Originally Posted by Cincinnati Slim
I'm totally with you on the value/performance thing in favor of the base model. For five grand you could...
(a) buy another set of rims and "track-day" R-compound tires for auto-X or other summertime fun.
(b) take out the stock seats and buy a pair of Sparco or Recaro or some other high-tech "racer" seats to hold your butt in place puling those .9 plus "G" corners.
(c) have a shop fabricate a cool stainless true dual exhaust system that will sound like the car looks. Shop smart and you could do all three !
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well i, for one, was glad to pay the extra $ for heated leather seat, 250w infinity amp, and home link system. if your looking to turn your xf into more
of a ricer instead of a mercedes, you should go for the base. but i like the added luxury of the ltd. roadster. but to each their own!