Ok, I’ll toss a few into play… not unicorns but deals I was very happy with:
2017 Chevy Volt LT, $34k MSRP, $120/mth, $1k DAS. Sold it after 1 yr to shift and cleared $2k
2017 Maserati Ghibli S, $90k MSRP, $595/mth, $3k DAS. No haters pls, it was a fun car turned it in a couple of months after Covid hit. Everyone was freaking out about finding dealers that will accept lease turn-ins, but I found one 10 miles away that accepted it, no questions.
2020 BMW M550i, $85k MSRP, $650/mth, $3k DAS. Swapped it out for a decent price after 6 months (haha)
2020 BMW X7, $81k MSRP, $690/mth, $3k DAS. Just sold to a third party buyer
Sold my wife’s Infiniti SUV to Beepi in 2016 for $3k more than any other dealers offered. We were both sad and happy when we heard Beepi went out of biz shortly after in 2017.
IIRC, I leased a '16 Cruze for 24 months @$80/month (which included over $1,200 in sales tax because MD taxes the entire price of a car on a lease). But I received $300 in Visa gift cards along with a $700 Costco giftcard. So after accounting for the gift card money, my effective monthly cost would have been $38.
Except I flipped the Cruze to Beepi for nearly $4k profit. Lol
People in states that don’t tax the entire car’s value on a lease (CA for example) literally made money on Cruze leases…and that was before they even considered flipping the lease!
it was 2018 when they were giving them away. same, had a little bit of that regret, but the i8 in 2019 more than made up for it. did regret the $400/month ftype v6 in 2017, though, and the $700 last-gen M3s.
It was just lucky to stop by dealership near year end… Walked in without email inquiry ahead, could not believe when I first saw the numbers, and found some excuse to walk away… Returned next day and signed another higher MSRP one. 51k X3, $147 per month with $680 DAS… Missing those days…
turned it in a couple of months after Covid hit. Everyone was freaking out about finding dealers that will accept lease turn-ins, but I found one 10 miles away that accepted it, no questions.
