austin, SA, or Midland a bit of a PITA from Dallas.
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