The best is to drive one of each.

If all else is the same, the SDL is a longer car, has a more powerful engine that is also quieter, more efficient, and less maintenance. Although both engines will run the cars for well over 300,000miles if maintained reasonably, the SD engine has a reputation for being less sensitive to neglect.

It's always funny to me to see an ad for a car which is supposedly properly maintained and it has a broken headlamp door, about a $40 part, ...

Anyway, if the SDL has working A/C and the SD does not, it can already justify part of the price spread.

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