# Car Nostalgia Megathread **URL:** \ **Category:** Off-Ramp\ **Created:** [April 19, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/car-nostalgia-megathread/757650 "2026-04-19T00:36:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bumboola](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/bumboola/32/217759_2.png) [@Bumboola](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/Bumboola)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/car-nostalgia-megathread/757650/1 "2026-04-19T00:36:29Z")
As “deals” are fewer and far between and everything keeps rising in price, I figured this would be a cool place for people to reminisce / look back on their prior hacks and share with some of the younger gen / newer LH population what was possible “back in the day” I’ll go first: not exactly a hack, but boy do I miss having a manual hellcat. I think the payment was around $1300/mo LOL ![IMG_0490](https://leasehackr-assets.b-cdn.net/original/3X/3/c/3c2b704232685abcca450770c88809de594bb898.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![RobC2](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/robc2/32/239969_2.png) [@RobC2](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/RobC2)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2026, 12:56am UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/car-nostalgia-megathread/757650/2 "2026-04-19T00:56:54Z")
Loved my manual Hellcat! ![IMG_5818](https://leasehackr-assets.b-cdn.net/original/3X/f/2/f265cf4839786944e9487d8acf60ed4bf95a232f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![zodiac](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar/zodiac/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@zodiac](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/zodiac)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2026, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/car-nostalgia-megathread/757650/3 "2026-04-19T01:03:01Z")
![IMG_2818](https://leasehackr-assets.b-cdn.net/original/3X/4/c/4c90c1c017d9d0ee2fe0ad71afa383e639c2e3b2.jpeg) My $385/month 2017 scat pack ---
**Author:** ![Azure](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/azure/32/159312_2.png) [@Azure](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/Azure)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2026, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/car-nostalgia-megathread/757650/4 "2026-04-19T01:14:01Z")
![471698777_10165201763953747_848779449066706644_n](https://leasehackr-assets.b-cdn.net/original/3X/2/3/2362af343add76e6bd3a36971b188ab4e9f194c0.jpeg) leased this back in 2018 around $450/mo zero down ---
**Author:** ![amatot](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/amatot/32/115782_2.png) [@amatot](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/amatot)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2026, 1:29am UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/car-nostalgia-megathread/757650/5 "2026-04-19T01:29:03Z")
![IMG_0054_2](https://leasehackr-assets.b-cdn.net/original/3X/7/0/7043c90b5537ea4276196f34717231cff09d2151.jpeg) 2011 - Z4 IS35 - way before I understood the LH science. 72k MSRP $4500 DAS $499 / Mo…24/12 (I think) EDIT: this is far from a hack. only nostalgia. ---
**Author:** ![RobC2](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/robc2/32/239969_2.png) [@RobC2](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/RobC2)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2026, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/car-nostalgia-megathread/757650/6 "2026-04-19T01:38:40Z")
This was my first lease. 2002 Honda S2000 - $1k DAS, $305 a mo. for 48/10. I bought it out after two years and kept it for a total of seven. Wish I still had it. ![1915538_1117902825881_1253234_n](https://leasehackr-assets.b-cdn.net/original/3X/7/2/722238ce673f0ba712b703fb7193106b3953f440.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Kctham18](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/kctham18/32/239135_2.png) [@Kctham18](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/Kctham18)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2026, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/car-nostalgia-megathread/757650/7 "2026-04-19T01:47:39Z")
I had a 2004… the redesigned one. Loved it… took it to Deal’s Gap a few times. Nothing quite like it anymore ---
**Author:** ![Ursus](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/ursus/32/4944_2.png) [@Ursus](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/Ursus)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2026, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/car-nostalgia-megathread/757650/8 "2026-04-19T02:13:52Z")
> [@Bumboola](#): > > figured this would be a cool place for people to reminisce / look back on their prior hacks and share with some of the younger gen / newer LH population what was possible “back in the day” 🤔 > [@Trophy Garage \[Photos \]](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/trophy-garage-photos/18772): > > Post pics of your trophies here and monthly payment only. For all who post ACTUAL photos. Mod edit, 2/20/19: Thank you, Ursus, for creating this thread. Beginning today, we will start sharing these posts on our newly revamped Instagram account. Please PM me if you wish to not have your Trophy Garage deal shared. The original TG 😁 ---
**Author:** ![djrabbi](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/djrabbi/32/204656_2.png) [@djrabbi](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/djrabbi)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2026, 3:17am UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/car-nostalgia-megathread/757650/9 "2026-04-19T03:17:30Z")
My sub $550 7 Series in 2020! ![1372271E-08D0-445D-8671-B0C034190014](https://leasehackr-assets.b-cdn.net/original/3X/b/3/b39b0079def8fea8972c217afef7e9cc2956c5ac.jpeg) ![IMG_5903](https://leasehackr-assets.b-cdn.net/original/3X/7/b/7bf7988de04afd451838650417b6c367367b027f.jpeg) ![682F66D7-967E-43F5-BC85-F4CBC95C90EE](https://leasehackr-assets.b-cdn.net/original/3X/5/a/5a51ebf47f5724ec340b8e92a6ede41bbcaf6822.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![JalopSpecial](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/jalopspecial/32/92094_2.png) [@JalopSpecial](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/JalopSpecial)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 12:31am UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/car-nostalgia-megathread/757650/10 "2026-04-17T00:31:53Z")
Checkered Flag is relatively awful to deal with. Various dealerships and depending on staff rotation some are fake one price others aren’t. Family has a 20 year extensive and profitable service history with them on Hyundai and Genesis. Had to go to Brooklyn to get a g90 only to get a text 4 days later they’d match (still more expensive after fees). Maybe this is real who knows with them. ---
**Author:** ![dukez](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/dukez/32/25862_2.png) [@dukez](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/dukez)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 5:36am UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/car-nostalgia-megathread/757650/11 "2026-04-17T05:36:07Z")
Good thing i can’t afford gas prices anymore so I’ll never have to worry about it. I sure did love my old F-Type though and scrolling through all those jag pics tickles me in ways I’d long forgotten ---
**Author:** ![Kief](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/kief/32/265527_2.png) [@Kief](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/Kief)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 10:54am UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/car-nostalgia-megathread/757650/12 "2026-04-18T10:54:18Z")
The good ol days of my $700/mo F-Type Rs ![M44](https://leasehackr-assets.b-cdn.net/original/3X/0/4/046eff890f64249f565146fca45802af2a979002.jpeg) ![5-30](https://leasehackr-assets.b-cdn.net/original/3X/b/3/b3247f7da2c734902063efc197c2056dce321f94.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Ursus](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/ursus/32/4944_2.png) [@Ursus](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/Ursus)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/car-nostalgia-megathread/757650/13 "2026-04-18T14:35:48Z")
When young @dukez was trying to impress his future wife 😏 He now drives a Lyriq lol ---
**Author:** ![Jrouleau426](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/jrouleau426/32/195763_2.png) [@Jrouleau426](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/Jrouleau426)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/car-nostalgia-megathread/757650/14 "2026-04-18T14:44:47Z")
I joined leasehackr right after this deal was available. Would have loved to get one. Such an underrated roadster ---
**Author:** ![dukez](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/dukez/32/25862_2.png) [@dukez](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/dukez)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/car-nostalgia-megathread/757650/15 "2026-04-18T15:00:19Z")
You and I both know I was long married by that point and had something much larger that **woo** e **d** her ---
**Author:** ![Ursus](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/ursus/32/4944_2.png) [@Ursus](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/Ursus)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/car-nostalgia-megathread/757650/16 "2026-04-18T15:13:12Z")
It was so long ago that I forgot 🤷😁 ---
**Author:** ![mani\_is\_kool](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/mani_is_kool/32/11116_2.png) [@mani\_is\_kool](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/mani_is_kool)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/car-nostalgia-megathread/757650/17 "2026-04-18T16:55:05Z")
New age products Shelving and tiles ??? ---
**Author:** ![mani\_is\_kool](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/mani_is_kool/32/11116_2.png) [@mani\_is\_kool](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/mani_is_kool)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/car-nostalgia-megathread/757650/18 "2026-04-18T16:56:12Z")
I read this as it was so long that I forgot. I was like Ursus what !?!? Lolllll @Ursus you had one of these F types too ?? ---
**Author:** ![Ursus](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/ursus/32/4944_2.png) [@Ursus](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/Ursus)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/car-nostalgia-megathread/757650/19 "2026-04-18T17:35:59Z")
This was a young men car. ---
**Author:** ![Sharif](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/sharif/32/218324_2.png) [@Sharif](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/Sharif)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/car-nostalgia-megathread/757650/20 "2026-04-18T17:53:32Z")
ahhh good old 2017!!! Thats when i discovered this forum had no idea what mf and rv was!! Hack i wasn’t even aware of rebates…. Still was able to hack/haggle this beauty in south florida for $516 a month with 1300 due!!(1st hack was 1600 one pay equinox) ![IMG_0408](https://leasehackr-assets.b-cdn.net/original/3X/a/9/a9f477bab33898d861442f8f8d0831339caea802.jpeg) [Next page](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/car-nostalgia-megathread/757650.md?page=2)