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      07-20-2014, 12:45 AM   #23
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Originally Posted by s0nu View Post
Yeah these cars are getting a bit too expensive. I'm in the market for a 435 and my buddy just got an IS350 F sport for half the lease payment. With a better quality interior.
hmmm, he must have been looking at different IS350 F Sports than I've seen.


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Originally Posted by suparockin View Post
Are you sitting down?

The same model here in Australia (rear wheel drive only) starts at $137,000!

Even with the exchange rate of Us$1 to AU$0.94 it's much much more expensive here.
At the Detroit auto show I was talking to an Aussie about y'all's (that's Texan) car prices and your minimum wage, which is, if I recall correctly, about $20/hr. There is a big push here in the U.S. to raise the minimum wage to $15 for jobs that are meant to be for teenagers, not adult family breadwinners. Anyway, no one wants to take the time and effort to look down the road to the future economic consequences of such a change.
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