Hello. First post, happy to have access to this community and the wealth of knowledge it affords. We Are considering our first lease. Looking at a Toyota C-HR. I did a “2026 Toyota C-HR” search, and found only one vague reference in a post on the Toyota BZ. We are in the process of working a le…

Would using the leasehackr tool be sufficient to validate figured?

[image] brg2990: Hackrs, will you please check to determine what money factor was used in my lease. The MF is, indeed, .00154. You are correct! MF = (Tot. Rent Charge / Term) / (Adj. Cap + RV) = .00154

Whoops. I was skimming and missed that. I’m a bit confused as to why the OP ultimately signed a deal similar to a proposed deal that one broker already said was not good, regardless of what the MF was, but I guess that ship has sailed…

Thank you for confirming gohawks23, appreciate you weighing in. And totally agree with your recommendation :+1:

paranoidgarliclover Community Moderator 3h "The salesperson could be mistaken. Can you post your calculator link? What is the buy rate MF? You weren’t asking, but are you very much enamored w/ this car?" I don’t believe the salesperson is mistaken. He sent .00078 MF in a text and also in a text…

Again, thank you for confirming. :oncoming_fist:

paranoidgarliclover Community Moderator [[gohawks23]gohawks23]( “Load parent post”) 2h "Whoops. I was skimming and missed that. I’m a bit confused as to why the OP ultimately signed a deal similar to a proposed deal that one broker already said was not good, regardless of what the MF was, but I …

[image] brg2990: 1508.67 amount I am asking to be reimbursed. You can try. But at the end of the day you signed the lease contract and agreed to that payment. Unfortunately you can’t assume that the salesman, especially at a Toyota store, is savvy and honest enough to give you accurate data. …

[image] brg2990: Nowhere on the lease is the money factor explicitly listed. Nowhere is it even alluded to. I haven’t reviewed a ton of lease contracts, but the MF has never explicitly mentioned on any lease contract I’ve seen (you can look through the Signed! section to verify for yourself).…

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gohawks23 May 20, 2026, 5:22pm 26

Yes, see below on how to use it…but the best way is to research the math used to compute a lease payment and put together your own spreadsheet…as you will learn more that way.