tell me you have ignored 40 posts worth of good advice without telling me you’ve ignored it
- stop talking to dealers except to test drive. Know the numbers, don’t ask for numbers.
- How GM handles the EV tax credit has been explained many, many, many times if you search here. The bank sets the RV, the RV was set to take into account what portion of any Federal EV tax credit the bank wants to pass on. In states that tax incentives (most) this is to your benefit. Most sales people don’t understand how to calculate a lease or what incentives you’re eligible for, stop talking to them about it.
- It’s good you are expanding your search, go drive some evs that lease well and leave the dealership without numbers. The more options you have the more likely to get a last minute seal
- As has been pointed out to you, separate the trade from the lease and get it handled
But really keep driving the Silverado until you what you want to replace it. As has been shared many times, people who often make this rash changes purely for economic reasons later regret it.