Question about the calculator. So I punch in all the info I have and it gives me the down payment and the monthly price. Now is that the reasonable price to pay for the vehicle the price leasehackr is giving me? Or should I be shooting better than that?
Like if the dealer comes back and it’s similar to what the calculator is showing or even slightly better does that mean its a good deal?
The calculator allows you to model various scenarios, including completely fictional scenarios (100% dealer discount? yes please!).
The calculator has a number of uses, but judging a good deal isn’t one of them.
Well I messed up then hahah
Not at all. I think my first tour of the calculator was little more than a momentary, contained panic attack, since I didn’t know where to start. 
Spend the time it takes to learn how it works, and how to model a target deal based on what the market is doing (Marketplace is a great resource for this).
It’s extremely liberating and powerful to shop with the confidence of knowing what kind of deal you should be targeting.
I went with a deal already. 2023 trail boss Lt. Listed at 59000. Selling price was 56700. 5 k down including tax and fees and everything. 630 a month includes tax. 36 months/12k miles a year.
I added everything into the calculator and the calculator showed a higher monthly payment by like 20 bucks so I assumed good deal…
But I never saw what the mf was I was receiving from the dealership so think I made an oopsie.
This just means that the deal the dealer is offering isnt the same deal that you typed into the calculator.
So how do I know if it’s a good deal?
Baseline the discount (normalized for any other markups) against what the market supports by looking at shared deals, broker listings, etc. and compare against other vehicles you can get for the same price.
Attached are my lease paperwork a dealer sent me. Using this cause honestly I’ve reached out to numerous dealers around and this is the best I’ve gotten so far.
2023 trailboss
Now the deal is 5k down includes first month payment and all fees and everything included. Paid an extra 625 for the bed liner. So total down is 5625.
12/36 with monthly payment 630 a month includes tax.
I don’t care about residual because I am for sure turning back in at end of lease. Live in NH and buying in MA.
Here’s the paperwork
Didn’t you say you already signed this?
Nope not yet he just sent the final paperwork today so I get to look it over and I’ll call him in the morning
Looks like no discount at all. Some brokers/dealers here are doing 5%+ off
Yea trail bosses around here are tough to find right now
Contact @RevLease
His post says he has 1500 Trailboss under MSRP. Could be worthwhile
From what I’ve seen, this is not a bad deal at all. It’s pretty good actually… based on availability and current market conditions.
That 1500 Trailboss LeaseNYC mentioned is gone. I don’t have any on the East Coast. These are next to impossible to find without a name on them, even incoming units.
I was at 3 different Chevy lots today (out West) and saw maybe 2 or 3 1500 Trailbosses in total. These are not small dealers by any means as well.
Just my 2 cents. Hope this helps.
isn’t @ChevyGuy the best dude for chevy…reach out to him
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