2012 Porsche Carrera... hmmm...

nicknick

IMO.

1. You pay more because of the badge.
2. You pay more because of more expensive materials used sometimes.
3. You pay more because of the prestige associated with it.
4. You pay more because of the general public's perception of the brand.
5. You exponentially pay more as the performance factor goes up.
6. Porsche STING you for option costs.

What gets me though is that these cars are so expensive and people believe them to be well/over engineered, but in many cases this is not true. For example
Porsche had well publicsed problems with the rear/inner main seal on engines that could cost a ton of dollars to fix. BMW had problems with weak and cracking subframes on their 3 series cars and M3's. So why are "we" paying so much more money for cars like this then when problems like this crop up?

Do these expensive cars last longer? Not from what I have seen. Additionally why are service costs so pricey for these cars? you would think that the extra dosh you're handing over would have gone into R & D to produce an "easy" to service car.

i'm tired now so i'll stop and just read the rest of the posts.