Driving and owning the M5

[lemming]

Originally Posted by FC

My mind still anchors to 50-70k being a lot of money for a car and the kind of money that gets you a very premium car.

Our loaded LR4 was $60k (in 2013). Our F80 was $70k (in 2018). Now those cars push $100k.

I just need to readjust. My sub $40k ZHP is now that $70k M340i. Makes sense. It has been 20 years.

If there is an upside, it’s that CPO cars can still be great buys. Yes —dealers can still try to add on things. But it’s easy to pass on them.

[Josh (PA)]

Originally Posted by FC

My mind still anchors to 50-70k being a lot of money for a car and the kind of money that gets you a very premium car.

Our loaded LR4 was $60k (in 2013). Our F80 was $70k (in 2018). Now those cars push $100k.

I just need to readjust. My sub $40k ZHP is now that $70k M340i. Makes sense. It has been 20 years.

I'm still in this mindset too. It's hard to swallow the notion of going over $100k for my next car. It's a mental barrier that probably goes back to the 80s when I was reading road and track and seeing the list prices of the super exotics I was lusting over back then when a Ferrari 328 was ~$75k.

[lemming]

Originally Posted by Josh (PA)

I'm still in this mindset too. It's hard to swallow the notion of going over $100k for my next car. It's a mental barrier that probably goes back to the 80s when I was reading road and track and seeing the list prices of the super exotics I was lusting over back then when a Ferrari 328 was ~$75k.

Agree that it is shocking. The thing is, tomorrow is never guaranteed. I see it more and more in friends. Relatives. Dying left and right. I’ve resolved to live a little. I think I wasted ‘more’ money on cars that didn’t move the needle for me. Now I get what I actually want. And I am so much happier. And it actually saves money.

[SCA]

Originally Posted by FC

My mind still anchors to 50-70k being a lot of money for a car and the kind of money that gets you a very premium car.

Our loaded LR4 was $60k (in 2013). Our F80 was $70k (in 2018). Now those cars push $100k.

I just need to readjust. My sub $40k ZHP is now that $70k M340i. Makes sense. It has been 20 years.

That $70k M340i for the US market is now only built in Mexico too. Not that that really matters, I am just stating that they are no longer produced in Munich for the United States.

Originally Posted by Josh (PA)

I'm still in this mindset too. It's hard to swallow the notion of going over $100k for my next car. It's a mental barrier that probably goes back to the 80s when I was reading road and track and seeing the list prices of the super exotics I was lusting over back then when a Ferrari 328 was ~$75k.

I’m not going to lie… I have struggled with having a vehicle that well exceeds the $100k mark and I fully connect with what you have stated above.

[robg]

Yep 100k is definitely a psychological barrier for me too


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[wdc330i]

Originally Posted by robg

Yep 100k is definitely a psychological barrier for me too


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[3LOU5]

I'm envious of you guys who can afford such high-performance, high-priced cars.

I believe that even IF I can afford a $100k car, I'd have a very difficult time paying for that price of admission. If anything, I'd have a "cap" of about $50k or so. I'd also have a Ducati and a custom bike. A diesel motorhome that can tow a trailer with a 'vert and a bike would also be in the mix. And I almost forgot a 25-foot Malibu wakeboard boat with the best audio sound system available.

I'd most likely blow money by heading over this place every month and test drive all the exotics in their fleet.

Must be nice to be rich ....