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Old Sep 5, 2022 | 11:14 AM
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I thought this was pretty cool. I joined this Facebook group called "Old dealership pictures" and people post pictures of old ads and old dealers etc. This is a car lease from 1932! If anybody thinks car leasing is a new thing, its not:



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That's incredible! I would have assumed leasing was a post WWII/early 50's thing.

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Yeah I was really surprised from the 30s!
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I thought this was pretty cool. I joined this Facebook group called "Old dealership pictures" and people post pictures of old ads and old dealers etc. This is a car lease from 1932! If anybody thinks car leasing is a new thing, its not:


Pretty nice find
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
I thought this was pretty cool. I joined this Facebook group called "Old dealership pictures" and people post pictures of old ads and old dealers etc. This is a car lease from 1932! If anybody thinks car leasing is a new thing, its not:
i can't quite make it out... but does the lessee's signature say mmarshall?
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Booked a new Lexus RX 350 today.
Comes with ~5K worth of additional factory installations. Dealer quotes 53.6K. Neogtiated 1K. And booked. Did not go for any of the maintenance packages. Is this a good buy?


Factory sticker. : https://www.lexusstevenscreek.com/ap...alerCode=60448
Old Sep 5, 2022 | 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by reachbp
Booked a new Lexus RX 350 today.
Comes with ~5K worth of additional factory installations. Dealer quotes 53.6K. Neogtiated 1K. And booked. Did not go for any of the maintenance packages. Is this a good buy?


Factory sticker. : https://www.lexusstevenscreek.com/ap...alerCode=60448
I think it’s a good deal. Vehicle sitting on the lot?
Old Sep 5, 2022 | 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Stroock639
i can't quite make it out... but does the lessee's signature say mmarshall?

Try again. I've never leased a vehicle in my life.

My late father, though, owned a 1941 Buick....almost as old as the one in the image. He got bitten by the Slant-Six bug, though, in the 1960s, when Plymouth and Dodge introduced the Valiant and Dart...and he was hooked for life.

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Originally Posted by reachbp
Booked a new Lexus RX 350 today.
Comes with ~5K worth of additional factory installations. Dealer quotes 53.6K. Neogtiated 1K. And booked. Did not go for any of the maintenance packages. Is this a good buy?


Factory sticker. : https://www.lexusstevenscreek.com/ap...alerCode=60448
Hi! You should
post this in the RX forum, you will get better responses there.
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
I was touring a new listing a friend of mine was putting on yesterday and another guy we know pulled up in a 2000 Audi S8, he loves old Audis and Porsches. It was STUNNING...

This isn't it, but an example of what it was"


Gosh, the golden era of luxury cars. Pretty sure that had a glorious NA 340hp V8, and possibly had a stick shift overseas? I could be wrong.

That car isn't "fast" for the day but certainly back then luxury cars were fast enough. 20 years later my LS430 is still plennnnnty quick.
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Gosh, the golden era of luxury cars. Pretty sure that had a glorious NA 340hp V8, and possibly had a stick shift overseas? I could be wrong.

That car isn't "fast" for the day but certainly back then luxury cars were fast enough. 20 years later my LS430 is still plennnnnty quick.
He revved it when he pulled up, we were standing out on the driveway, it sounded incredible!
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He revved it when he pulled up, we were standing out on the driveway, it sounded incredible!
Oh I'm sure. It's cool you got to see it. Audi fans were not happy when that V8 was dropped, I don't blame them.
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Saw an MM special tonight






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Originally Posted by AJT123
Oh I'm sure. It's cool you got to see it. Audi fans were not happy when that V8 was dropped, I don't blame them.
Oh it's fine, the replacement is badass lol!
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
Saw an MM special tonight
Thanks for taking the shots, Jill. I see you were at an old-car show. Actually, that WAS an MM "special"....a mid-size 1969 Buick Special Deluxe Sport Wagon. I got my first Driver's License, in high school, that year. I actually owned a (used) previous 1965 version of that car, but only for a few months....decided I wanted something bigger, as I liked full-sized cars the best. Hence my big, Cadillac-sized Buick Electra in college that I never forgot...its memory was one reason why finally I got my Lacrosse, some 45 years later.



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