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Old Sep 22, 2009 | 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by i_am_amused
i'm in eastern Loudoun, south of Ashburn. i'm about 5-6 miles down Loudoun County Pkwy from Redskins Park (can't stand the Skins - love to see them lose! )

Yes, the east has most of the families with money, by numbers of people, but there is oodles of cash out west in horse country.



you mean the world doesn't end at the Potomac River and Shenandoah Mountains? Get the heck outta here! That is just crazy talk.

Yes, we all know there is more to the world than our respective corners. Looking at the whole lux auto pie, it's not as bad as the non-lux auto pie. Not even close. MB has had losses before, Toyota hadn't had a loss in DECADES.
You got that right, taking a beating the non-lux market is.
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Old Sep 22, 2009 | 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by samaritrey
in mclean every one is either way to rich to talk to anyone else or pretends they are rich and won't talk to any one else.
you forgot "so old they fart dust"

apologies to all the really old people on the board
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 02:57 AM
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Plumbing and gutters?
i mentioned that because from my understanding if the water hits the ground and then damages your house that is considered flood and you won't be covered for water damage. maybe i am wrong but that is how an insurance person described it to me.
yes mclean has an older median age but that is not always a bad thing. it gives me a lot of computer work and they pay well.
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 03:07 AM
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since the entire country is different. Its best to compare overall sales numbers.

Here's the august numbers. This was when cash for clunkers was in full force. You can see most of the luxury brands are still struggling except for audi.

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/01/b...nkers-edition/.

Based on august numbers, mercedes lost less group then bmw in terms of percentage. But BMW still sells a greater volume.
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by TemjinX2
since the entire country is different. Its best to compare overall sales numbers.

Here's the august numbers. This was when cash for clunkers was in full force. You can see most of the luxury brands are still struggling except for audi.

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/01/b...nkers-edition/.

Based on august numbers, mercedes lost less group then bmw in terms of percentage. But BMW still sells a greater volume.
cash-for-clunkers sales numbers are "artificial" and not a good indicator of industry health
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by samaritrey
Plumbing and gutters?
i mentioned that because from my understanding if the water hits the ground and then damages your house that is considered flood and you won't be covered for water damage. maybe i am wrong but that is how an insurance person described it to me.
yes mclean has an older median age but that is not always a bad thing. it gives me a lot of computer work and they pay well.
Interesting, that's good to know and to check into on that flood part.

+1, on more work from older medians. I have not had a shortage of tech work here in Atl at all, actually it is steadily increasing.
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by i_am_amused
cash-for-clunkers sales numbers are "artificial" and not a good indicator of industry health
yeah but since we're discussing bmw and mercedes and not the industry as a whole..cash for clunkers had little impact on those two manufacturers since you needed to buy a high mpg car to qualify.

As you can see from the numbers, cash for clunkers helped mostly the asian brands and high volume manufacturers.
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