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Are luxury-car shoppers feeling the recession in the same way everyone else is? Take a look at the boarded-up store fronts on Main St., then check out the country club parking lot, political contribution coffers, and luxury dealerships and you might feel differently. There's a distinct division as well between the Miracle Mile auto malls and boutique showrooms: sales of luxury vehicles, and in some cases larger discretionary vehicles, are going strong while mass-market sales continue to take a dive. Over the past month, Audi was up 14 percent, Mercedes-Benz up 15 percent, Porsche was up 33...