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Originally Posted by PGT
a) I didn't.
b) Apples-to-apples, its about a $3k delta. On a $50k car, that amounts to 2-3 less Starbucks visits a month. If one can afford a 328, one can afford a 335. Not that I'm speaking for other people of course.
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That, of course, only holds true if one goes to Starbucks at all. $3,000 is a lot of money. I don't care who you are. Unless I'm giving it to charity, I'm going to want to know that the $3,000 dollars extra were worth it. "Worth it," means it is worth sacrificing a small space cushion for something extra or something necessary. And hey, maybe Starbucks is worth it to me.
328i xDrive Sport loaded = $59,345
335i xDrive Sport loaded = $63,545
That's $4,200. And living in a state with 10% sales tax:
328i xDrive Sport loaded = $65,280
335i xDrive Sport loaded = $69,900
That's $4,620. I'm sorry, but over four and a half thousand dollars only becomes a small
er sum when it is equal to less than 1% of annual income...after taxes.
Your argument stands in the wrong place. It shouldn't be "I can afford X so I can afford X+Y." It's more important to recognize that I can afford a nice car (however should it be spec'd) AND all the necessary bills, coverage, expenses, premiums, and incidentals that may befall me. As well, if I spend about $4,500 on gas each year, there might not be $4,500 more included in the budget for a car that achieves supposedly worse fuel economy, widening the gap between 28i and 35i even more.
And if I were in the market for a 3 series, it would most certainly be a 35i. But I wouldn't order it until I knew it was in my budget. Disposable income does not mean waste income.