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      04-28-2013, 10:39 AM   #10
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Drives: '11 X3 28i '10 535i '04 325i
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Originally Posted by plymjack View Post
$875 is still not cheap - and if you keep the car you wont get it back - if you do sell it on you will lose in depreciation so it is a chance that has to be taken?
The basic setup works well and is as good as many other cars, Im sure the upgrade system is better but driving around in a car with the associated background noise I wonder if it is worth it.
it is always a hard one to call I think.
In a $50,000 USD car, $875 is cheap, less than 2% of the price, especially when you compare the price to upgrading aftermarket.

Most people in the US only hold their cars for a few years and then resell. Of course it would be a given if one held the car to its "death" no value would be derived, just as if one held a stock of a company going out of business. The price paid for the premium sound would depreciate along with the car, but in the end your real cost of the option would be the depreciated price minus the end value. Therefore mitigating the initial cost.
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