For GM- it would work
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Doing any âship listsâ this month to bulk ship and potentially save some money?
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Did you get the pricing in Colorado?
When I did this for a Lyriq, the Cadillac dealer generated a unique link (kind of like a referral link) that was emailed to me. I applied using the link, got a code, and they printed out a form listing the code that is generated after your credit card application is approved to claim the rebate from GM.
We then used the virtual card # in the Goldman Sachs portal as partial payment. Easy peasy. Great way to pick up $500.
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Thanks so much! Thatâs exactly what I was looking for
Looking for a Chevy Blazer EV lease in PA. Called a few places and they were not even close to the deals that I am seeing on here. Thanks.
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The deals you see here arenât a result of people calling and asking for quotes. Put a target deal together and make offers.
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What exactly did you send the dealer? Looking for some advice. Thanks.
Use the deals you see here to figure out target discount, use calculator, incentives, MF, residual to figure out numbers and then send them your ask (with breakdown of numbers).
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Thank you for sharing all this info for the benefit of the leasehackr community.
I wonder if you know how exactly how this $3250 worksâŚis it zip code specific for the dealer or potential buyer? I live in the West Palm area, do I need to find a dealer in the city of West Palm or is there a certain radius?
Thank you!
Incentives have changed since that post was made. I donât believe there is any region specific CCR at the moment. As always, becoming a supporter of LeaseHackr is the best way to access the RateFindr page and stay up to date on current manufacturer incentives. In general, they change every month so information from May will probably not be useful in August/September.
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Yesterdayâs roadtrip was a bit of a nail biter, as we relied on the rated 279 miles of range, but while en route the range estimator appeared to be a random number generator.
The high speed charging options between Columbus and Akron (and in Akron) are somewhere between sparse and nonexistent.
Once I initially hit 75 mph, the range estimator began dropping at a rate of about 1.6 miles per mile driven, and it appeared from the Google estimate on the nav screen that weâd arrive at our destination (120 mile drive) with only 46% remaining.
So I moved over to the right lane, set the cruise at 60 (prevailing limit: 70), turned off the AC and the nav screen, took my phone off the wireless charging pad, and we arrived with 58% left.
I got bold on the way home and immediately set the cruise at an ambitious 65, and it appeared that weâd have about 7% left when we got home.
About 1/3 of the way in we made a stop at the freeway-adjacent Grandpaâs Cheese Barn (because 
), and when we resumed it looked like 7% at 65 mph was still realistic.
But as 7% climbed to 8% and then 9% I slowly increased our speed 1 mph at a time, but the estimate kept going up. ~45 miles of the last ~50 I was running at 80 mph, and we arrived home with what appeared to be 14% left.
We briefly discussed elevation difference between home and our destination as a contributing factor to the wackiness â but our destination is ~200 feet above sea level higher than home and we took the same route both ways.
TLDR:
For our purposes going forward, we arenât taking this vehicle on trips over 180 miles roundtrip, because thereâs almost nowhere to charge and driving like a kitten on ketamine is exactly zero fun.
We also spent nearly the entire drive up to Akron discussing whether weâd make it home, downloading charging apps, scouring PlugShare and charging network proprietary apps, etc. which took what little fun was baked into an already reasonably weak road trip.
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@Trism, if youâre ever up this way again. There are Tesla chargers just northeast of the CVNP. The Sheetz gas station in Twinsburg, and the Macedonia Commons shopping plaza in Macedonia.
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Thanks for the tip!
We discussed the Tesla network and the GM deal but were under the impression that we needed some kind of adapter from GM.
Maybe Santa 
will bring me one this year. 
You have to order the GM approved NACS adapter through the My Chevrolet app. Itâs $250, minus whatever GM rewards you have or promo codes they may be throwing at it at the moment. Apparently itâs just a rebadged Lectron adapter but GM claims they will void your warranty if you donât use their approved model. Iâm not sure if that would hold water under Magnussen-Moss but thatâs another story.
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Hey everyone,
So, earlier this week I ended up leasing a Blazer. Itâs entirely because I leased a 911 the week before and, well, I figured I needed something with snow tires. Naturally, the solution was to just lease another vehicle with at least all season tires already attached, right? 
Iâve put about 80-ish miles on it so far, and let me tell youâitâs already in the running for my least favorite vehicle of all time. But, on the bright side, itâs also the cheapest car Iâve leased or owned in the last 15+ years, so thereâs that.
Letâs start with the pedestrian noise. You know, that sound they force - some? - electric cars to make so they donât sneak up on joggers? Yeah, well, the Blazerâs noise wasnât apparent during the test drive, but now itâs like Iâve invited an annoying, loud and uninvited guest into my commute. My 20-mile, 60-90 minute crawl to work is mostly under 25 mph, and since I donât usually play music or podcasts, I had the joy of listening to this noise the entire time. I suppose I could have drowned it out with music, but guess what? No freakinâ CarPlay. And pairing your phone while driving? Yeah, not happening either. Chevyâs like, âWeâve made it impossible for you to have distractions⌠unless you count our annoying beeps and buzzes.â all of which are much louder then Iâd expect including opening the rear door.
Now, letâs talk suspension. I swear the combo of the seats and the ride makes me feel like a bobblehead on wheels. Stopping is an experience in human pogo-ing. Perhaps the suspension is marshmallows. This is the 2LT model, not sure how the RT model compares.
When the dealership did the customary âHey, give us 5 stars!â call, I couldnât help but mention my dissatisfaction. The sales guy paused, probably realizing this wasnât going to be a smooth ride, then offered, âYou could bring it back and test drive something else.â I laughed, thinking, âDid he rehearse that, or am I the first one to give him grief about this?â Iâm tempted to take him up on the offer just to see how deep this rabbit hole goes. Canât imagine any variant of this would include them reversing the 8k one-pay.
Oh, and another thingâwho thought putting volume control buttons where normal paddle shifters should be was a good idea? Was this some kind of secret Chevy prank? I mean, a simple labeled button on the steering wheel seems to work pretty well. And then thereâs the 17â tablet theyâve stapled to the center console like they just raided a Best Buy. Why canât I fully turn it off? Is it powered by my frustration? I could go onâŚ
I do appreciate the community here, and Iâd love to hear your thoughts. Oh, and yes, Iâve been called âpickyâ once or twice in my life, but I prefer the term âdiscerning.â 
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I donât have any particular love for dealers, but itâs not their fault that you donât like the car GM built. It would suck for the salesman to have lower compensation for the month because of stuff you could have discerned on the test drive.
What Iâm saying is, please donât dock him on the survey.
+1. Your dissatisfaction is with the OEM, not the salesperson.
Also, this is why everyone should thoroughly test drive before deciding what car to get, no matter how cheap especially if youâre discerning.
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I mean yea, it seems like you donât like the car which is fine. I have about 4300 miles on mine for a few months now and all those are things I noticed when I test drove it but was ok. Maybe not the suspension part? Might need to get that looked at since my drive and stopping is smooth.
Funny enough the no CarPlay really isnât an issue at all for me. The google maps built in works flawlessly and I switch between Spotify, audible and music easily.
LOL, totally! Just to be clear, my gripes with the vehicle arenât a reflection on the salesperson. In situations like this, I wouldnât blame the sales rep for selling a product that has issues. Right now, itâs more a question of how much pressure I should put on the dealer to âfixâ this ridiculous pedestrian noise, while also being fully aware theyâre limited in what they can do. Is it possible a software update could lower the volume so you canât hear it inside the car? Maybe there is something broken/loose in the suspension.
It really makes me wonder how a company nearing $200B in sales and selling millions of vehicles could put out something like this. I trusted they could build a car that isnât a disappointment.
From experience, Iâve learned that only a long-term test drive (Friday to Monday) helps me decide if I truly like a vehicle. Itâs usually a bit of a struggle to get a dealer to agree to it, but theyâre generally willing in the end. Buying a car for winter tires didnât seem to warrant this. Interestingly, the Edmunds long-term review calls out basically all of my gripes. Reading that beforehand would have been enlightening.
And hey there is always swap-a-lease, CarMax, gasoline and a matchâŚ