First timer, any advice on direction of search

Do you have a mortgage? That would help your cause

no sadly, this would be the biggest purchase of my life up until now

Get a copy of your credit report and reach out too a broker on this site. Maybe the broker can pull a few strings

just saw this post on marketplace

Pretty sure my first lease was without any prior auto loan.

Depends on the captive I think. I couldn’t get a lease through Acura when they were throwing Integras out for 99/month. I needed a couple loans under my belt before they would consider me.

I would trade in at least one of my children in for a new $99mo Integra. Both if GS-R.

@sedan, pull your FICO score for free online at myfico.com. If you’re >680ish you shouldn’t have a big getting approved for Tier1 by somebody, assuming you have no bankruptcies or repos. If less, I would suggest not wasting your time and destroying your credit getting rejected on auto leases and instead finance a vehicle through a credit union.

Step 1- credit
Step 2- determine vehicles you like
Step 3- come back and we will help you :slight_smile:

New Integra?

That’s what I said…

This was 20 years, and many cars ago. The one I looked at is probably an engine mount and a door handle for a new ILX at this point.