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Prices Paid: Buying & Leasing Experiences Lexus IS 250 / IS 350 Lease Questions
1165 messages, Last post on Nov 17, 2009 at 6:18 AM
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| 2008 IS 250 AWD black/black MSRP: $35K (pretty base) got a quater inch on the passager side front windshield, but it's been fixed. Offered for $ 27K... How do you think? | |
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Replying to: igozoomzoom (Apr 24, 2009 7:41 pm) The problem now with Lexus' leases on the IS250 AWD is while the money factor is usually pretty good, the residual is a disappointing 50%. However, a low residual coupled with a very low money factor can be advantageous if you plan to buy it at the end of the lease. I think if you investigate your $379 lease, you'll find comparable results. |
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Hi! I'm new at this so hope I'm doing it right. I'm assuming a 2008 IS 250. Its fully loaded, everything possible. For $450 a month. 3 years left (Originally a 4 year lease) with 1100 miles a month left. Is this a good deal. Its Tier 1 Credit. I'm just trying to save myself a downpayment by assuming the lease rather than getting a new one. Any comments, or questions I should ask before I proceed? Thanks!
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Replying to: ljsurfbabe (Apr 27, 2009 11:42 am) The car is on a 48-month lease and has about 36-months remaining. You want to assume the lease payments of $450 per month and won't have to pay anything down, correct? How many miles are on it now and what is the annual mileage limit in the lease agreement (usually 10k, 12k or 15k per year)? Also, what is the residual value at the end of the lease (stated in the lease agreement)? And do you know what the money factor (aka- Interest Rate) is? You NEED to know all of those things to evaluate whether it's a good deal or not! |
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Replying to: eburns (Apr 06, 2009 5:32 am) Car_man Host Prices Paid: Buying & Leasing Experiences Forum |
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Replying to: hockeymom1712 (Apr 15, 2009 2:00 pm) Car_man Host Prices Paid: Buying & Leasing Experiences Forum
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Replying to: ach8888 (Apr 18, 2009 6:59 pm) I would be happy to work up a sample lease payment on the IS that you are interested in for you if you let me know what its approximate selling price is. Car_man Host Prices Paid: Buying & Leasing Experiences Forum |
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Hey Folks, Many thanks for all the info on the site. Negotiating with Park Place Lexus here in Dallas. Looking at at 2009 IS 250 with Premium Pkg (SL Z1) for $1,000 down and $439 per month all in. I think this is a pretty good deal, but wanted to confirm before I  went down and picked it up. Thanks for all the great info!
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Replying to: mmarketos (Apr 28, 2009 1:07 pm) First I want to say thank you to everyone posting here! As I've been reading this forum since yesterday, I've really been learning a lot. I am new to the whole "leasing" thing, but am now considering it. Reason being is that my Pontiac Grand Prix needs transmission work, at only 100,000 miles. So what I'd like to do is trade it in. Which brings me to my question - can any of you give me feedback on what I might expect, as to a trade in? The bluebook trade-in value of my Grand Prix is $2,550. The car probably needs about $1500-$2000 worth of transmission work. I'm hoping that they will offer me $2,000 for the car, since they can probably repair the car, or get it repaired, a lot cheaper, with all of their resources. In addition to this, I have a payoff of about $6000 left on my Grand Prix. I have NO idea how this will affect the lease deal I might get. I mean, of course I want to add this amount to the lease, and I wouldn't mind paying a few thousand of it up front, but just wondering if any of you might have some advice or feedback, or might just tell me what to expect. Thanks very much Oh yeah, and "greeneyes", may I ask what the name of your salesperson is? You can PM me if you'd rather. I work in Santa Monica, and that's the dealer I'd like to deal with, and it sounds like you got the maximum deal that could be hoped for so far.
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Replying to: valuehunter07 (Apr 29, 2009 7:35 am) I actually got my IS250 through Vista Lexus in Woodland Hills. I would have gone with Santa Monica, but they didn't have the color I wanted and would only deal on what they had in stock. Also, they couldn't seem to make the number match the quote I had been given the first time. Vista dealer traded for my car from Oxnard. I didn't get the car for the price I thought, but it was still a good deal. I probably could have gotten another couple hundred off (maybe) or free maintenance or something had I kept pushing, but I was so exhausted by that point, my sister was in town, my other car had died (and I towed it across the street where they couldn't see and I drove it over -- so how would I have actually left or pretended to leave and see if they went lower?).. I think I had pushed my limits and I'm pretty happy. Below is what I paid.. MSRP $37,656 (IS250 RWD, Nav, Prem, 18" summers) Selling price $32,448 (under invoice, with no rebates/incentives at the time) 36mo/12k (53% residual) MF lowered to .0006 (.114%) with 9 MSD (now I wonder, could I have made it .0000 with 10??) Down $4680 (I think) -- $3825 of that was the MSD -- no cap reduction. Got $1000 from trade -- '98 Chevy Cavalier with 122k+, fair condition (I thought this was fair considering it had scratches, some rust underneath, broken A/C, cracked head gasket causing overheating, though I'm pretty sure they only knew about the scratches) 35 months at $411.xx, but now increased to $415.xx because of tax increase. As far as your trade, don't tell them you have one until after you get your selling price on the IS set. Don't tell them what's wrong with it, it'll just give them an excuse to give you less. They aren't going to fix your car, they're going to send it to auction. I didn't owe any money on my trade, but it's my understanding that they will roll up what you owe into your lease (so expect an extra $167 per month from that -- based on $6000 owed) and it wouldn't surprise me if a dealer tries to add other fees in on the back end and attributes them to what you owe on your trade. I would doubt that you'd get $2000 for your trade, maybe shoot for $1500, start at $2000. If you think you can feasibly get higher than that, start at KBB. Don't forget, I think this month's residual is 2% lower than last month, right? I thought I saw that in another post, but I could be wrong. Also, if you have a Costco card you should go to www.costcoauto.com and submit a request through there. That will take you directly to the SM people I dealt with and also the dealer at Vista I purchased from. The Costco price is $750 over invoice for the IS and you can do better than that, but it's a good starting point (instead of at sticker).. also by going the Costco route, the dealer has to show you the invoice price of the car. If you have any other question, email me, my email is in my profile. |
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