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September 15th Update
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09-22-2005, 09:03 AM | #46 | |
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09-22-2005, 10:27 AM | #47 | |
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What makes the difference is that in Australia there is Goods and Services Tax (10%) and Luxury car Tax (35% on the value over $57k), Stamp Duty and other On Road taxes. My car's RRP On Road cost was approx $97,000 (see spec and options below, and this price is not what I paid BTW) that included approx $18k in taxes and dutys. Add to that transport costs, and economies of scale - Total annual sales here are probably less than one month's sales in the US and it starts to add up. I guess what is relative is that both here and there the car is seen as a luxury vehicle, and those people occupying that position in the demographic profile who are BMW's target market are well able to afford one.
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09-22-2005, 05:50 PM | #49 | |
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Best of luck to you, and those taxes are crazy! do you not have an income tax or property tax? Just seems like a lot of tax for a car, sounds like Conneticut here in the states (each state has different taxes, and we have federal as well for the country as a whole) |
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09-22-2005, 06:03 PM | #50 |
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that hamburger analogy is obsolete - have you guys seen how many small and cheap cars are in Europe? They have no big houses either. Point is, the salaries there and the rest of the world, are lower than here and taxes are higher, so all luxury and 'sin' items are more expensive there. They do of course work much less though.
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09-22-2005, 10:04 PM | #52 | |
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So, I agree that the price to buy a car over is ridiculous.
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09-22-2005, 10:42 PM | #53 | |
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09-23-2005, 02:58 PM | #55 |
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I have my car at the dealer right now getting the update. I will report later to let you guys know how it goes. I am hoping mostly for the Mp3 functionality and being able to turn the DRLs on throught the iDrive.
Btw, I have iDrive.
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09-23-2005, 04:14 PM | #56 | |
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No cost for the software right? you just simply say you want the latest software, etc when you bring it in? |
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09-23-2005, 04:41 PM | #57 | |
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09-23-2005, 05:15 PM | #58 | |
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BMW is starting to make dealers submit what the problem was with each car before the allow the upgrade to be claimed via warranty |
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09-24-2005, 12:08 AM | #59 | |
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330i has had DRL for months now why not your car? They are turned on @ dealer only not via iDrive, etc. |
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09-24-2005, 02:51 AM | #60 | |
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I picked up my 325i touring yesterday and the DRL CAN be activated / deactivated through the iDrive. I am still not sure about the MP3 CDs (I have the Navi Pro). The dealer told me the MP3 CDs work in both the dash slot and the CD changer. However, it did not want to play my CD with MP3s when I tried. I am going to experiment a bit with the CD formats before I make any conclusions (I think I read somewhere here that CDs recordable at high speeds may not work even if actually burnt at a lower speed???)
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09-24-2005, 11:11 PM | #62 | |
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Dealers here either set them on or off whatever customer prefers? |
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09-24-2005, 11:17 PM | #63 | |
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