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Prices Paid: Buying & Leasing Experiences Lexus RX 350 / RX 450h Lease Questions
1582 messages, Last post on Dec 03, 2009 at 11:27 AM
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Replying to: tjim (Nov 23, 2008 8:18 pm) Sounds like a fabulous deal, better than I can get here in Phoenix. I'm at the end of my second RX lease (currently a 330), and am looking to save money on our next vehicle. Can you tell me the name of the dealer where you got that quote? It would be worth our while to drive up to SF to get it, and see relatives at the same time. Thanks. |
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Replying to: sixstringer (Nov 25, 2008 10:34 am) |
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Replying to: sixstringer (Nov 25, 2008 10:34 am) List... 43,476.00 Cap cost... 3608.81 36 months. 15 thousands miles per year. Are you ready for this? I'm doing a one-payment lease for 15557.05 (including drive off and lease acquisition fee) $410.95 (including tax!) Beat that!!!!
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Replying to: Timelockmind (Nov 25, 2008 8:15 pm)
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Replying to: indus2 (Nov 26, 2008 9:57 pm) The cap cost is 36.084.81 As I have never heard of any disadvantage of a prepaid lease. Please explain "the risk of losing money is your car is totaled/stolen". I don't sign the deal until Sunday and do not want to do anything stupid. |
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Timelockmind, In a scenario your car is stolen/totaled, your primary insurance company will pay out what they consider to be the market value of the car. If that market value is less than what you owe to the bank (the finance company), your gap insurance will kick in and cover the difference. In the case of a pre-paid lease, you will never be in a situation where you owe the bank more than the car is worth; however, it is likely that you will not recover all of the money you've paid up front. That risk is the greatest in the beginning of the lease, and diminishes over time. Having said that, the cap cost you've negotiated is very good. Assuming there is a $1000 coupon that the dealer is applying on top of it towards cap cost reduction, you should be at around $430/month with just inceptions up front, assuming 7% sales tax, without pre-payment.
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Replying to: indus2 (Nov 27, 2008 6:51 am) Yes, they applied the $1000.00 coupon toward the cap reduction. As I mentioned, with the one-payment lease I'm at $410.95 (including taxes). That's it. That is the total amount. With the standard lease I am at $1557.05 down and $455.80 for the remaining 35 months. I know you can't make a decision for me, but considering the $1,600 savings with the one-pay, what would you do? And considering the excellent cap reduction how much risk do I really have if the car is totaled or stolen at the beginning? Thanks very much for your help! By the way, I assume this is an absolutely outstanding deal (or not?) Ken
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Replying to: Timelockmind (Nov 27, 2008 10:10 am) As far saving $1,600, consider that $14,000 CD paying 4% yields ~$560/year. I realize there are tax implications, etc , but the point is that your real savings are much less than $1,600.
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Replying to: indus2 (Nov 27, 2008 10:38 am) The one-pay lease: 410.95 X 36 = 14,794.20 plus the $700 Lexus lease acquisition fee plus license fee comes out to $15,944.16. As to the $430 -- add in the $700 Lexus lease fee plus license plus Los Angeles 8.25 tax and that gets me to the $455. Make sense? Oh, and forget 4% for the next three years. My guess is 2 to 3% if we're lucky! I don't have the residual or money factor on my paper work. Does this help? One-pay or not? And what do you think of the deal? Ken |
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I'm confused with the terms of your lease... If you go with the traditional lease, your up-front payment would include the $700 acquisition fee, doc fee, MV fee, and 1st month paymt, which should total approx. $1600. With that, based on the sticker price of $43,476, cap cost of $36,084, residual of 52% (3 yr/15k), money factor of 0.00095, cap cost reduction of $1,000 (lexus coupon), and 8.25% sales tax, your payment should be ~$438/month. Regarding the interest on your money, I wasnt predicting where the rates are going... All I'm saying is that you can open a 3 year CD tomorrow at GMAC bank with APY of 4.5%.
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