Acura MDX Lease buyout or get equity from dealer

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I have a 2019 Acura MDX and the lease is up. I want to buy an EV vehicle so is it better for me to buyout the lease through my credit union, buyout through Acura, sell my lease to Acura or Honda? If I sell it to Acura would it be just a lease return and they cut me check for the equity? They offered 32k and my buyout is 26k.

What are pros and cons to “selling” my lease to Acura/Honda vs me buying it out and selling the vehicle to CarMax or caravana, etc.

Also why is dealer pushing me to do the lease buyout there?

Thank you!

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If you don’t have pricing from at least 3 other sources (No KBB does not count as a source), you won’t know if 32k is a good price or a really bad price.

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B/c they presumably want to short change you on the positive equity and desperately want your car so that they can sell it to someone else for $$$?

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Buying it out means paying TTL, selling the lease doesn’t.

You’ll have to see which one generates the most net for you.

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Keep in mind the post is tagged as CA, meaning they are in about the only state that wouldn’t necessarily require TTL to sell.

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