LCP

For a $39,000 66-month regular payment loan, the payments would only be $722/month. This deal is through Carfinance.com and uses a 7.49% interest rate. At the end of 36 months, the loan balance would only be $19,718 (~50% of MSRP). At the end of 48 months, the loan balance would only be $12,269 (~31% of MSRP). This sounds like a much better ownership deal than these lease rates do.

Steve S.

Sorry...it was a 48 month lease

Steve S.

I am quoting an Audi Financial deal for 48 months with $4000 (drive off...includes license, security deposit, first month, and fees). Yes, I have a deal on the car...but with these residuals the deal is not as good as I would like ...the 60 month purchase option is worse per month, so that is out.

Steve S.
97 2.8QM

Brad Franklin

Hey Steve, all in all not a bad deal. My M (MSRP $45,500, got 'em down to $42,000) is $625/month (sales tax rolled in) with $500 down and 36 months, 12K miles a year....so you can figure on paying roughly the same for an S4, maybe a little more until the S4 becomes 'commonplace' (relatively speaking of course ).

Brad

Manny

Leasing = Living beyond your means

rickp

.......how much is your life worth to you buddy? I had a horrific accident in 96 in my 95 S6. A 94 wouldn't have saved me.

Rick

Manny

Plenty. I own an A8. But until I could afford it, I drove an '88 Mustang LX 5.0 for 8 years. I then drove a '96 A4 for 3 years. I finally traded that car for the '99 A8. Each time I bought the car and used the equity retained to purchase a better vehicle. With a lease, I would have paid a lot of money and would have had nothing to show for it or to trade in.