My fiance has a 2020 Acura TLX, that according to the KBB’s/CarMax’s etc she has upwards of $7-8000 of positive equity in. Lease ends in December. We figured it can’t hurt to try and take advantage of the equity so we have been on the hunt for new vehicles lately and finally pulled the trigger goin…

Don’t go inside communicate through email. Verify actual equity and if Acura allows third party buyouts first.

A dealer is never going to give you a great deal at first pencil in person, especially during these time.

Keep the transactions separate if possible. Sell your TLX in one transaction, and negotiate the lease of an XC60 in another. In general, it is a bad time for leasing. Your best bet would be to head to the marketplace and find a broker. What you see in their spreadsheet is what you’ll pay, assuming …

Definitely going to weigh our options or just hold off completely for now…the idea of paying ~$700 a month for a lease makes me cringe especially putting that much into it off the bat. I feel like thats Range Rover prices. As far as “third party”, I thought the CarMax’s and Carvanas werent consider…

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Definitley not saying it’s a good deal at all, just pointing out the drastic difference in the payments for vehicles that are in similar ballparks pricewise.

If you are looking for Volvo still check out market place offers. There few brokers offering Volvo around our area and you can easily find their pricing to compare to what you’ve got at the dealership. Alright it won’t be apples to apples since they baked equity into the payment.

Do you mean…there’s no 1% rule…?? [Shocked Macaulay Culkin GIF by filmeditor]

Is it really that bad of a time to purchase new?

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