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Hello jpm. There is a vital piece of information missing from your post, this car's selling price. The selling prices of leased vehicles can be negotiated, just as if you were paying cash for them. This is an important number to know because without it it is difficult to tell what sort of deal you are getting and it is impossible to calculate a sample lease payment without. Afterall, you wouldn't pay cash for this car without knowing what you were being charged for it. I would be more than happy to work up a sample lease payment and let you know what I think of the one that you were quoted for this Passat for you if you let me know its price. Car_man Host Smart Shopper Message Board
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Thanks for the helpful info, anonymousposts  . Car_man Host Smart Shopper Message Board |
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Enya18, American Honda Finance Corp.'s current 3 year, 15,000 miles per residual value for a 2004 Acura TSX without navigation is 57%. Car_man Host Smart Shopper Message Board |
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You're very welcome, kenv3. I suspect that the incentives on the 2005 Dodge Durango will be higher by the end of this calendar year, but I personally doubt that they will reach the level of support that is currently being provided on the 2004 model. It is difficult to predict what automakers will do with their future incentives with 100% accuracy, but I don't think that we will see that much support on the '05 Durangos until at least mid-2005. Car_man Host Smart Shopper Message Board |
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Bpd196, the "$1,306.24 due at inception" that you were quoted for this lease probably includes your first month's lease payment, a security deposit of that payment rounded up to the nearest $25 increment (unless it is being waived), NMAC's lease acquisition fee of $550 (unless is is being included in your vehicle's capitalized cost), and any sort of down payment that you make (ideally one should not make any sort of cap cost reduction when leasing). How tax is calculated on your deal varies depending upon what state one is in. If you let me know where you are I may be able to give you some information on how tax is calculated on leased vehicles in your area. The lease money factor and residual value that you were quoted are right on the money. Using these numbers, an MSRP of $30,710 and a selling price of $28,385, I estimate that this vehicle should have a 42 month, zero down, pre-tax monthly payment of right around $315. Car_man Host Smart Shopper Message Board
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Aloha mvp2be. Hawaii is not known for having the most competitive prices on vehicles because of the lack of competition there. I guess that is a small price to pay for living in such a beautiful paradise. Honda is not currently providing any sort of lease support on the 2004 CR-V. As a result, if you were to lease one through its captive finance company, American Honda Finance Corp., you would have to use its standard lease money factors. Its current 36 month base standard money factor is .00250 in the continental U.S. I believe that this is its base factor in Hawaii as well. I would be more than happy to calculate a sample lease payment on this truck for you, but in order for me to do so I need you to provide me with its full MSRP. Car_man Host Smart Shopper Message Board |
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I am glad that you found my post so helpful, eagwheels. .00146 is AHFC's base lease money factor for this vehicle with a waived security deposit. There is no opportunity to negotiate a lower factor than this because dealers are not allowed to lower bank's base money factors. Unlike money factors which can be marked up by dealers, banks' published residual values are set in stone and individual dealers do not have any authority to change them. You should focus your negotiations on getting the lowest selling price possible for this truck now that you know that you are getting an attractive money factor. I am not personally all that familiar with what Pilots are selling for right now, but you should be able to get a good idea of how much you should pay for this truck by looking up its Edmunds.com True Market Value in the New Vehicle Pricing section of this site any by stopping by the following discussion "Honda Pilot: Prices Paid & Buying Experience". Car_man Host Smart Shopper Message Board |
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Replying to: Car_man (Oct 20, 2004 9:18 am) We have a changed of story now. Old story: 94,510 MSRP Cap cost 89,510 Residual value: 55% Months: 42 Milage: 15,000 (he told me the calculation was for 12,000 instead of 15,000) New Story: 94,510 Cap cost 89,510 Residual Value: 53% Months: 42 Milage: 15,000 In fact to lease for 15,000 miles instead of 12,000 the residual value is 53% instead of 55% What do you think? Life is fun is in it! Viggie |
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Hi Carman, I'm considering leasing a leftover 2004 Saab 9-3 Linear or Arc this month. I will be needing 18K miles per year and will be leasing the car for 3 yrs. I've gone to one dealership and others are looking for a car. The dealership w/ a car like produced a payment that was a little high. The sticker price is 31,070 on the Linear and TMV is 29,478. What is the resale and money factor on the 04 9-3? Are they extremely high or shall I shop elsewhere? The 05 Linear I liked was $555/month w/only 12K miles and 0 down w/ a sticker of 30,620. The 04 Linear payments weren't far behind.
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Hello: I am trying to get in touch with Car Man or anyone who may have experience shipping a car from New York to California (or some reasonable equivalent). I am looking to ship my Audi A4 Across country and am looking for some recommendations for some reputable shipping companies. Also, I am considering trying to get someone to take over my lease. It is a three year lease, 15,000 each year, I am about 1 year into the lease, and the car only has $9000 miles on it. Does anyone have any experience getting someone to take over their Audi lease? Thank you.
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