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Originally Posted by Fronttwelv
This is way off too. Inflation has been pretty flat at zero at least from 2006. The new car is actually 10k more. But it does come with way more tech, way better engine/trans and is a blast to drive compared to the e90 330.
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Originally Posted by Roch M4
I don't agree with that!
Inflation is not that high in the last ten years and the salary did not follow the same increase anyway. This all about marketing. The added features cost nothing, when they are installed in all cars, the cost of production and installation goes down. When I get my E92 in 2007, for the same prise in 2011 I was able to get the same with more options for the same cost...
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https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl
Good thing the government has an actual inflation calculator...inflation has absolutely not been flat although real wages have - in other words, we're all poorer on average than we were but the value of the dollar has definitely changed noticeably.