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Prices Paid: Buying & Leasing Experiences Audi A4 Lease Questions
3132 messages, Last post on Nov 27, 2009 at 11:50 AM
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| Had a bad Audi exp this week....Dealer invited me in for a deal - told me that they would payoff out my current lease so that I can get into a new car. They had the nerve to begin by offering me $2,000 under the dealer payoff amount on my current lease, telling me that there were a few (total $500) scratches that needed to be fixed. When I balked, telling them that I was there at their request not mine, they reluctantly credited me the full payoff amount. BTW, even at the full payoff amount, the same car is retailing locally for $6,000 over this amount. Then they wanted to charge me $1,400 for what I considered excessive up fees ( upfront fees for my recent BMW lease was only $1.100). Then I discovered that I wasn't eligible for the current $1,500 customer loyalty bonus because my current lease "maturity date" fell outside of the 1/5/09 deadline. Even though my lease would be paid off in full months early and Audi would not have to pick up any of my remaining lease payments Audi determined that I wasn't a loyal enough customer for them at this time. After all of this I abruptly cancelled the deal and ran like hell. Not a good experience. | |
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Replying to: twodomes (Nov 14, 2008 5:23 pm) No, I have not had my inspections yet, and I am a bit scared to schedule the appointment because I know that they will try to catch you for all the little things. I went to a few dealerships today to see whether they will be willing to take the car in so that I don't have to deal with turning the car in. I went today to a VW dealership, and looked at a Jetta 2.5SE (economy is bad..  so maybe I should conserve my cash), they quoted me all in, $312 / month (and told me that they could probably lower it by another $5 - 10 if I am ready to sign. The money factor really sucks (around mid 200s.) but the residual for 39month/10k is around 61%, which is quite a bit better than Audi, and supposedly, they are offering 3 year 0 maintenance on all the 2009 VWs (baffles me that VW offers it on VW line, but not on the Audi line). I will be calling the Audi dealership tomorrow to see if I can negotiate a deal with them for something around the similar rate that I am paying right now ($450/month) for an A4 Premium Plus. I also just checked the lease disposition fee again, and you are correct, it is $350.
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Replying to: atsenb (Nov 16, 2008 12:34 am) just to follow up... i've now had 2 other dealers tell me that the $1500 is treated more like option 2! so either i was wrong or the dealers were bs'ing me or both. i am still not 100% sure, but the dealer i spoke with today said he runs the number and comes up with a down payment and monthly payment. then he takes $1500 out of the down payment. so, not sure if that means it's taxed or not. audi is also picking up your first month's payment, so be sure to get that. driveoff of acq fee, tac title reg is being quoted to me at about $1200. |
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Replying to: jjthecat (Nov 14, 2008 6:22 pm) 2009 A4 Premium Plus, 36 month lease, 12,000 a year with a few options and Audi care with 2k down and the 1500 Audi chip in fee and my payments are under 500 a month.... So you have room to work on this... Also the invoice should be around 37k or under if you have no options Dil
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Replying to: goneflyn (Nov 14, 2008 8:19 pm) What dealer did you work with? Do you know the details - purchase, residual, mf, etc.? Did that include the 1500 for loyalty? I got a similar offer but for 12K miles. Thanks, AD
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Replying to: dilbertic (Nov 16, 2008 2:38 am) Is the 1500 Audi chip in fee the Audi loyalty you are talking about because I have a BMW right now and in regards to that, he said he could only get me $500 because I am coming from a competitor. I will ask him on Monday if I can get the $1500, but I'm not sure. Also, I know you aren't supposed to negotiate a lease by monthly payments, but anyone know if I actually do put the $4000 down that I can get it at $400? I just want to know how far I can push the sales guy without him telling me to take a hike. Thank you in advance if anyone has input.
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Replying to: jjthecat (Nov 16, 2008 8:49 am) I did mine my monthly payments after they started giving me the numbers, and I told them the amount that I had budget for, so they ended up reducing the price to 37k for the prem + with nav, plus Audi care... I used the 1500 to lower the monthly payments and put some cash down for drive off. The current drive off program is on the Prem model which is 479.00 a month. if you put 2k down and got the Prem + your payments are going to be in the low 500's I am guessing, but 4k down should drop you in the 400 range I would think. Post the all the numbers up here and see what everyone thinks. I did my best to get the deal I needed to even buy the car and it worked out for me, so I am hoping I got a good deal. Dil |
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Replying to: ahdanna (Nov 16, 2008 7:46 am) The quote was from Biener Audi (Great Neck, NY). The car was a 09 Avant w/ Prem+ pkg. The lease terms were 36 mon w/ 15K miles/yr. The sales guy was using the Oct finance program. $700 over invoice with ~$1400 out-of-pocket and $595 a month which included 7% NJ tax. Since then I've checked with other dealers around Philly area and they are getting desparate to make a deal. I get a call every day to come in and make deal. I'm sure by Dec, I can easily get at invoice along with other credits Audi is now offering.
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