just got my new car!!!!!!!!!

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Lifer
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Originally posted by: CFster
15K after 4 years and you have to give the car back.

Hahahah.

Never.

He's not going to give it back, he's going to buy it for more than it's worth.
 

Amused

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A lease merely pays for the depreciation of the car. You'd pay the same if you bought it outright. BUT, in many cases lease agreements under estimate the depreciation, and you come out ahead.

A down payment on a lease is simply paying some of the depreciation cost up front to lower your monthly payment.
 

Confused

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Nice car, I'm very jealous!

I've had to drag myself away from all the Mazda dealerships and stop myself from going in there and buying one!


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WannaFly

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very nice, i'm rightfully jealous. Pretty much the exact car i want w/o the luxury package. I'd never lease though.
 

CFster

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Originally posted by: Amused
A lease merely pays for the depreciation of the car. You'd pay the same if you bought it outright. BUT, in many cases lease agreements under estimate the depreciation, and you come out ahead.

A down payment on a lease is simply paying some of the depreciation cost up front to lower your monthly payment.

This guy's loan payment when he goes to buy the car after the lease will probably be higher than the lease payment is now. Better hope it holds up well - or that $250 payment after 6 or 7 years will be real tough if you ask me...

Yikes! The dealers love customers like this guy. Usually the customer justs turns the car in - then it goes to a wholesale auction (like the one I work for) and gets sold at a wholesale rate. But when they can make retail on it? Phew...
 

Pathogen03

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If they are psyched about not having to wholesale it, they will probably give him a good deal on selling it.

I worked some numbers, and what you said about it costing about $500 more is about right, if the 10k is invested in something reasonable...


So your spending $500 extra money, and any sort of money you can make off investing 10k for 4 years. :(
 

coolred

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Nice ride man, the only thing that matters is that your happy, so don't bother listening to everybody else sayign you paid too much or whatever.

I want a mazda6s hatch, but likely won't happen for quite some time, and by then I will probablly find somethign else I like.
 

theNEOone

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Originally posted by: elanarchist
very nice ride, congrats, btw how do the numbers work out? i assume its a 4 year lease, so thats 15000 in payments plus another 15k to purchase it at the end of the lease?
the value of the car is already determined in the lease contract. at the end of the lease, i can purchase the car for $10,2k. I'm definitely going to go this route. =]

Originally posted by: coolred
Nice ride man, the only thing that matters is that your happy, so don't bother listening to everybody else sayign you paid too much or whatever.

I want a mazda6s hatch, but likely won't happen for quite some time, and by then I will probablly find somethign else I like.
yah man, i'm extremely excited. different people place different value on items, and right now i'm psyched about what i'm getting for the money.


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CtK

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dont understand why ppl bust on leases so much
usually if u finance a 30K car u would do it for 6 years unless you put a HUGE down payment
so why not lease for the first 3 years and if at the end of the 3 years the car is still in good condition and u still want it
u can take the buy option and finance the rest for another 3 years??

this way wont your monthly payments be lower and you paid less interest??

EDIT: Nice car!!
 

theNEOone

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Originally posted by: Triforceofcourage
That ride is hot. Now go out there and make us ATOT regs proud by cruising around and picking up some hotties.
i've got a permanent hottie riding w/ me. i don't know that she'd agree to me pimping myself. :p


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Lifer
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Originally posted by: Triforceofcourage
That ride is hot. Now go out there and make us ATOT regs proud by cruising around and picking up some hotties.

You have 151 posts in 5 months, if you're an ATOT regular you're doing something wrong. ;)