flippd

I live in WA and was looking at buying a car in CA and driving it up. Only thing holding me back was that after reading the lemon laws in WA, it specifically states the car must be bought in WA and 'currently' registered in WA. CA Lemon laws also state the same (bought and registered in CA). Not sure if there are other laws that would cover me if the car turned out to be a lemon. I know the GS has solid reliability, but have to weigh pros/cons for peace of mind.

Crossfit04

Understandable,

You could probably bring it up to the sales associate, and see what they could offer and what your options are. But my friend has no complains so far, He loves it !

Crossfit04

check him out in dealerrater.com

http://www.dealerrater.com/sales/Die...review-199909/

let me know if it sounds legit lol

tudernos

Not a bad lease agreement.

IanRuhten

Thought I would resurrect this thread, Here's the deal I'm being offered in Thousand Oaks:

2014 GS350 F Sport Black/Black

No money down 605 a month (including Tax) 27 months 15000 miles per yr.

Have things changed? Can I do better?

Tcwhite

I'm also in the car market. I have never leased in my life. Whenever I mention the word to people they always tell me that it's bad to lease. Anyways I went to the dealership a few weeks ago and test drove the GS 350 F Sport. Wow! What a nice car! I wasn't in the mood to make any decisions that day. Well this week the dealer called and said that they have two brand new GS 350's and can do a lease for $400 per month 36 months 15,000 miles per year. I'm guessing this was considering me trading in my vehicle. What do you guys think. Is it a good deal? I've always been an Honda/Acura owner. I never really considered Lexus until after I test drove the Infiniti Q50. I hated the test drive. The salesman told me that their only competition is with the GS sedan.

FastTags

There are pleanty of really good recent threads withs deals and prices, just search the word lease.

EchoDelta

$400/36 mo sounds nice! I personally wouldn't go above 24-27 mo for interest rates reasons (the more months the more interest you're paying). You said you're trading in right? Well as long as you really won't need that car I say go for it. Unless you want to sell it on your own or keep it as a secondary car then don't trade it in. Maybe someone in the family can use your trade in? Anyway, your trade in will be the down payment (cap cost reduction which will lower your monthly, but it also means you're paying ahead some money in advance) and hopefully the out of pocket fees (titles and docs, etc) all together. If that trade in no longer benefits you or anyone around you as an extra car and you just want to let it go...do it. If other wise remember you're letting go of an extra vehicle that may still have some life in it and can be beneficial to you and others.

harryra

Can you really say its a good deal if you don't know the value of his trade? The trade will be a down payment so there is some variable in there that is buying down the lease payment....

SW17LS

And what it the logic in saying "don't go more than 24-27 months because you're just paying more interest" when you're leasing a car and thus always will be paying interest? At the end of the lease you have no car and would have to lease or buy another one and keep paying interest...so get whatever term has the most value.

Momofosho

Hello everyone! I'm new to this thread, and I'm glad I found this forum. Now I need your help! I went to the dealer today for the first time to negotiate on a lease (had to start with the desk rep and talk my way through him to get to the sales manager, what a waste of time) and after only one conversation, (I feel i have much more work to do) this is what he offered me:

24-36 month lease
MSRP:$59,371
Negotiated: $7k off (so about $53k)
Residual Value: 68% (24 mo) 66% (27 mo) 56% (36 mo)
Money Factor: 0.00065
Fees: I think it's about $2k which includes first month payment, aquisition, dealer fees etc
$15k miles / year
I'm getting quoted like $627/ mo and then he says "If I could get it down to $599 would you do it"
what are these games man??
I need to get him down to at least $550. What threw me off was the residual value which was different from what I found on this thread (I saw 71% a lot) which I guess could benefit me if I were to do a 3rd party lease buyout then maybe I could find some equity in the vehicle before the lease expired (I askd the guy at the desk as to whether LFS allowed 3rd party buyouts but he didn't seem to know what that even was lol- he's a "leasing" specialist and I've never even leased a car before in my life)

I really need your advice! What's fair here and how hard should I push? I'm really mad too that I still haven't seen any figures on paper and they wouldn't let me take anything home (but at least now I'm negotiating directly with the sales manager) Haven't yet brought up the idea of using MSD (multiple security deposits) to try and lower the money factor. I guess I either need to go for another cap cost reduction or fee reduction or something here to get my numbers where I need them. Thanks!

ItzFilyO

Guys, remember if u lease u still have the option to buy it at the end of the lease! It's not like renting where u have to return the car no matter what. If u like the car keep it. The OTD price is already set the day u sign for it.

1 Tip for getting a new car: Always call the Internet Sales Manager before u come in and go straight to him when u get there. It'll save u time and no running around, going back and forth, he'll get to the deal right away.

ItzFilyO

I hate these games they're playing too.

What car are u getting? I'm guessing it's a GS350 FSport?

So ur putting $2k down, how many months? 24 or 36?

FastTags

in order to help you, you need to tell us exectly what is your deal, 27m or 36m, how much out of pocket, what is the Tax rate and what state, bc some states do not require to pay the Full TAX as others do.

On a 36m Lease , With $53,000 neg. price (Including rebate 1250$), Residual $33,220 (56%), Full TAX rolled IN, 36m lease, out of pocket $1500, you should be around $630's.

with $2,000 out of pocket, around $620's.

If they offering $599, that means they are discounting another $800, considering its a 36 month lease!

I think your residual is low bc of the 15k miles.

You can get a much better payment if you go for 24m lease.


Mine was a $58,000 MSRP, $1200 Up side down, Negotiated prices $53,000, $1,500 out of pocket, FULL tax rolled in 36m x12k miles, residual 60% ($35,000), 589/m.

Some how at the end I end up paying only $510/m but this is a story for another day.

EchoDelta

Momo if you like you can hit me up a PM. I recently bought mine too with help from some of the guys in here. Thanx!