I’m shopping for a 2025 CX-5 Carbon Edition, the 3 dealers I’ve been talking to have the specific color combo in stock, and in each case, the cars have been on the lot 90 to 136 days. Mazda Concord made me the following offer without too much negotiation, and I’d like to do better, specifcially I w…

They marked up the money factor by 50 points. Base MF should be 0.00187. Discount is ok at best but could def be better. Ask for 10% off and base MF - if they agree, then take it. Or if you want to save yourself the headache, use a broker

I’m asking 4 dealers to give me their best numbers on a CX-5 Carbon Edition. Most of the dealers only have 1 or 2 of the trim I want in stock, but some of those in stock have been there 90 to 136 days. My 2nd offer this week from a dealer in Vallejo, who came down almost 10% off MSRP and dropped t…

187 is A S carbon, not regular carbon

Sorry, I’m not following what you’re saying. .00187 is the MF, and I looked up the vin number, it is a 2025 Mazda CX-5 2.5 S Carbon Edition AWD.

You didn’t say it was an S in your previous post 10% off on a Mazda is good but what drew you to the CX5?

So, I now have 2 dealers who have lowered the price about 8% and are saying they can’t go more than that. But I can’t get the leasehackr calculator to jive with what they give me. I’m wondering if I’m missing something. The deal they are offering is a vehicle price of 31,500, 1,000 down, 750 reba…

Because 1000 down is not equal to 1000 DAS…change the down in your calc to 475 and numbers will almost match.

So in their worksheet I’m putting $1000 down, AND total DAS is $1750. which more closely matched up with the calculator, but I still show the payment should be closer to $387 a month. In their worksheet, they show my capitalized cost reduction as only 680.81 not the $1000 I’m putting down. Can an…

Your post history is baffling. It’s just one unhacked car after another. How are you benefiting from this cycle? Not that you’re unique to this but don’t follow the herd. As always the usual refrain is “isn’t the entire forum doing this?” The answer is no. Look at the vast majority of posts in Sign…

I’m not certain how to interpret your comment. I was simply asking how to use the calculator properly as the numbers I come up with a significantly different to the dealers and I’m wondering what I’m missing. So one answer I get is that my posting history is baffling, and the other I get is to cha…

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gohawks23 November 15, 2025, 11:27pm 13

My suggestion was valid because you didn’t know the difference between down and DAS and didn’t fill calc out correctly…go to the below to educate yourself.