Neutral:  I have one on order, but allocation isn’t until June and earliest it will be in the States is August.  This is assuming EU production ramps back up and the world is back to whatever sort of normal it will be in 4-5 months.  It is also far enough out that I can reject if my situation/income changes. 

I know others have said it as well, but unless you are borrowing from your 401k to buy your car (horrible idea) it should have no bearing on your ability to purchase a new vehicle.  24 years from retirement here, so not terribly worried, also saving more money in my savings account, as neither my husband nor I have a…

I inquired right after it was announced for the US, so it is possible that they didn’t know what Audi NA’s plan was.  I do have a deposit down on a Cayenne, only $2500 on an MSRP of $115k (I am assuming 8-10% off, have no problem walking if they don’t agree to it, locking order in two weeks).  It is the first deposit…

Except you can’t get an SQ7 here either (well, you will be able to soon, but they didn’t bring them over until the 2020 model).  I decided on the Cayenne E Hybrid since I can run it in electric for the majority of my drives, and still have it be a good road trip vehicle and “fun” vehicle when I want it to be.

I have a different vehicle on order right now. I have no issue with putting a deposit down on a special order (although BWW has waived that fee for me 3 times now) but I will not give money to go on a waiting list. When I inquired, the dealerships weren’t even sure how many they would be allocated, so they were…

Yeah, they are going to need people to order them then. I have a different vehicle on order, decided against the RS6 after dealing with the Audi dealerships. I did contact Audi NA about it, not sure they cared, but they did respond and seemed a bit shocked (yeah right) that their dealerships were charging for a…

I have a $115k Cayenne on order, if the dealership I bought my S6 from calls me back and decides I don’t need to put money down for a wait list slot, I may change over to this instead.  I have a paid off trade and putting money down, and should only be around $950-$1100, you can do it for less than $2000/month if you…

I was told $5000 to get on a waiting list at one of the Audi dealers in town.  The other one would allow me to only pay $2500 for the honor since I had purchased an S6 from them prior.  I want one, but I am not giving anyone that much money to get on a waiting list. 

My BMW X3 has 19.6" of fording depth, and hill descent control.  Wouldn’t that be considered more capable than the average SUV?  I think just calling them 4x4s, as they were in the 80's and 90's is more than enough to signify the differences between a CUV and an off road capable SUV. 

Loaded up the E450 Wagon is around $86-$90k, or cheaper than pretty much most Escalades and Yukon Denalis being bought by the upper middle class. While the E Wagon buyers are MBs wealthiest in the US, the vehicle isn’t crazy expensive, that would be the E63S AMG.

That is because you live in CA. I live in Austin TX, at the income level you mentioned and have a $115k Cayenne on order. It really does depend on where in the country you live.

Although, it is more upper middle class than gilded age.  People in the upper 1% aren’t buying X5s and E Class Wagons.

MB USA trying to capture the $35k Outback buyers with their $62k All Terrain... The E Class wagon buyers won’t be happy with this, it looks cheap and tacky.

‘87 Chevrolet S10 will let you do the same thing. I used to enjoy freaking out my passengers with that trick. It worked well when doing a cold start in winter though, could take out the keys and lock the doors with it running.

Still would be a CP, 80's Fords weren’t anything special.

Total CP, an 80's Ford for that much?  No, just no.  Also, it took me 13 refreshes today to get comments to pop up, and 23 yesterday.  Sure hope those page counts are making the herbs happy, all they are doing is making it harder to be active with the site.

You cannot purchase any Alpina model other than the 7 Series in the US.

If you are purchasing the inline 6 models (40i), the only way to purchase the dynamic handling package is to order the X6. For some reason, BMW decided that X5 drivers in the “cheapest” model cannot have it. So that is one reason to go X6 over X5.

The Grand Cherokees were really nice, I actually looked at one as well.  I ended up going with a BMW X3 at the time instead of the Touareg or Grand Cherokee and was happy with that decision. 

A Cayenne E Hybrid.  The CX-9 might as well be a 5 passenger, the third row is so tiny it is almost unusable.