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Old Mar 1, 2022 | 10:44 PM
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What year is your LS? What type of EV are you thinking of? Also, never try to gain a vehicle based on a monthly payment. That is how a dealer pads a price and hides all kinds of profit.
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Old Mar 2, 2022 | 03:48 AM
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jrmckinley - you're at that point of feeling not good about sinking money into and spending time on getting an older car repaired and will rationalize anything to get into something new and shiny. i get it.

lease, buy, credits, whatever, it's gonna cost $. what ev are you considering?
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Old Mar 2, 2022 | 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by patgilm
One thing that is in your favor is that you may get a decent price for your car now given the used car market and if you then buy a Tesla (and I believe Polestar) there is no negotiation and you pay sticker, no additional dealer markups. Kind of makes sense from that standpoint vs buying a car from a traditional dealer where you pay sticker (or above) when that same care was historically discounted $6-$8k.
Yes and no with Tesla. You pay sticker, but the sticker price can change at any time. It's gone up several times over the past year.
Maybe they're still underpriced though. I see a nearly new 2022 Model 3 on Carvana for $6k over sticker and when I clicked on it I got a warning that it's in the process of being purchased.

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Old Mar 3, 2022 | 11:19 AM
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That’s a lot of money for a new lease. I think I’d just keep the LS460 depending on the year.

What year is your LS and what work does it need? I see later year LS430’s going for over $10k all the time. A LWB LS460 should get that or more easy unless it’s an 07-09. Even if it was an early LS460, it’s rare to see a decent one under $10k.
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