Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Go to bed, Marc, you're getting cranky. Max ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc James Small" <msmall@aya.yale.edu> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 8:42 PM Subject: [Leica] Car Prices > At 08:26 PM 6/3/05 -0400, Michael J Herring wrote: >>I don't see Mercedes-Benz adopting this practice. They are quite >>competitive >>with the Japanese luxury car manufacturers. > > You have this absolutely backwards. The Japanese luxury-car producers (if > anyone here has ever driven or rode in one of these excesses to good > taste, > I suspect that we would all agree that these are only "luxury" cars by a > gross extention of the term, but that is is a discussion for a different > day) figure out the price point for Mercedes and then rig their own prices > a tad under that level. Mercedes pricing drives the market, for reasons > which escape me: who would pay that kind of money for an automatic > transmission car? Automatic transmissions are for the sort of folks who > ought not to be granted driving licenses. > > If Mercedes is seeking this market, I would suggest that they produce a > market-entry $9,999 vessel for my welfare-class clients, all of whom are > riding about in rusted-out '76 Continentals and who are anxious to upgrade > to a newer vehicle, the sole requirement being that they cannot stay off > drugs long enough to shift a gear. > > I'll stick with my '84 Audi 4000S. There is one problem with this car: > you have to THINK while you operate it. That really is a problem with > most > USian drivers. > > Marc > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information