[image_0] [image_0] I want to know if this is a good lease offer, I feel like it isn’t and there are still opportunities to lower the OTD cost of the vehicle. When we I ask for that, the dealer keeps giving the top image. When I use these numbers on the lease calculator the monthly payment tec…

[image] BassDjangoReeves: I want to know if this is a good lease offer, I feel like it isn’t [image] BassDjangoReeves: We’ve negotiated Constructively, in order to effectively negotiate anything you need to have a defined objective before you start. [image] BassDjangoReeves: I act…

No it’s not a good deal. Also did you verify that’s the base money factor? If it is the dealer can’t go lower. That’s like trying to negotiate the residual value. It’s set by the bank. The only way you could lower it is with MSD. What is your target deal? Have you compared with broker offers?

I don’t know the TX market but paying almost $48,000 to drive a $63,000 Lexus for 4 years does not sound like a good deal. Should buy and almost certainly it will be less per month to sell in four years. My guess is it would be worth in the $30s, not $15,000.

[image] trism: How much is the trade actually worth (as shown by actual offers for it)? They were offering you under your payoff, now just over. I was offered $43k at a different dealership and asked for them to meet my payoff amount. I was aware that I had excess miles on my car (30k in the…

[image] trism: Constructively, in order to effectively negotiate anything you need to have a defined objective before you start. Yes, I looked at what the TX was leading for in my area and the average was around $62k. My biggest issue was they were dancing around the base money factor which.…

[image] trism: Until you know exactly how much to pay for the lease itself, and exactly what the car is worth, and without a defined objective for the ultimate outcome, I would take a big step backward and reassess the approach. My impression is this isn’t a vehicle that’s heavily discounted, b…

I got the same impression, they insisted it was the best they could offer. There are 3 Lexus dealers in the San Antonio-Austin area and 2 are linked to each other. One of them never really reached out to me so I couldn’t take the competitor angle.

[image] BassDjangoReeves: My biggest issue was they were dancing around the base money factor Dude, just go to the below and ask what it is along with RV…spend some time and learn how to calc a lease using the LH calculator in the Wiki. 2026 Lexus TX Lease Deals, Incentives, Rebate…

[image] BassDjangoReeves: In my area, the average was around 0.00224 and they were telling me 0.003 was the lowest they could go, even after saying 0.00385 and 0.00345 were the lowest possible. All that after saying MF is nonnegotiable Nothing the dealer says here matters. What actually is b…

Thank you. I was playing around with the lease calculator.

I want to know if this is a good deal

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gohawks23 March 28, 2026, 8:01pm 12

Go thru this: