Thanks to everyone on this forum, I was able to lease the attached deal. Please see pic for specific numbers. Posting my deal in the hopes of it possibly helping someone else. Also curious what you all think.
2017 Chevy Bolt LT w/ Fast Charging (apparently they all come with this). On a 36mo/12k lease, Dublin Chevrolet came back at $277/mo (pictured). I knew what @ChevyPhil was offering so I kept that in my back pocket for negotiations. I’ve leased from this dealership several times before and used the “loyalty card” to get the total monthly down to $270. I said I could lease from Phil at that price and that they weren’t doing me any favors by coming back to them. Not sure what they added to the deal to lower the monthly by $7.
I did $0 down $0 drive off making the total lease cost $270*35 = $9,450. This is when I inquired about a one-pay lease (never done one before). They said there would be a $400-$700 difference, but I asked to run it anyway. The total lease cost went down to $8,070.80! That was a massive amount of savings in my opinion. This included GAP insurance, so it seemed like a no brainer.
Total lease cost via one-pay: $8,070.80
CA Rebate: -$2500
PG&E: -$500
Costco gift card which can be exchanged for cash: -$700
Thanks NTety!
I see that you paid 8.25% taxes but the first screenshot from Dublin was 9.25%? Do you know if this is dependent on your address or the dealership address?
Good catch. I noticed that as well. It’s neither, actually. I am 9.25% and the dealership is actually 9.5%. They must be using a corporate tax rate on one-pays? I’m not sure. A lot of things changed once I decided to go that route.
Well, I just leased it yesterday, but so far it’s grown on me a lot from my pre-lease impressions. It’s actually a really intelligent car. I’ve driven 20 miles around town and never touched the brake pedal once thanks to regen braking while driving in “L”. The seating position is a little high and feels like you’re driving a mini-van, which is a little weird. Other than that, so far so good.
Just minus the $700 cash card. Costco pricing was higher than the negotiated sales price. Costco pricing just says that it has to be $x price or lower, and if you did a good job negotiating, it should always be lower.
I would imagine lease loyalty, although they didn’t go through all of the specifics with me (currently leasing a Volt through them). My tactics we to just get to the target monthly ($270) with $0 down and $0 drive off, and then switch to a one-pay.
