I was at a dealership yesterday and they were trying to pressure me into making my deal a 39 month lease instead of 36.
I suspected it was a bad offer and passionately declined.
The question is, why is it worse? I’d have the car for an extra 3 months at the same rate?
Whats the logic behind avoiding 39 months vs 36?
Tires
Brakes
Warranty that may only be 3/36
Another year of reg in some states
Differs by lender. Sometimes (often Infiniti) the 39-mo rate is significantly better.
If you are in CA then you pay registration and it isn’t refundable.
Assuming this, I don’t expect they’d let the new owner just not register the car until the next year, right?
Nope. New owner registers again.
This thread goes over the logic behind 39 month leases from a captive point. @RVguy provides very good insight into the practice here as well.
The new owner registers again, but doesn’t pay tags again until the expiration date.
Not sure what this means. I assume you mean “new owner?”
Whoops. Corrected it.
That’s a CA thing. It’s going to vary from state to state. In PA, I just transfer my plate to new car for a nominal fee and pay yearly reg. Have had the same plate for years now.
Edit…NM. I overlooked the CA question Re: reg.
Correct. We were talking about CA. In CA, we don’t really own plates and don’t transfer them to other cars (with the exception of personalized plates, which is optional). They usually stay with the car.
Yeah, I overlooked the CA part initially till I reread. Didn’t see the CA reference initially.
I’m interested in the bottom line monthly payment. The price drops by $12/month when I go from 36 to 39 is it really that bad?
TIA