I finally sold my car and want to lease a new one. Its gonna be my first lease ever, so Im a “first time buyer”. For the last several weeks I researched local dealers with their offers and ended up with Toyota, VW and Honda being the best trio to start with (correct me if Im wrong).
My desirable monthly payment is around $250-$350 tax included, with at least 12k a year and preferably 0 down. Can you please advise me guys what is the best option for me to go to? What current deal I should be looking at, from what Brand?
As prom the car perspective, I want smth AWD/4WD like MDX, GX460, Atlas, etc., but in reality I believe I can only do Camry, Accord or Passat.
So here’s my first leasing experience. I managed to lease 2018 Toyota Camry SE base model, MSRP $26680 for $298, 12k a year, 36month. This is true sign and drive lease with real 0 out of pocket and 35 payments left.
Remind you that I’m a first time buyer and never had leased/financed a car before.
I know that probably it’s not the dream deal to all you expert guys, but at least it’s what I managed to get. Thoughts?
@Alex11, S. FL is notoriously difficult to get a deal. But you could have had one shipped for a few hundred bucks rather than locking yourself into a high payment like this. But it’s too late anyway so no point in debating.
Yes, that’s partly true as well. I’m not saying that was an amazing deal. I’m just shared my first time experience being a first time buyer, with tier 2 credit and no loan history in the past.
So it’s just my experience, hope it will help other people who are in the same “first lease” situation to understand their chances.
Thank you for sharing. Tier 2 also makes a difference over Tier 1. Overall it’s not exactly a leasehackr deal but we’ve seen MUCH worse. The info is welcome and probably helpful to others. Appreciate your willingness to share. I never liked the Camry until 2018, i think it’s a beautiful car, enjoy it!
@Alex11 No Toyota in SouthEast , you can not find a good deal on Toyota since their MF is too High. with your price range you can get Maxima , Rogue , Santafe sport or Tucson .