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#394 of 961 Re: ordering a 2006 A4 3.2 Avant [newguy3] by concrete1717 May 28, 2005 (6:19 pm)
Replying to: newguy3 (May 28, 2005 4:49 pm) Might one way to determine a decent deal is to obtain bids from at least two dealers?
#395 of 961 SF lease by wco81 May 29, 2005 (7:38 pm)
A dealer out here is advertising a 2005.5 A4 for $395 plus tax and license a month with $1500 drive off, which includes a $550 security deposit. 24-month lease   This is the only info. they would give me by email:   "The vehicle is an automatic, quattro silver on platinum gray. It has premium, cold weather and 17"wheels. The drive off includes first months payment and DMV. The money factor is 00072. The ad ends tomorrow."   But they won't say what the MSRP or residual is.   Sounds similar to the Audi ad, which has $349 and $369 leases but those are with drive offs over $3100. Again, 24-month lease.   So it looks like the dealer is piggy-backing on these, taking less upfront but adding to the monthly payment.   Still, $1500 drive off and $400 plus tax for 2-years sounds good for a Quattro with Premium, doesn't it?
#396 of 961 Southern California lease pricing for 2005.5 2.0T CVT by grayaudis Jun 01, 2005 (2:05 am)
Hey Everyone!   Just ordered a new 2005.5 Audi 2.0T CVT today (Quartz metallic with gray leather). I optioned for: premium, lighting package, sports package, Bose with XM satellite, and headlight washers. With $3,400.00 down (which includes 1st month and $400 deposit) for a 24 month lease my monthly payment for 15K a year lease came out to $420 even/per month. The residual on the car is 23,664 (a 67% residual). Total price on the car was 33,530.32 which includes the $500 cost of the Audi Finance buy down on the money factor (which brought the money factor from 0.00135 to 0.00072). Any thoughts? Is this a good deal or fairly standard for Southern California? Has any one else paid for a buy down on their lease's money factor? Is that standard practice? I'd appreciate the feedback from others who've recently leased the 2005.5. Thanks! Replies to this message: ctorrey (Jun 01, 2005 7:12 pm)
#397 of 961 Re: Southern California lease pricing for 2005.5 2.0T CVT [grayaudis] by ctorrey Jun 01, 2005 (7:12 pm)
Replying to: grayaudis (Jun 01, 2005 2:05 am) Was the $3400 (or the amount not including 1st & deposit) a "capitalized cost reduction" or "multiple security deposits"? If it was the former, then you broke one of the old leasing rules: "Thou shalt never make a cap cost reduction or risk losing all of it in the event the vehicle is lost or stolen".   If it was the latter, than it may pay off in the long run, assuming you get all of the deposit back. The question is, will you save more over the course of the lease with the lower payment than you would if you invested the money and went with the higher payment. Based on you money factors, you went from the equivalent of 3.24 APR to 1.728 APR. Pretty low, IMHO.
#398 of 961 Frequent Audi leasors by roverhater Jun 01, 2005 (11:36 pm)
Have any of you turned in an Audi lease for another Audi lease? I have had to drive a lot of extra miles, and do not see it ending soon. I have had friends lease other brand cars and if they turned in a car that was over the mileage allotment they did not make them pay the mileage as long as they leased again.   Any of you have any similar experiences with Audi? Replies to this message: ctorrey (Jun 02, 2005 1:02 pm) roverhater (Jun 02, 2005 7:06 pm)
#399 of 961 Re: Frequent Audi leasors [roverhater] by ctorrey Jun 02, 2005 (1:02 pm)
Replying to: roverhater (Jun 01, 2005 11:36 pm) I did. Twice. However, I was way UNDER the mileage allotment. I think what you referring to is known as a lease pull-ahead. Typically, this allows leasors to return their cars a couple of months early without penalty if they agree to lease another, say Audi. GM does this quite a bit to boost new cars sales. I haven't heard it being done with excess mileage penalties though, but it doesn't hurt to ask.   If you are way, way over on miles, you may want to consider buying the car to avoid penalties. It might be a cheaper option. Looking forward, if you are planning on driving more than 15k miles per year, leasing is NOT for you. Replies to this message: roverhater (Jun 02, 2005 7:06 pm)
#400 of 961 Re: Frequent Audi leasors [ctorrey] by roverhater Jun 02, 2005 (7:06 pm)
Replying to: ctorrey (Jun 02, 2005 1:02 pm) Its to late. I took a new position two weeks after I leased my car. Might be as much as 10,000 miles over per year, 30k x .25= ouch.
#401 of 961 Question for pricing GURU's..... by jonnyz1245 Jun 06, 2005 (6:57 am)
I am ready to go buy an 2005.5 A4 or A4 Avant..   I am a bit confused by all the different pricing configurations I am finding.   ie. we have the Edmunds TMV which on these things seems to be $300 under sticker. Then we have the Cars.direct which is $500-800 over invoice. Next we have Coscto...this goes on and on. I have read on the net that the dealer I am looking at( 1 of 2 in my state) is not friendly to negotiations and prefers sticker since they are the only game in town...   so, if this dealer has 40+ A4's on the lot at any given time and 30 of them have been there over 30 days( I printed out the stock and VIN's from there website) wouldn't it make sense that this dealer would be open to a fair offer from me over the net or the phone?   the way I see it is no nobodys time is wasted, the dealer makes a fair profit and they move a car that has been on the lot for 30+ days...   if they are holding to MSRP with that kind of inventory, it makes not sense to me! Replies to this message: tremaine (Jun 06, 2005 2:08 pm)
#402 of 961 Re: Question for pricing GURU's..... [jonnyz1245] by tremaine Jun 06, 2005 (2:08 pm)
Replying to: jonnyz1245 (Jun 06, 2005 6:57 am) I am certainly not a pricing guru, but what I used as a basis for comparison is what others on internet forums were paying. The common price that I found most people were paying for A4s was around $1000 over invoice. This is only about 2.5% over my invoice price, which I thought was a fair deal. I emailed my contact at the local Audi dealer and told him I wanted a 2006 A4 at $1000 over invoice. He agreed. Negotiations were done and I had expected much more haggling. Some people might enjoy the haggle game and want to "win" by getting the dealer down even lower, but at the price this type of car sells for, you are only saving 1%, it isn't worth the hassle in my mind.   As for the pricing websites, I just take them with a grain of salt. I think TMV is way over in most cases. I believe Costco's standard is 5% over invoice ($750 in my case).   If your dealer is the only game in town, it might be cheaper to purchase somewhere out of state and get it shipped if your local guy wants MSRP, although I'm not sure...margins seem so slight on these cars.
#403 of 961 Good HWY car? Need dealer in Dallas by timh2 Jun 10, 2005 (7:37 pm)
I really like the new 2005.5 2.0T A4 and was wondering how comfortable it is on long trips? Has anyone had any experience with Audi dealers in Dallas?   Thanks in advance

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