Have you settled on a particular vehicle yet?
Not to dissuade you but just keep in mind: of the luxury brands MB is one of the few that includes absolutely no maintenance (on your own a finance manager is going to push you into buying prepaid maintenance), and MB leases are not transferable.
Also not to dissuade you from getting an EV, but in 3y/45k miles (a lease term I am familiar with and completed a couple times in the past) you almost certainly will need to put a set of tires on it.
I’d try to avoid manufacturers with a 3y/36m warranty if you plan to drive this to disposition and look for ones with 4y/48m that also include some maintenance: Volvo and BMW come to mind but I’m sure there are others.
All things a good broker can help steer you in the right direction. Don’t worry about @Bumboola keep doing your research and asking questions, you’re on the right track.
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@Bumboola you deserve it
Unfortunately with gas prices up, EV deals have gotten worse and some inventory has dwindled. Have you considered the Subaru Soltera or Toyota equivalents? There are some pretty good deals. Honda Prologue is a decent deal as well.
Until you get past these feelings you will make all kinds of bad decisions after a period of dragging this out even longer.
While the “heart wants what the heart wants” keep in mind you are not choosing a spouse here, so……
truth, although Im in the car for 4 hours a day, driving to and from work, and thats if theres no accidents or detours. yes, the heart wants what it wants, and maybe thats whyt im putting in so much effort, cause this car is my future spouse (for 36 months)
Have you put together a calculator for your target deal yet?
No havent settled just yet. The Ford MachE salesperson keeps texting, trying to convince me to come in to the dealership tomorrow:
Good afternoon Rina. Hope to see you tomorrow. I have everything ready to go to save time and I will do something extra special for you tomorrow as well , when you’re here , as a surpriseThank you. On top of the 500 visa gasoline or electric charge card that I was already giving you
- i’ll walk in, listen and see the numbers once again. Ford pricing is terrible so I doubt I’ll sign anything tomorrow.
No need to go into dealership. They won’t let you go and will persaude you to sign. Then you’ll kick yourself after you drive off the lot and have buyer’s remorse.
All hackers here, never step in to make negotiations. it’s a bait to drain your energy and time for you to give-in. Negotaie all deals on emails. Can confirmation #s on email and only go to dealership to sign the docs with the finance manager. So all negotiations is done remotely. There is no Memorial Day Weekend sale! It’s just a marketing scheme. You can get a better deal on May 31st, end of the month but neogtiations start last week of the month.
OP, you’ve got tons of great advice and need to choose how you want to proceed. Based on what you told us so far, these options are your paths of least resistance while you’re trying to learn ins and outs of leasing:
1 - find a car for assumption if you see anything you like;
2 - use one of the brokers above who responded to you and are reputable;
3 - consider buying used but I would specifically suggest a low mileage CPO Lexus RZ in the low 30’s as nothing else discussed here can possibly challenge Lexus reliability. This assumes easy access to charging either at home or at work as Lexus has relatively short range at 220-ish miles and only 150 kw top changing rate.
That would be a 12 months lease.
Time flies when you’re having fun
You can get a TESLA Model Y with $2K DAS and about $650/mo for 36/15K no negotiation everything done ONLINE stress-free in 5 minutes
They’re trying to pull you in to manipulate you into making a poor financial decision.
Dealers can only play as many games as you allow them to play. If you don’t want them to treat you like prey, stop showing them that you’re prey.
Yeah this isnt going anywhere. You will walk in and sign what your heart wants and the price that the dealership wants. Win win for both of you and everyone lives happily ever after.
many of the spot on and relevant posts have now been landfilled per the usual poor moderation.
aside from that, this thread should have been locked several days ago.
sigh.
Why even waste your time? Just in hopes some magical change occurs in the numbers?