I ended up getting an air suspension in my XC90 since it happened to be on the car that had the other characteristics I wanted and the price was right. I am now a big fan of it. it clearly makes a difference for comfort. Especially in a car with big wheels - which is basically all luxury cars now.
Also, Mercedes’ self-driving tech is pretty good. Maybe not as far along as Tesla’s (although i think it could be if Mercedes were willing to beta test it on public roads) but definitely competitive with any other non FSD product.
Thanks for all the feedback.
Picked it up yesterday but took some advice from here
Extending the lease to 48 months moving the RV to 43%
added some MSD’s to save another 3.5k
wrapped up the dealership etc fees into the payment which I think is much better in this extreme Flood Insurance edge case.
So my drive off was just the MSD on credit card and saving a bunch more once I got there. The dealership was surprised that people know about MSD’s but they were happy enough to do it.
Could’ve saved some more doing the Max MSD but didn’t want to at that point. I think we can just share this car with my parents after 2-3 years. Drove the ride back home on driver assistance which was much better then I expected and the HUD was phenomenal.
Geico gave me a great deal of less than 1k on the annual coverage for it. That’s half of what I hear people are paying for their Teslas.
2 Years of Electrify America for free, rebate in NJ for the charger and reduced night time charging rates if you enroll in some EV program.
My POV is looking at so many window stickers of EQE’s if not all of them in the area is that EQE350’s will become better deals later in the year but those with more options or higher models (EQE350+, 500) will hold their weight because they aren’t making many compared to the SUV version which is more popular and bigger. Interest rates will be changing and the EV credit will drop after March so it’s a fair balance of rates but losing some rebate money. Drove half the ride back home on driver assistance which was much better then I expected.
Things I learned this time
If you are working with a young new salesperson and their birthday is around the corner, sometimes they will work real hard on your deal to get that birthday sales win. haha.
Mercedes isn’t doing a great job attracting a different audience to this line up and will struggle to hit numbers so the whole end of the month thing seems to be real. Yesterday was Jan 31st.
I actually called the Porsche dealership to see what I could get for the same area, but nothing beyond the base model that doesn’t have air and a few more things. Also, taycan is 2 seats in the back which isn’t helpful for my fam.
Just read the news the steering wheel falling off the 23Model Y. That is some next level user testing for Level 5 autonomy. I’ll wait.
