Honda Civic Type R | $52,000 | $30.9k one pay (update inside)

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@gbright89

as you see from my previous forum, my friend doesn’t care. It’s a car he wants and I just helped him with the sale price negotiations cause he doesn’t enjoy the process

2nd post about an unenrolled third-party who DNGAF - have them make an account and post.

If you want to compare lease-vs-buy, look at acq. Fee + disposition/buyout fee, plus the spread between financing and buying. No incentives, residual and MF are not favorable, not a good lease.

On a Honda that you expect to hold its value, I’d be more concerned about being stuck in it for the duration of the lease. HFS restricts third-party buyouts, if it’s financed they can do whatever they want.

List of Lenders that Allow for Third-Party Buyouts

As used car prices soar, many lessees are finding that their vehicles are worth considerably more than their current payoff amount. Instead of simply returning the vehicle at lease end, you may be able to sell the vehicle to a third party (such as Carvana, Shift, Vroom, and CarMax) for a profit. However, some lenders are making it difficult for consumers to access this “lease equity” by charging a higher lease buyout price to third-party buyers than to consumers, or altogether prohibiting third…

If your uninterested friend hates it, gets bored with it (c’est imposible!), unexpectedly finds themself expecting triplets before 36 months, they’re fire selling this to a Honda dealer, or trading it on an Odyssey irrespective of a preference for a Sienna/Carnival.

But ultimately you seem to care more than your friend, so let them spend their money and learn the lesson for themselves. If they cared, they’d make a LH account and post themselves.