FastTags

I have bought 3 cars in the past 6month and I helped buying 3 more to others. We bought Hondas, Acura,mercedes Toyota and Lexus. Every single car had Tax 1.5% and 2.0%.

Most sales people dont know about Tax pool, but Finance guys should know that stuff.

FastTags

Also, tax break is not available everywhere. I do know that Not all Houston dealers offer it, I do know that All Lexus, Honda, mercedes,Toyota and Acura have it in Houston.

jman817

Park Place in Grapevine does not have any tax credits they can apply to the IS 250 currently. At least they acknowledged it!

FastTags

That could be true. Thats why it doesn't hurt to ask. Did you ask the Finance manager or sales guy? Sales guys dont know financial stuff!

FastTags

The actual term is: vehical pool LIFO. There are rons of info online just google it!

http://www.sourcehovtax.com/resources/Vehicle-Pool-Benefits-and-Opportunities.htm

mrtrance

Which dealership was this? SoCal? Did this selling price include any other rebates or incentives or was that the price you got just on negotiating? If you don't want to post here you can PM the name of the dealership.

dbow2000

I plan on keeping this for a while, so I'm looking to keep costs as low as possible. The dealership here has a new Atomic Silver '14 IS350 with:

BLIND SPOT MONITOR W/REAR CROSS TRAFFIC ALERT
WHEELS: 18" ALUMINUM ALLOY
NAVIGATION PACKAGE
INTUITIVE PARKING ASSIST
PREMIUM PACKAGE
PREFERRED ACCESSORY PACKAGE Z2

MSRP: $46023

What would you offer as a realistic OTD Price on a cash deal?

Thanks.

gmanusmc

They will probably laugh at you but I wouldn't buy at anything less than a 20-25% discount - that car will be 2 model years old in a few months (it's a new unit?)

Can't comment on otd - not familiar with your fees.

Savjam

[QUOTE=dbow2000;8970341]I plan on keeping this for a while, so I'm looking to keep costs as low as possible. The dealership here has a new Atomic Silver '14 IS350 with:

BLIND SPOT MONITOR W/REAR CROSS TRAFFIC ALERT
WHEELS: 18" ALUMINUM ALLOY
NAVIGATION PACKAGE
INTUITIVE PARKING ASSIST
PREMIUM PACKAGE
PREFERRED ACCESSORY PACKAGE Z2

MSRP: $46023

What would you offer as a realistic OTD Price on a cash deal?

$38500 OTD

Jbreezie

I wonder how much I would lose if I tried trading in my leased 15' is250 f-sport for a 15' is350 fsport? I already put around 5k miles on it.

gmanusmc

Unfortunately, quite a bit.

ls430lover

hi for all those leasing, i am amazed at the amount of buyers putting money down on leases. not that i know it all but have been leasing and negotiating deals on cars for 20 years and am pretty good at saving friends and family thousands. if interested please read the tips below on negotiating leases and hope it helps some of the posts i read i cringe at the thousands of dollars all is leaving on the table.

1) always negotiate leases for the shortest term if the lease factor is good. 36 months max 24 is best to avoid dealing with brakes and tires if your doing over 15 k in a lease a year
2) when negotiating always negotiate with comparing three dealers and use the numbers you get from the dealers to go to the place you want to finalize your deal. i usually will call two dealers if one says 425/ month tax in i tell the other 405 month and see if i can get two other dealers to beat the original number. if i get resistance then i know the number is pretty good
3) always and mean always put first month, fees at a max no extra money down on a lease no money down if you can't afford the payment with no money down don't buy the car
4) when you finalize your deal at the dealer you want and are sitting down close the deal by adding mileage on the lease. tell them i am prepared to move forward with the 10 k lease if you can do it with 12k. if its 12 go to 15. this way it buffers you from mileage worries, and is usually helpful unless your a buyer thats doing 10 k a year which i am seeing a lot of those leases so it may not help.
5) another thing about major money down with leases is if you total the car, i know that whats gap insurance is for but if you put 3 to 5 k down on a lease you will lose it.
6) in warm states have them tint the windows as a throw in to close the deal
hope these help, its simple negotiate with three dealers at the end of the month, no money down just inception fees, try to avoid dealer fees,
safe driving

LexusFsprt

I want to trade my 2014 IS250 AWD F SPORT with almost 20k miles and 23 months left on the lease, for a 2015/2016 IS350 F Sport. I would lose a lot right?

FastTags

It depends. We need all the numbers, what is the payoff, how much it's worth as a trade, some states allow tax break on a trade in, so we need what state yoir in. Only then we can tell you if you loose and how much

ziggymad

yes a ton, just wait it out or try leasetrader or swapalease and see if you can get out that way.