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Old 04-24-2019, 12:29 PM   #38
John V
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Originally Posted by Nick M3 View Post
The answer is simple: What else can you get for $30k that is comparable to an E91?

Stick, wagon, RWD.

The car literally doesn’t exist. So, given that, is it really a big deal to spend an extra $10k to get the car you want, vs. spending $60-80k (!) to get the equivalent newer car? (That isn’t even equivalent.)

The automatic is cheap because it’s fundamentally not special. The stick is.
I'll grant you there are very few vehicles which align with the E91's particular feature set of being a slow, floaty, numb, wagon with a dated interior and ten-year-old infotainment system. And a manual transmission.

The fact that people desire that particular feature set and are willing to pay $30 large for it is astonishing.
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