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Prices Paid: Buying & Leasing Experiences Audi A4 Lease Questions
3145 messages, Last post on Dec 04, 2009 at 11:32 PM
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I'm working with an Audi dealer in my area that is quoting me between $525 & $550 for a 34 month lease, 10k miles a year with the Audi Car, Music Interface, Heated Seats & Bluetooth. This includes taking over the remaining payments on my current lease in which I have 6 moths left to go on. This includes no money at signing. Would I save more if I were to wait until my current lease is up bypassing the current iAudi Summer Event incentives? |
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I just purchased a 2009 Audi A4, FWD, Auto, Premium Plus yesterday afternoon. The sticker was $36,333 I received 2 months payments covered by Audi. I had 5 months remaining on my current lease  $450 a month. They cut me a check for my last 3 payments which accompanied by the first 2 months of payments covered by Audi, the entire remaining portion of my lease was taken care of. They also rolled in my sales tax which was $2,600 which means zero out of pocket at the time of purchase. My final payment came to $626 a month. Again this was a straight purchase. Did I get decent deal?
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Replying to: jmorrow76 (May 31, 2009 6:02 am) |
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Hi - need some advice from those who have dealt with AFS at lease-end. We have a 2006 Audi A4 2.0 Quattro that has a lease end date of August 21, 2009. We paid for the 12k mi/yr option but the car only has 20k miles on it now and we're almost at the end. Residual value is $19,160. We have some body damage: 1. dent in the side where someone sideswiped us backing out of an adjacent parking space. no paint damage 2. slightly visible scratches at top of trunk near rear window where low hanging concrete ceiling scraped the trunk- we have had this buffed and scratches are still there 3. normal wear and tear dings on rear bumper All 4 tires are fairly new - we've replaced all of them so tread is fine. We are open to purchasing the car or turning it in. 1. Assuming we plan to turn the car in, should we take the car to a body shop to fix the major damage BEFORE the lease-end inspection? Is there any advantage to having it fixed prior to the inspection? Or will the inspection just give us a better idea of what damage we need to get fixed (by Audi or independent body shop) before we turn it in? I've heard that having it repaired by the dealer can be much more expensive. 2. I read this on the AFS website: "What if I have chargeable items? You will be invoiced for the full amount of items listed on the Vehicle Inspection Report. You can avoid some or all of these charges by having these items repaired at an authorized Audi dealership prior to vehicle turn-in. Please send your repair receipts to the address listed below or fax them to our Asset Management Department at (800) 824-8284." Does this suggest that it's better to have things fixed before the inspection so you are not charged? If you have them fixed after the inspection, you would have to submit receipts to remove the chargeable items when you turn the car in...seems easier to avoid that whole process (and avoid having Audi learn whether you used their dealer or an independent body shop to fix damage). 3. Should we contact Audi Financial Services about possibly purchasing the vehicle or should we wait to hear from them? If we should initiate contact, how soon before the end of the lease should we call? 4. Should we schedule the inspection before or after discussing the purchase option with Audi Financial Services? (My concern is that if they learn about the low mileage they will be less inclined to give us a good deal to buy the car and take it off their hands.) 5. Any chance AFS would be willing to negotiate a lower purchase price this year given the state of the economy and all the A4s that are probably coming onto the lots (plus arrival of the new '09 model)? Thanks for any advice on these questions and any other tips you have about this process.
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Replying to: jps31 (Jun 06, 2009 12:05 pm) I had a similar situation with mine but I was planning to get into another lease not purchase. When I turned it in it had 30,000 m on a 3year 15k.I had dent and scratches on my car. will tell this. 1.Don't do inspection they will charge you a lot more for everything. 2.Call you insurance let them know that you have dent and if you have more damages on car from that dent like scratches let them know.. They can cover it all. just pay your deductable.My small dent in my door cost $3500. 3.I have 2 Audi's with AFS you can call ask them what they are willing to sell you the car for no need to tell them anything. 4.It will make no difference what mileage is. 5.If you need more tme AFS will give you a 6 months extension no cost to you at all just ask for it. Tell them you looking at another Audi and not sure what model you want. 6.Once you call insurance don't worry about it showing up on carfax audi will not care as long as it is fixed. 7.you don't have to use Audi dealership to fix it. 8.If you plan on going into another lease the dealership will get inspection done for you but you need to take care of dent on own.All you do is walk iinto an Audi dealership tell them you want another car. 9. I have 2009 A4 2.0 SLINE I also have 2008 4.2 Q7 SLINE LOVE IT If I were you I would just get into another A4 They have great leases right now. good luck Bobrob |
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Replying to: aalloca (May 19, 2009 5:53 pm) Hope this helps. |
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Replying to: jps31 (Jun 06, 2009 12:05 pm) Also, I inquired online back in January about the best time to start negotiating and had an Audi dealer respond and say it's best to wait to within 90 days of lease end, so you could get started anytime, given your Aug 21 lease end. Finally, I've been told AFS won't negotiate. If you deal directly with AFS you pay the price stated on your contract. However, if you go through your dealer he may be able to negotiate a lower price for you (he can buy wholesale from AFS). Many others have had success going this route. |
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