Quote:
Originally Posted by Speed-King
Well, the jury really is still out on that question. Clay says one thing, but Mike's tweet (GT4 in PWC being more expensive than GT3 four years ago) suggests something else.
|
James and Karl are vendors, Mike is a consumer. So, James and Karl have a product to sell and thus, they need to make it sound as good as can be. Mike purchases that product and he is just stating what he has bought and how much it costs over the years. As for the teams that are rental operations (i.e. C360 and BW) they will never release prices or ever tell you how much of an increase it is from year to year or from 5 years ago. As for Mike he knows because all he has to do is look at his bank statement.
Think of it this way. Imagine if Outback ran a series of ads telling you that they have an all new menu and items, it sounds like a trip to Outback is in order. If Outback advertised that they have all new menu and items plus we increased the cost of everything on the menu by 20%, I have a feeling that you might decide that you'll go to Longhorn instead.
As for James, he has a tractor trailer that holds two cars. One is a GS and the other is ST. The ST car has a freshness date on it of October 2018. After that, it's no good. Since BMW does not have a TCR car, the only other thing that can fill that void in the trailer is a 2nd GT4 BMW. This is because he sure can't run an Audi in TCR and think that will go perfectly well with Bimmerworld plastered down the side of it. He has all this year to talk up that GT4 car so he can rent it out.