I think what you say in regards to why you stick to your X6 order makes perfect sense to me JadeVetti
I really had to invent alot of rational reasons to get myself awy from sticking with my preorder, not only would I lose the X6, I would also add another few month (I thought then) for waiting to get the X5 instead (as things look now I get delivery probably at or slightly before the first X6 are being delivered to the Norwegian pre order clients) Guess my better half helped me along with finding rational reasons for why X5 rather than X6, come to think of it..
I don't share the wish for owning a Range Rover though, imho, they are heavy, technically decade or so behind BMW's newest & maintenance wise a disaster (they break down alot compaired with BMW's ) at least here around where I live, could be because the dealers handling Land and Range Rovers up here does not have good enough mechanics\service personel to be able to mainaining the cars properly, but my colleagues and friends that own Range Rover Sport's and Vouges are mostly saying there is always something wrong with their cars, they do love driving them though, so it can't be all bad
I don't think there will be many chances in life where one;
1. are in a postition to financially afford going long an X6/X5
2. Timewise be amongst the first to get a new exiting vehicle that will definately turn heads and give you a lot of smiles as you drive it (applicable to the X6 not X5)
3. is in the life situation (seeing this from a familyman with kids perspective) where it actually make sense, as it does for you. Its the right car with enough seats for a defined period of time as you say.
One thing that I am curious about and was wondering if someone could enlighten me about, is US car depreciation, reading posts on this board, I see specially US car owners swapping new cars alot. Are US cars depreciating differently than over here? Financially, what happens the second you drive a car out of the dealership, what kind of depreciation do you see on avg?
Where I live, on a car in the X5 pricerange you are stuck with 10-20% depreciation the second you drive it out the door, if lucky, depending on make and model ofcourse, a 7 series depreciates more than an X5 historically.
(Tax wize, you pay out of your eyeballs for anything heavy or with anything other than a sewingmachine as engine when it comes to cars over here)
For me that makes me want to average out the instant loss that occur the second I drive the car out of the dealership with a few years "normal" depreciation to make it livable.. sort of.. so 3 years or more makes financial sense. to buy a new car in this segment and part with it intra year... is not a viable option for me at all.
To give you an example, in USD, if I had stuck to the X6 preorder, found out that I couldn't live without the 5th seat, and would either put the car out on the open market or worse, traded it in for a new X5, I could assume to loose between USD40k and 50 000 on that trade - new the x6 over here is gonna cost you around USD 300 000 (the X5 perhaps around USD 25k less than an X6) on the road - all taxes paid.
For USD 50 000 you can buy a 116i over here.
Brgds
Milorg
