For me, it started with this car, a diesel W212! MBFS used to have crazy high residuals on their BlueTECs.
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The $200/month 2017 S90sâŚ
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~$375/ Month effective 2016 Hyundai Genesis (last year before they branched off). This was just before I found out about LH
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In 2009 Chrysler closed almost 800 showrooms nationwide in the wake of the financial crisis.
I picked up a new 08MY Grand Cherokee Overland for 55% off MSRP after rebates and with shipping included to go out of state. No lease support at that time since the financial crisis stalled out almost all liquidity for these types of junk auto programs.
It was still an overpay. That CUV was straight trash. Bargain hunting sucks.
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The first car I leased was a Honda S2000 in 2002. It was a pretty good deal, but I got hung up on the whole âit is not really your car, you are just renting itâ thing and I just paid it off. I kind of forgot about leasing for a long time until I saw an ad to take over an i3 for less than $100 a month. It was in my state so I grabbed it. I was amazed looking at the original contract and how it was done.
I eventually found this forum and had some success getting decent deals on LH favorites like a BMW and a Tacoma. Then the Hellcat deals appeared, and it really did seem that any type of a car could potentially become hackable under the right conditions. That brings us right up to Covid times, when all hell broke loose.
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totally agree. I wonât say im a complete noob but also know what is realistic. during the peak covid I wanted to get my parents back into a GLS but the timing wasnât right. just pulled the trigger on one as never saw new GLS come back down to below 1k mark and wanted to get it for my parents.
im always looking for the next toy on LH or helping someone try to not deal with dealership tactics which always bother me when its your money that you are spending. I dont mind traveling a bit for a deal which I have done myself or with friends that gotten LH deals as well.
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wow you saw basically the upbringing of the software they use today then. I did try and do that with a Nissan ariya my friend was looking for but dealer did not want to budge and I knew LH hackers had some.
one day on a 911 gt3 lol. will keeping on dreaming
wow impressive steal.
55% off msrp wow. but I was still a child during that time. should of been older and bought bitcoin haha
wow. I dont think I was on the LF when the hellcats were deals would have love to seem that go down. I would love to hack a XM like I seem someone else do. The thrill of a steal does do something
Parent driving my 05 camry (loved that car) and unfortunately got into an accident (everyone was perfectly fine thankfully) in 2019. Stumbled into LH and been here since 
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Glad everyone safe. Gotta score your next steal from here
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Oh i have! None have been unicorns but I have been more than happy with learning (even now) and the hunt 
. I cant seem to keep a car longer than 1 year lol
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$300/mo 2011 Maxima, then $300/mo 2015 GS350âŚand then just kept getting more and more aggressive on pricing when I realized all the variables at play.
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im always looking for the next steal. im trying to be more âresponsibleâ lol
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I was 13 when you got your maxima haha. the e tron gt on your pfp not sure if you know ed from vin wiki he had a dealer that were giving them away for basically taxes up front in GA.
Found this site in 2020 when looking for new cars, been here everyday since.
You have to find it, it wonât fall in your lap unless you are just looking for a broker type deal.
Absolutely not. Master the calculator. Put together a well researched unambiguous immediately actionable offer and email the GM or SM directly. Never ask for a quote. There are plenty of threads discussing the approach.
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Thatâs what got me too
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For me, necessity was the mother of invention. I had leased cars before and while I never thought I got totally ripped off or anything I was definitely not getting optimal results. I would just go to my local Honda store every few years and get a new Civic or CR-V or something like that. Once I started to need a second car in my household things changed. Budgetary restrictions led me to explore other vehicle options. I learned that I didnât have to go to the store, I could just talk to multiple dealers via the phone and Internet and get them to compete with each other. When I was able to put together what I thought was a pretty solid deal on a car (2016 Chevrolet Malibu LT for $176 a month with 1900 DAS, 39/15k) I started to wonder exactly HOW good of a deal it was. Does it really matter at the end of the day, provided you can afford your payment and you are otherwise happy with the car? No, not really but I still wanted to know. Searching the Internet for the answer to my question led me here and it was there that I realized exactly how little I knew. I did OK on my lease deal but I had exactly no idea how I got there so it was relatively useless to me as a learning experience. The convergence of art and science (or mathematics I suppose) interested me and I stuck around to learn as much as I could.
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