Best reasonably priced manual family car to lease at the moment?

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I read that it would be soon, like February.
If you can get access to an iPhone, the coupon is on the app page.

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You just missed this deal by a couple of days. Posting here in case you can research and replicate.
https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/sold-2017-bmw-330i-loaner-w-manual-transmission-20-off-48k-msrp-for-only-218-mo-tax/31562

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none of this makes sense. op needs a family car, but in a couple of years he won’t? chances are even if he does get a Rubicon, fam sedan will be staying with the mrs. In that case, probably not a good idea to get a manual.

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That’s a pretty risky thought process.

  1. Posting on SAL or LT is no guarantee you can get out of your vehicle
  2. Incentives change monthly. What you negotiate today may look good…in 12-24 months, it may not
  3. You have to be very cognizant of your miles. Nobody is going to be interested in a vehicle they can only drive 600 miles/month for the duration of the contract because you unexpectedly drove more than you thought.
  4. As @nyclife mentioned, Some captives put restrictions on transfers. Some examples: Must be the same state, you retain financial responsibility after the lease is transferred, you may not be able to transfer it at all. Just because they allow transfers today, doesn’t mean their philosophy on the concept won’t change tomorrow.

The websites do certainly serve a purpose if the need should arise.

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Who knows, I might fall in love with it and keep it for the entire duration of the lease.

Keep the suggestions coming, this thread has already given me a lot of good ideas.

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Instead of leasing new, maybe you want to take over someone’s existing lease. This BMW 320i manual looks like a good deal: http://www.swapalease.com/lease/details/2016-BMW-3-Series.aspx?salid=1069211

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I was thinking the same thing…why not just pick up one himself instead of worrying about dumping one in a couple years. That one is relatively low miles though at 778/mo avg. Valid point though.

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If you like the Rubicon, maybe a Tacoma Doublecab lease? If you’re in an are where you can lease via a Credit Union the residual is 82% for a 36/10k lease on the TRD Sport or 79% on the TRD Offroad so you typically don’t need a huge discount for a sub $300 payment.

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Not really interested in a truck, but thanks for the suggestion.

I’m really interested in the 2017 VW GTi Sport with PP - I know the lease rates on them are not the greatest but $300-400 a month is within my budget. It would probably be easier to find this than a good deal on a 2018 Honda Accord Sport 2.0T 6MT. Thoughts?

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If you consider GTI to be a family car, then you can get a WRX for less.

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That was on my list too, but I don’t think it would be as good of a DD - it’s a lot less refined and the interior quality sucks.

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Any 4 door minis? They all can come in manual and are a blast to drive.

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Agree on DD, don’t agree on interior quality. Design - sucks, yes.

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Why not just get a wrangler unlimited in a manual, should be in the range. The JK not the JL

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