Should I lease then buy?
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I did. Was the only way I could afford a new IS. Yes, in the longrun you pay a bit more, but if the car makes you happy and fulfilled, sometimes the extra cost is worth it. Or at least that's what I talked myself into believing. hehe
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Do the math, but you'll almost always come out ahead by buying it straight up rather than leasing and then buying. If you know you want the car long term it makes no sense to lease it first and then buy it. Don't be swayed by the lower costs during the lease, you'll get hammered on the back end on the buy out. Interest rates are low now, take advantage of them and buy.
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If you can buy it, and pay a little extra (even if its only $50 a month) to principal, you'll save a bundle in cash on interest, it effectively reduces what should be an already low interest rate even more.
Pre finance through your bank, not at the dealership. Again you should get much better interest rate and reduce your payments and cash out over the long term. Plus it gives you more clout when dealing with them, its a cash deal for the dealer.
This way you have equity at the end of the agreement, instead of walking away with zero+ a lease buyout.
If you do lease, watch out for mileage penalties-if you go over the pre-agreed miles, you'll be paying as much as if you had purchased it.
Get a firm price on the buyout, not a TBD. If you do a 5 year lease and there is a significant model change/upgrade to your IS, its value will drop on top of the regular deprecation-but your lease buyout won't.
Machog
Pre finance through your bank, not at the dealership. Again you should get much better interest rate and reduce your payments and cash out over the long term. Plus it gives you more clout when dealing with them, its a cash deal for the dealer.
This way you have equity at the end of the agreement, instead of walking away with zero+ a lease buyout.
If you do lease, watch out for mileage penalties-if you go over the pre-agreed miles, you'll be paying as much as if you had purchased it.
Get a firm price on the buyout, not a TBD. If you do a 5 year lease and there is a significant model change/upgrade to your IS, its value will drop on top of the regular deprecation-but your lease buyout won't.
Machog
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if you lease you have insurance cover all repairs and who cares what happens to the car after 3 years. if you own and it all gets beat up in NY the value keeps going down even if insurance repairs things in the shop the value is still lower. plus in NY it gets much more abuse with the roads and the stop and go traffic.
so i prefer to lease, use up the warranty and pass the headache on to someone else, if they want it ofcourse.
if you lease for about 6 years you will have 2 new cars. i guess you can buy it and if you want to keep it that long you will come out on top a bit if you can hadle driving the same car fo that long.