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Originally Posted by hoaesq
Didn't think of the supplemental insurance and my guess it will be minimal. So no problem there.
As for durability . . . hammering it and not breaking? NICE.
Now the question would be "worth the cost on a 7 or 8 year old car"? 
The idea of buying these things become more ideal when we are riding in our X5Ms.  |
it seems that some manufacturers of high end cars (BMW included) are toying with this technology, for the time being with the opaque sunroof that runs the length of the whole roof, but it also seems that the darkening tint is being looked into as well... probably it will be offered as an option on the top of the line, as 7-series, M-series, the S-class and the like...
Also, like anything else on the market, as time is passing by, the cost of the system will be dropped to the point that simple commoners will be able to afford something like that - reverse cameras are going to be mandated in US spec cars from 2014 on, meaning, that a very basic car will have to have an LCD monitor, the lowest end cars now have some kind of MP3 player... something that just a few years ago was considered to be a serious retrofit, or a serious mod....
So, hopefully, the electric tint will become more of a mainstream, maybe not in time for the E53 to fully enjoy the benefits of it, but nevertheless...