Quote Originally Posted by ggiese View Post
One of my biggest personal mistakes I've made was to buy my first "luxury" car. Some would argue that a car is a car is a car - so why would it be a "mistake"? It was significantly more expensive that what I'd previously driven, and was truly a dream to drive compared to what I was used to. I must admit - it will now be quite an adjustment for me to go back to my Yugo. But - bottom line - it was not manufactured to the same standards with the same materials and production costs within a "few dollars" of what I'd previously driven.

Perhaps we can get a Padron rep to give us the backstory on production costs. What I'm hearing from you and Craig is very much contrary to the explantions I've been given in various conversation with cigar factory reps...
For the record, I specifically avoided a car comparison so as not to bring up the painful Yugo memory.

Of course a Padron rep would be able to "justify" a 26 dollar disparity...