Honda Pilot 2025 Black EX-L AWD deal check

Hi, Can you let me know if it was Good/Bad! that is the best I could do as a first time lease - Please be brutal I love to learn what can change
Honda Pilot 2025 Black EX-L AWD - They added Dealer Handling, Accessories BS (Door Edge Guard, Door Cups) & all season matts in the selling price. They Full Tanked the car before I leave - Sorry to add lots of info but I am not sure what info as useful
MSRP: 47k
Selling Price: 45,648 (Value + Acquisition fee and Documentary service fee)
MF: 0.00166
Residual: 30,076.80
Down Payment: 0
Amount to be paid - That will be paid by the dealership “I won’t pay it”: 1510.82 (That covered 1st Lease Month, License & Registration Fees)
Monthly Payment after 10.5% Tax is 611.82
Rent Charge: 4,525.06
Depreciation: 15,571.22
Monthly: 611 after tax

You’re looking at the wrong car if you want to lease.

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I agree with @max_g those cars hold their value

Sorry I didn’t get it. I am planning to buy it after the lease period. It’s just the luxury of financing is what I don’t have now
546 plus taxes was what I could afford. But the plan is to buy it later

So how are you going to afford to pay for the RV + TTL? Or finance it at a typical used car loan above 7% APR?

Yes my plan is after 3 years I finance the remainder 30k with any bank hoping the apr goes down a bit

I moved this into it’s own post, try not to hijack other threads.

Breakdown the math of your plan:

611x36=$21,996 to lease (assuming 0 out of pocket or trade in at signing)

Plus

30k + TTL and interest to buy it out at lease end. Interest rates are higher for used cars vs new.

Yes that is the plan. They covered the 1st Month m and the license and registration for me though. So I will pay 611*35 next months
I know this can be little expensive but that was tthe only way to do it as I have to unfortunately get the car

Hope is not a plan.

If you run the numbers you’ll see that a lease followed by buying at the end is way more expensive than financing on day one.

Yes 100%. But unfortunately I can’t afford paying the financing anount right now and I have to get the car as my fanily is getting bigger
All what I did is just trying to expand the paying time and hoping for a good apr after 3 years

Then finance a $35,000 Hyundai Santa Fe or Kia Sorento.

No matter how you slice it your plan doesn’t make sense.

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Got it thanks for the advice

If you’re fine with $611 a month, try an XC90 B6

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What will happen if you don’t get this specific car, right now?

The argument you’re making is that you have to significantly overpay for the luxury of a specific, brand-new SUV because you’re short on money.

You don’t owe me a response on any of this; I’m just hoping you’ll think about it like that.

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The Pacifica Hybrid 2024 close out deals are also at a 0.0005 MF, which makes sign and drive very attractive.

Our guy just missed out on the XC90 T8 mania and 6 months of Pacifica fire sales while Stellantis tried to fix their supply of cars.

Thanks really for the advice! Yea I needed an 8 Seated SUV as I am expecting a twin
I was about to finance a 2022 that was worth 34k (560 a month for 72 months). I found out the paying 611 leasing and losing 4k for rent is exactly the same with buying it after the 3 years but at keast I will be the one who used the car and took care of it. I am always not a lease fan but couldn’t afford this Pilot’s payment
Probably I didn’t think it through correctly
But on other hand leasing any 8 seated SUV then return it will be losing more money
What I was thinking and maybe was a wrong way to think is to yes pay more for longer time for a car that I will keep for long time and talking 10 + years

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