I asked the Audi dealer (and my BMW dealer) and was told that PPF is fine but wraps that change the color of a car may or may not be an issue. I took several pics of my car at the dealer to show that I am returning it exactly as it was delivered to me.
I’m guessing the dealer where you return the lease usually retains the car and puts it in their inventory. So there may be a lot of dealer discretion involved. If they believe the PPF or wrap adds value to the car, then they probably won’t say anything.
Was only told it’s a worse value proposition so don’t have any additional information. I’ll be doing some research this month depending on if the incentives change. Thanks for all your help.
I believe it is a % based residual less mileage adjustment. I fully expect someone (you!!) to pull off a $600-700 effective now that we have this info.
Getting a cap cost equal to residual deal still nets a hefty profit to the dealer.
About 4-5 people have called Nashville this morning. I spent a week trying to get this deal done with them and they’ve concluded they cannot lease their pre owned RS. Whether right or wrong, there is no point calling them.
Excellent guess…seriously. My car was previously financed with AFS. When I was waiting for the deal to fund, I called AFS and they told me the VIN was still attached to the prior customer’s account. And my Carfax does show that the vehicle was previously financed.
The Carfax for the one in Nashville does show it was previously leased.
So it is possible that a previously leased vehicle is ineligible for the like new lease but a previously financed vehicle is eligible.
Understanding the mechanics of this program, someone could get a significantly better deal. That $538 payment is theoretically possible, with the dealer still making a healthy profit. The challenge will be the few 2022s with less than 10k miles, at an Audi dealership, that haven’t previously been leased. And competing with presumably several people all showing interest at the same time. But I look forward to someone posting that $600-700 effective payment.
Kudos to OP for figuring out and executing this deal. This is the kind of deal that LH is all about, and reflects a lot of skill and work.
As someone who got a GT lately, I crossed off the RS pretty early. It seemed to be a pointless slug of additional power, for a much higher MSRP. I can appreciate why some would want it, but it didn’t fit my driving patterns at all.
Also, isn’t 13 months kind of short. It might fly by and then the hack is gone. 24 months seems ideal as a decent time to enjoy the car before it gets old.
Also, as others have pointed out, this deal seems too hard to replicate, and requires way too much work
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