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Mitsubishi Outlander Lease Questions

52 messages,  Last post on May 02, 2008 at 5:36 AM

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Mitsubishi Outlander: Lease Questions by kyfdx HOST
Nov 18, 2006 (7:25 am)
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Ask your Mitsubishi Outlander lease questions here!
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2007 offer by bimmer_girl
Jan 05, 2007 (2:32 pm)
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I am in the process of leasing a 2007 outlander XLS with navigation, sun&sound, and luxury packages for $2000 down and $280/month. I need to know if this is a good deal or not. My salesperson is extremely nice and patient, but this may be a stretch for him so I don't know if i can go lower. What do you think?
Gilman Mitsubishi
Houston, Texas 77024??
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Re: 2007 offer [bimmer_girl] by chwtom
Jan 05, 2007 (5:33 pm)
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Replying to: bimmer_girl (Jan 05, 2007 2:32 pm)

how long is the lease, and how many miles will you be allowed?
 
at first glance, it looks like a good deal, though most people here recommend not putting money down on a lease. if your car is totaled or stolen, you lose that money. plus, you could put that 2000 in a savings account and collect interest on it.
 
if you are in a 36 month lease, rolling that 2000 into the lease would increase your payments by about 60 dollars or so.
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Re: 2007 offer [chwtom] by bimmer_girl
Jan 08, 2007 (10:35 am)
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Replying to: chwtom (Jan 05, 2007 5:33 pm)

Yeah I know...He suckered me into coming to the lot with $1500 down and $255/mo fully loaded. However, that was for a 60 MONTH LEASE...whew. I don't think so! So eventually he said $1500 down and $295/mo for a 36 mo lease. Is there anything I can do to get this down further? I'm desperate, I have to have this car, it's so tricked out! Thanks in advance, much appreciated.
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Re: 2007 offer [bimmer_girl] by bimmer_girl
Jan 08, 2007 (6:49 pm)
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Replying to: bimmer_girl (Jan 08, 2007 10:35 am)

It is also invoice price, at $27277 according to Edmunds.
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Re: 2007 offer [bimmer_girl] by bimmer_girl
Jan 09, 2007 (3:06 pm)
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Replying to: bimmer_girl (Jan 08, 2007 10:35 am)

I also qualify for their $500 discount for recent graduates, so that would make the down payment $1000
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taxes on the lease by mictra
Jan 11, 2007 (9:57 am)
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Can anybody tell me how to figure out the taxes on a lease. I thought you can do it one of two ways:
 
1.To pay upfront: Take the quoted monthly payment and multiply it by the term then multiply the tax.
2. To include it in the payment: Take the quoted monthly payment and multiply the local tax rate.
 
Am I correct? My dealer said if you elect to put the tax in the payment there is a finance charge? Also, what are some of the lease deals that have been out there.
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Re: taxes on the lease [mictra] by bimmer_girl
Jan 11, 2007 (10:25 am)
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Replying to: mictra (Jan 11, 2007 9:57 am)

I believe you can take the full price and multiply it by the tax rate, then pay up front or divide by the full term and add that amount to your monthly payment.
 
good lord, i wish someone would answer MY question!
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Re: taxes on the lease [bimmer_girl] by dodo2
Jan 11, 2007 (7:21 pm)
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Replying to: bimmer_girl (Jan 11, 2007 10:25 am)

Guys and gals, there are lots of car lease calculators on the Internet. Just do a Google search. You need to know the negotiated price, the length of the lease, the down payment, lease rate, residual value, the local tax. Plug the numbers in and you get the monthly lease rate with or without tax. Have your homework done before you walk into the dealership. When you negotiate the monthly payment, you give the salesman the chance to screw you big time. Few bucks on the monthly payment - which you may give away easily, translates in hundreds of dollars for the dealership over the time of the lease. Always negotiate the vehicle price starting from the invoice price and then calculate the monthly payments.
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Re: 2007 offer [bimmer_girl] by mrmister2000
Jan 12, 2007 (2:30 am)
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Replying to: bimmer_girl (Jan 05, 2007 2:32 pm)

Hiya Bimmer Girl,
 
First off, let me say that I am thinking about leasing the exact same model/package as you... an XLS with the Nav, Luxury, and Sun and Sound package. One thing I didn't seem to see in your post was mention of whether it was a 2WD or 4WD? I'm planning on the 4WD... just for the piece of mind.
 
I have been trying to estimate lease payments on the above configuration since the very day that Mitsu released the official pricing list, but this had proved difficult... as even Mitsu, itself, had been unable to provide me with info like residual value and such. "Residual what?" asked one Mistu customer service rep as I talked to her about it over the phone. She didn't even know what the term had meant and had no idea who else she could possibly transfer me to in order to answer the question. Needless to say, I had to make some initial guesses and assumptions... but the majority of the leasing calculators/estimators that I tried using these "guesses" all seemed to point me in the direction of payments that were between $375-$400 per month, when paired with a down payment similar to yours and over around a 3-year lease term. But... continue to keep in mind, however, that those estimates were based on what I could only have guessed whould have been the leasing % rate, residual, and negotiated vehicle price back when I had been trying to estimate the lease payments. I have not yet gone to a Mitsu dealership in person to discuss leasing costs, as I am still maybe 4 months away from actually leasing and I do not want to "jump the gun" and start leasing one before then.
 
Getting back to the point, the fact that they offered you an XLS with all three of those option packages for less than $300/month with $2,000 down looks promising to me... especially since, again, my own estimates had placed the monthly payments (under conditions probably similar to yours) closer to the $400/month mark. If you were in fact quoted the above for a 4WD and not a 2WD then I would definately take it into consideration... but of course there might still be a better deal to be found. All I know is that I was quite surprised when I saw your post and the amount per month that they were asking.
 
One thing though... as others have said, I don't recommend a $2,000 down payment... you're better off making the smallest down payment that is allowed. This might be $1,000, or it might be less and this is due to the fact that if something ever happens to your Outlander and it gets totalled, the insurance company will only pay for the remaining balance of the truck...whatever that "remaining" balance is...which means that essentially whatever $$ amount you had put towards the down payment is gone forever.
 
What are some other's opinions on this leasing offer? I'm very excited and curious now!

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