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Honda S2000 Lease Questions

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Re: New lease offer up at Honda [23109vc] by dwynne
May 03, 2007 (7:01 am)
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Replying to: 23109vc (May 03, 2007 5:30 am)

If it was a 2007, invoice is $31,684 less the $2k dealer incentive = $29,684. The holdback is $1,045.35. So a dealer (through Costco or not) could sell you an S for $29,xxx and still come out OK. The Costco price probably would have a dealer "doc" fee added to the price shown, but that price is nothing a motivate Honda dealer could not do right not using the $2k in dealer money.
 
I paid invoice for my 05 (no dealer money at the time) and if I were to get an 07 I would expect to pay invoice - $2k or just a little higher. In the old lease deals the money was under 2%, so even without the dealer money a lease at invoice was a great deal - a better deal than $2k under and 6.84% lease number.
 
If I were buying, I would buy now at the right price. If I wanted a lease deal, I might wait another month to see if they sweeten the lease deal.
 
Dennis
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S2000 for $28,888 by rujo
May 03, 2007 (2:39 pm)
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Also posted this on the prices paid forum . . .
 
Pricing info FYI: Received an unsolicited email today from a SF Bay Area dealer with this price.
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Re: S2000 for $28,888 [rujo] by dwynne
May 03, 2007 (3:10 pm)
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Replying to: rujo (May 03, 2007 2:39 pm)

You should follow up with and see what they say. They probably "forgot" to include destination charge ($595) and the dealer fee (anything from $50 to $500 depending on the dealer and local law).
 
It could also be an 06 car, some dealers still have them on the lots.
 
Dennis
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Re: S2000 for $28,888 [dwynne] by rujo
May 03, 2007 (4:42 pm)
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Replying to: dwynne (May 03, 2007 3:10 pm)

I've dealt with this dealer before . . . there's no "forgotten" destination charge or bogus document fees (doc fees are $45-$75).
 
And no, it's not an 06.
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Re: S2000 for $28,888 [rujo] by dwynne
May 03, 2007 (5:01 pm)
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Replying to: rujo (May 03, 2007 4:42 pm)

You should go get it, then!
 
Forward the e-mail to me and I will give them a call.
 
Dennis
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Re: S2000 for $28,888 [dwynne] by rujo
May 03, 2007 (5:13 pm)
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Replying to: dwynne (May 03, 2007 5:01 pm)

(I'm not in the market for an S2000 - think it's a really exciting car - just leased an Acura TSX.)
 
I've forwarded the dealer's email to you. I worked with Susie in late April on putting together an Accord lease deal for me - ended up with the Acura for a number of reasons. She's in the finance department - very professional and easy to work with. I highly recommend her to anyone in the SF Bay Area looking for a Honda.
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Re: New lease offer up at Honda [dwynne] by 23109vc
May 03, 2007 (5:57 pm)
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Replying to: dwynne (May 02, 2007 10:13 am)

suppose you can get an S2000 for about $2000 under invoice - what would the lease payments be on 12k/year? ballpark? assume minimum drive offs
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Re: New lease offer up at Honda [23109vc] by rujo
May 03, 2007 (7:10 pm)
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Replying to: 23109vc (May 03, 2007 5:57 pm)

Assuming a money factor of .00285 and a residual of $19,861 (numbers quoted in an earlier post) and, let's say, a selling price of $29,405 plus the acquisition fee of $595 for a nice round number of $30,000 for the cap cost . . .
 
Monthly payment for a 36mo/12k lease would be about $424 plus tax. Upfront payment would include tags, title, dealer document fees and first month's payment.
 
PS: If you could get the selling price to the $28,888 figure I was quoted from a SF Bay Area dealer earlier today - monthly payment would drop to about $408 plus tax.
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CarMan, am I doing this right? by accelerator
May 04, 2007 (11:17 am)
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Carman and others:
 
I've read so much about leases that it has become cluttered in my head and I was hoping for a double check... Correct me if I am wrong.
 
Part I
-The first step is to negotiate selling price of car (doesn't matter if lease or purchase).
-The MSRP to use in the calcualtion is AFTER dealer installed options.
-Net capitalized cost to use is the invoice minus incentives. I'm trying to work the deal where I don't pay for the options and I pay the car's invoice minus $2000 creating a difference of around $7K.
 
Part II
I already know the residual values for the 2007 and the money factor; another dealer has a new Grand Prix White 2006, would the money factor and residual values change on the new 2006 being that we are now in 2007? If the values are different, would you mind posting what would they be (or would older postings still be relevant numbers to use?)? Seems to me a lease deal could be significantly better on the '06 than on an '07 given all things equal?
 
Thanks in advance...
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Re: CarMan, am I doing this right? [accelerator] by dwynne
May 04, 2007 (11:50 am)
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Replying to: accelerator (May 04, 2007 11:17 am)

Negotiate the price first. It COULD matter if it is lease or purchase, since some of the dealer incentives and in place of cheap money. The recent Accord cheap lease deal could not be combined with the $750 dealer incentive. So the dealer could give you a better purchase price than they could if you were doing the cheap lease. In the case of the current S2000 incentive, you get that lease or purchase - and the current lease rate is high.
 
I don't know what accessories you want or need, but generally Honda will not let them include dealer added stuff to the MSRP as basis for the lease. On a lease, you are generally on your own for stuff you want the dealer to add. Over the Accord lease forum someone had a dealer make that mistake - they put all the high priced accessories on the car and added them to the MSRP to figure the lease. The lessee ended up with a very low payment - but I am afraid AHFC will not fund the lease or the dealer will have to eat the loss - or unwind the deal.
 
Net cap should be close to invoice less the $2k incentive and maybe plus a dealer fee. I asked for a couple of quotes and got $30,260 and $30,503 for the car, destination, and dealer fee. This is from dealers that normally are really cheap on everything. Obviously your dealer may make you a better deal, and if I were serious about a new 07 S I might could hammer them a bit on price.
 
A lease is based on the different between net cap cost and residual factored over time with interest. The 06 would make a WORSE lease car since you can get a new 07 for about $2k under invoice. Edmunds shows "up to $750" on left over 06 S2000s - but there is probably more than that. In any case, if they gave you the 06 for invoice - incentives - 100% of hold back it might be $1k - $1.5k cheaper than the 07. When you plug in future value, the 06 will worth a good bit less. If you check an 05 with 36k VS an 04 with 36k it looks to be $1,400 to $1,500 less. So if you start with a $1,000 savings and end up with a $1,500 less residual - and likely a higher money factory, you will pay more for the older car.
 
Check at leasecompare.com and see what they would do with either car and I think you will find that most lease banks consider the car to be "used" once the next September hits - no matter if the car is really new or not.
 
The best thing is to wait and hope for a cheap lease deal again. Failing that, make your best deal on price and compare the AHFC current rate (6.84%) VS what the dealer could get from a 3rd party bank VS leasecompare.com and take the one that is the best deal.
 
Dennis

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