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Having said this, and this is what I really want to say here, the bottom line for me still is unknown because I can't get a real feel for any car from one 20 minute test drive (even immediatly after a similar test of a C300). To be honest I don't believe anyone can (with the exception of maybe a professional driver that does this stuff every day).
+1.
Originally Posted by Sportstick
I can't believe this is still going! What was intended as a quasi-academic discussion about product/brand positioning strategy has become far too personal and "one-upping".
You realize that it's *always* been personal for some posters here, right? Meaning that there are some people whose identities are so bizarrely tied up in what they own and drive that they can't tolerate any criticism, can't understand logic, and simply end up lashing out at other people?
*You* may have meant it to be a neutral conversation, but there are some posters who have a different agenda (and are blind to their own biases that they probably don't even realize it).
I say, don't waste your breath (or finger strength) anymore....
My opinion only.
I feel the BMW aims for sport and adds luxury.
MB aims for luxury and adds sportiness.
Granted with the BMW you feel more of the road.
Off-course there is no gauge for a subjective measure as "sportiness" and "luxury"
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