Opinions on an F-Type S Lease offer
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2016 F-Type S Coupe - ($4,999 Total Due at Signing Including 1st Payment, Tax, Title and License Fees, 33 Months, Security Deposit Waived. 5,000 Miles Per Year)
The $1995.00 accessory charge, which I'm questioning, is for black 19" Propeller wheels.
Thanks for the help! Let me know if you need any more info.
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kaosinla (12-05-2015)
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I definitely understand what you mean. However, the seat time is prob equal to 7500 miles + by virtue of living in L.A. and the accompanying sitting in traffic. The most chunks of miles will be burning through the desert to Las Vegas (so looking forward to that drive)
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I've chartered planes and pilots for less than that per trip cost and the FBO's have nice cars for rental. You can still pull up to your hotel in style and possibly at lower overall cost.
The economic concept of 'utility' is different for each of us, so I'm not trying to talk you out of it. But, I'm also not a leasing fan...it simply doesn't meet my personal needs.
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Unless my math is wrong, you're planning on about 14 round trips. The cost of the lease is $36,250 or about $2,600/trip+gas+insurance.
I've chartered planes and pilots for less than that per trip cost and the FBO's have nice cars for rental. You can still pull up to your hotel in style and possibly at lower overall cost.
The economic concept of 'utility' is different for each of us, so I'm not trying to talk you out of it. But, I'm also not a leasing fan...it simply doesn't meet my personal needs.
I've chartered planes and pilots for less than that per trip cost and the FBO's have nice cars for rental. You can still pull up to your hotel in style and possibly at lower overall cost.
The economic concept of 'utility' is different for each of us, so I'm not trying to talk you out of it. But, I'm also not a leasing fan...it simply doesn't meet my personal needs.
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What little I know about leasing - other than it can be tax advantageous for those using it for business - and I am not one for leasing personally (I like the idea of ownership) your offer doesn't sound like a great or even good deal.
But what do I know, I live 30 miles from work.
Good luck!
P.S. 5,000 miles sounds awfully low IMO. Once you get behind the wheel of an F-Type you're going to want to take the "long way" to work. The VERY long way.
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That's my sticking point. Even with them being powder coated (as Foosh explained to me), the charge doesn't seem right to a certain degree. Assuming the rest of the deal is good, I'm trying to have them throw the illuminated tread plate in for free.
Thank you all for the comments! They are appreciated!
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Yes. Any lease will be advantageous for my business, but I'm all ears to any particulars that make this a bad deal. I've only had two prior lease experiences, but those were for exotics around a decade ago.
Thank you very much!
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As I've stated before, and have incurred the wrath of many by doing so, the only way a lease is truly advantageous is to charge it as a business expense and get Uncle Sam to pay half the cost of the lease. Otherwise you are paying a hefty price to guarantee the residual value and have someone else sell the car for you when you get tired of it. Since you are taking the car as a business expense, you appear to be headed in the right direction.
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OK, since we've established the business benefit, there are two questions remaining:
1) Is this a good price?
2) Is this a good lease rate?
Without getting into chest pounding machismo about who got the best deal, I'll avoid price.
But, not being a lease expert, I THINK, the lease rate is the .00177 in the upper right corner annualized...or about 2.12% which is a tad higher than bankrate.com's new car loan rates, but comparable.
The biggest place that one can get taken on leases is the residual value. Intellichoice rates depreciation. They don't have data for 2016 F-Types, but using the depreciation from 2015 models and spreading them over 33 months rather than 36 months, history would indicate a 58% residual and your offer assumes a 67%...which is in your favor.
So, I'm admitting that I'm not an expert on leases, but it seems that there's not red flags there...so that simply brings you back to negotiating the best price you can get... in my humble and uninformed opinion...
1) Is this a good price?
2) Is this a good lease rate?
Without getting into chest pounding machismo about who got the best deal, I'll avoid price.
But, not being a lease expert, I THINK, the lease rate is the .00177 in the upper right corner annualized...or about 2.12% which is a tad higher than bankrate.com's new car loan rates, but comparable.
The biggest place that one can get taken on leases is the residual value. Intellichoice rates depreciation. They don't have data for 2016 F-Types, but using the depreciation from 2015 models and spreading them over 33 months rather than 36 months, history would indicate a 58% residual and your offer assumes a 67%...which is in your favor.
So, I'm admitting that I'm not an expert on leases, but it seems that there's not red flags there...so that simply brings you back to negotiating the best price you can get... in my humble and uninformed opinion...
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Granted, maybe this was a high-temp process for that application, which isn't really necessary for wheels, but on the other hand, I can also see the more complex process being more durable and resistant to scratches, etc.
However, I confess to not knowing all that much about the process.
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