Winter tires make a bigger difference than AWD ever will and if you can’t handle a FWD car in snow/ice, you are just a bad driver. Also you could have probably picked up a loaner 330/530 or A5 for not much more.
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If you’re happy with the transaction, it should not matter in the long term.
I think it all depends on the expectations you had going into this deal,
- Was it to get the best price on a specific car?
Or
- Get the most car for the money?
Or
- Get a car you’re happy with & a price that you’re not unhappy with.
I believe you are in #3 camp. So most principles of lease hacking won’t apply to your situation.
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yes, that includes everything
winter tires are not going to help you much in high wind. I used to have a 4-Runner, and that thing caught the wind big time. Didn’t matter that it had great tires.
The Corolla is a 2800 pound car (light), and light cars do worse in the snow (generally) and ice.
That being said, I’ve been driving in bad weather for 30+ years and never once wrecked a car, so I think I know how to drive.
If you haven’t driven in bad conditions in a place like Chicago, you don’t know what it is like. High winds, ice and snow, potholes everywhere, traffic. It is very intense.
I looked at the A5. Great car, but 7-8k more expensive than the Lincoln. Wasn’t willing to go up that high. Maybe next time
MSRP is a poor metric for comparing what a lease will be.
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Tires won’t make something shaped like four billboards not catch wind.
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I live in Chicago and grew up in New England. Chicago’s winter storms are tame compared to the Northeast (expect the cold, those -40 with windchill days are not fun). MSRP is only part of the equation for a lease. For example, there were lease deals for an M4 CS ($105000+ MSRP) that were similar to a normal M4 lease ($80,000 MSRP) since the CS had huge rebates/discounts.
Looks good. What trim, MSRP, and total due at signing? May want to post on share deals Section to help out others in similar boat.
For reference I lived 5 years in Illinois with a front wheel sonata and had no issues. Only one time I struggled was going uphill on a open parking lot covered with 6in of snow
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I’ve always really liked those. But during the Costco promo I couldn’t get anywhere near that for a s60 t6 in socal. I know some people elsewhere did but I looked everywhere here. The mkz is a VERY different vehicle anyway and awd where the t6 is fwd.
S60 T6 is AWD. It’s the T5 that’s FWD, but yes, I agree they’re very different vehicles.
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