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12-09-2007, 01:43 PM
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Ireland = country England = country Wales = country Scotland = country UK (or Great Britain) = all of them, not a country Otherwise, yes, I agree. It must also be known that although the CAD is worth more than the USD now (  ), Canadian cars are still significantly more expensive.The UK car prices have been ridiculous for quite some time now; it has more to do with exchange rates than anything else. The British pound is worth nearly twice as much as the USD.
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12-10-2007, 05:19 AM
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Small point, Ireland is not part of the UK.
UK stands for the United Kingdom, which includes England, Scotland and Wales. Quote:
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12-10-2007, 09:53 AM
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12-10-2007, 10:18 AM
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12-10-2007, 10:34 AM
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Sorry Stumpy, you are correct, I forgot about Northern Ireland
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12-10-2007, 01:50 PM
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Ignoring the Republic of Ireland and their struggle for independance there is a consistant pattern here : all of you (Ireland / Northern Ireland / Wales /Scotland / and England) are getting screwed from a pricing point of view..... watched some tv programs on BBC on the topic and it does appear that manufacturers keep the prices artificially high and they seem to be doing so with some sort of mutual understanding (or else you'd see much more competition on price)....................or maybe it is caused by the incremental cost of having to move the steering wheel to the wrong side of the car
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12-10-2007, 06:28 PM
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Well I get consolation in the fact that "market driven prices" are not only a fact in Canada. It seems that those inflated prices are also in order in the British Isles.
Point taken: "If you wanna bring down those market driven prices, just don't buy the goods..." ... Well I did just that. After 20 years as a loyal and happy BMW customer, in the last days of january I will say goodbye to my tenth BMW ( 05 X5 ) over those years. In will come a more down to earth priced ( at least in Canada ) MB ML 320 CDI. 'till the market gets back in touch with reality I will certainly miss the BMW experience but won't miss those imposed runflat tires ( that should be an option ) and won't miss the dealer installed hitch ... I will miss this great forum though but should be lurking from time to time. I'll probably rejoin the "familly" if and when the 3.0 Diesel reach our shores at an "american price". Thanks all and it was more than pleasant to read comments from non US residents. In the mean time, enjoy your X and Happy Holidays!
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