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Old Aug 27, 2002 | 12:18 AM
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Price Changes????

When pricing was released a week or so ago on the new E, my dealer sent me any e-mail saying the base for the 500 was $54,850 which agreed to posted amounts on this site too. In looking at the information now posted at the MB site, the base for the 500 is $55,515. Did we already see a price increase? If so in looking at my order, it says MSRP at time of delivery. So if the price did go up, I just got screwed. Am I making a mistake here? If the base did change did the option prices change too? First the gas guzzler tax and noe this. It better stop soon. This is a lot of green!
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Old Aug 27, 2002 | 12:23 AM
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Your telling me........with the options we chose, $5k more and we are at M5 territory. Granted, the car is a tad dated, but an M5 is a hot ride.
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Old Aug 27, 2002 | 12:25 AM
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That's what it is looking like to me. I hope I'm wrong but pretty soon enough is enogh!
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Old Aug 27, 2002 | 12:26 AM
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Rayscar,

The price did not change. The first price is the base base price. The higher price includes the $665 destination charge which is often included when someone refers to the base price. Some sites, such as Edmunds separate these. On MBUSA they have a little asterix by the base price that tells you it includes destination fees.
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Old Aug 27, 2002 | 12:28 AM
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Thanks for the clarification Barney. My blood pressure was starting to climb!
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Old Aug 27, 2002 | 12:36 AM
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lol, yeah, on all models they do that, same thing with lexus dont worry, i felt the same thing but i read on the bottom of the page
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