Originally Posted by Irafatsar
hi I'm nobody. no hit hmmm what's your lease...somebody show me the numbers, cause when I was offered a lease I had to laugh. now that was a loss IMO. what is it like to drive a "rental" 24/7. is it like borrowing somebody's car? afraid to put too many miles on it, do you tell everybody its a lease when they say you have a nice nice car? 28k out the door CASH. could have bought a MB but everybody here has them and I would probably try to get into the wrong one in the parking lot.
remember whatever you pay for something somebody will always be able to get/got it cheaper or so they will tell you.
Here are some numbers (mine):
2004 Autostick, All-Season tires
Lease for 39 mo/39K miles
Lease start May 2004
Residual ~22K
Negotiated Price ~31K
Interest rate <2%
In the end, including tax, title, etc, I will have paid roughly 13K to drive a car with an MSRP of $35,755 for a little over 3 years.
**AND, I won't have to worry about driving much past the 36K mile bumper to bumper warranty.