This is why I chose "Legal" tint for my state. I can leave it on for the 'turn-in'.

 

modding a lease car is smart.....drive it nice and hard and return it jsut make sure to take all the stuff off

 

best advise i can give to modding a leased car is that its a good idea to mod with used parts cuz that way you dont loose too much money.

 

I had a 2001 Maxima SE. i also had an 06 Z before I bought the 07.

 

oh cool and that was a lease i currently drive a 03 maxima gle i wish it was a 6 speed.

 

maybe just some simple bolt ons then.

i just wanna make my z my kinda fast.

 

Mine's a lease.

I figure if it's profitable, I'll buy it out at the end of the lease. If not, I'll turn it back to stock in a weekend and sell the parts.

IMO, better to lease a car if you don't plan on driving it for 5+ years. First of all, lease payments are cheaper than buying. Second, your residual price is agreed upon when you sign the paperwork, so you can't get screwed on a trade-in.

 

Got charged $25 for each tailight when I turned my lease in - the reason: "sticker - damaged"

This was due to Headlight Armor smoked tails

Nismo sticker cost me another $50 and I am not kidding you.

I hate to think what it would have cost me to leave on the Nismo Titanium shift ****.

Lease turn in charges are BS - will never lease again

 

Be careful.. lease payments are cheaper per month because you are financing a smaller portion of the car but at a higher rate. The money factor rate is almost always higher on a lease than your APR if you purchase. That is why dealerships push lease because they are making more fee money off of you.

The residual price only holds its value if you keep the car at the agreed mileage signed during the lease term. If you go over then your car will be evaluated at market value and because of the lower payments you'll almost alway come out with neg. equity.

If you decided to keep the car after the lease term and finance the remander the residual can be negociated down. Leases generally works out to equal a 72 month finance which IMO is really not very good. Unless you can write the car off on your taxes leasing is not the best way to go.

 

how is the apr higher. i got my z for 2.0 interest



sorry if that didnt make sense cuz i dont know much about this stuff.

 

might as well leave it stock then

 

You got it backwards.

 

good info for all lease owners. I was gonna start a thread like this but got too lazy

 

more info

http://www.leaseguide.com/lease07.htm

http://www.leaseguide.com/lease08.htm

 

Regardless of purchase or lease, the financed portion should be at the same rate. Negotiation and a good credit score will get you there if the dealer is offering something different.

Leasing is simply a factor of purchase price minus residual price, plus financing cost. The bonus for leasing is that your residual is agreed upon upfront; if you BUY your vehicle and decide to trade it in after 3 years, the dealer will try to screw you with your trade-in value.

For numbers, here was my situation: Lease for 580/mo, 39 months. Buy was $760/mo (5 years, 4.9%, $40k including taxes).

After 39 months, a lease costs $22,600. To purchase it costs $29,500.
Leasing, residual value is $22k -- I can buy it out or walk away.
Purchasing, I would have paid $25k in principal, so I'd owe $15k. My total payments so far would be $7k more than leasing, so $15k + $7k = $22k. Same as buying.

FWIW, this was my personal experience. YMMV. Do the math before buying/leasing.

 

I say go mod it and have fun, then when it comes time to turn in, just put the stock parts back on and sell us your aftermarket parts for 1/4 the price

 

Buy used parts. This way, when you turn in your leased you can always sell them and not take a huge lost.

 

yup just buy some used intake and exhaust off the forum, use it for 3 years, and unbolt your mods before you return it.

you can still sell the used parts here later on and not take such a big hit compared to buying new parts.