@Steve_nj - Forget the Type S. However, you can probably get a good deal on a TLX A-Spec. I know those are two different cars, but unless you have money to burn on a Type S lease this year, I would not even bother.
What is your budget? What monthly payment along with money due at signing are you realistically expecting on this brand new car?
I think the sentiment (at least what I was trying to portray) was that if the European luxury counterpart to the Type S can be had for $200-300 more per month, I’m personally gonna make that swing to have the superior of the two vehicles.
For someone on a very strict budget maybe not so much but it would be tough to see myself spending $700-$800 per month on a performance based Acura before just swinging $1,000 for an M3.
This is a completely different statement, the car is not for you, then.
You’re effectively saying you’d rather spend 6 to 9k more on a comparable German car over the term of the lease. If money were no object then I’d agree with you, I would always take the superior product if I were okay paying its price.
Just literally take your money and throw it in the garbage. The market is ridiculous. This entire bubble with inflated prices everywhere will break violently to the downside.
Most people shopping performance models aren’t always necessarily so payment focused, it’s about the better value and more superior car.
I haven’t driven a Type S yet but I think it’s a tough sell at 55-60K and a $700 per month lease payment.
As soon as someone heres $700 + per month the logic for many would be that you may as well just spend a little more to get something significantly nicer.
If they were $500-600 a month then it would be different story.