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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of the weird things about uber fancy/expensive cars is they are most valuable when parked so someone can tell it is yours.  It is not much different from any other luxury brand like a handbag -- the value is in the status not the performance or quality overall.  But as others have said, it is mostly a priority issue, and yes, people with fancy cars will find a way to justify it financially.  They generally do not last longer, which would be one way to justify them.[/quote]
Are you serious? If you don’t feel the difference between a standard and a luxury car, you must be very ignorant or you have never driven one.
Can you see and feel the difference between a $200 couch made of fake leather and a $1000 couch made of premium leather?
Can you see the difference between a table made of cheap particleboard and one made of premium solid wood?
Which ones would you buy to furnish your home?
Luxury brands use top premium materials in their interior cabins and offer a lot of premium features. We pay for these bells and whistles.

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+1. I can totally see and feel the difference between faux leather and premium leather.  There is no comparison and I am willing to pay for that difference.  And the suspension/ride in our Mercedes SUV noticeably smoother than our Honda Pilot was.  [b]If these types of things don't matter to you that's fine but for some (clearly many in the DC area) they are worth the premium price tag.[/b][/quote]

There's a third category, I think.

There's the people to whom they matter a great deal, who appreciate the performance and ride aspects (like you).  There's the people to whom they don't matter at all, for any number of reasons (like me - my round trip commute is 11 miles and 34 minutes on not well maintained roads, and if I get above 35 mph I get a speed camera ticket).  And then there are the people for whom the label and status *are* the most important things.  I understand that isn't you, or your more aggressive fellow traveler above, but there are a lot of those people out there.  And the DC area has more than its fair share.  [/quote]

Group 1: mid level cars

Group 2: luxury cars that actually have luxury in them - heated seats, leather, etc. Big difference between group 1 and group 2.

Group 3: crap cars that pretend to be luxury and it’s all about status. Maserati is one of these. Case in point - the Ghibli uses parts from a Dodge DART. Literally identical.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nOZnqnB6xDo[/quote]

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