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klingklang77
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Lease or buy? And Audi opinions
So I need to get a new car. For the last 6 years I have had a reliable 20 year old car. My inspection is coming up and I already know I need a new set of tires. I know my car won’t pass inspection and I gather it will cost me 1000+ to fix things to get it to pass. There is also rust starting…
So I went car shopping this afternoon after work. I found a great deal for an Audi A1 to lease (375 with insurance). I haven’t leased in a while. I have really enjoyed having no car payment. But the reality is that I need a new car and I do not not want to put money into my old car, even though it is a really great car.
So if you have an Audi, do you like it? I’ve never had one. I’m usually a VW person, and I have had a BMW once. My current car is a Peugeot.
And if you are totally against leasing, could you tell me why?
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ali120206
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Lease or buy? And Audi opinions
We have leased and owned.
Leasing is great if you want a new car every few years. I felt it stressful as when our lease was up, we needed to find something ASAP and decided that Certified Preowned was better for us as we dont need a car every 3 years. So it was a little stressful for us.
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Kate
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Lease or buy? And Audi opinions
We bought an A4 for our son and we’ve been happy with it.
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lululu
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Re: Lease or buy? And Audi opinions
Audi and VW are the same parent company so if you like the way a VW drives, the audi's drive similarly. I loved all of my audi's and vw's.
As far as leasing, we don't lease because we always ended up buying the car at the end of the lease. Now I just like owning the car. But so many people I know do lease and really like it. They like being able to get a new car every 3-4 years.
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I lease because I love having a new car every 3 years and barely put any money into it. Never had an Audi but one of my kids does and haven't heard any complaints.
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RomeyT
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Re: Lease or buy? And Audi opinions
Leasing will never save money in the long run. Unless you have a business (write off) or unless it really matters if you have a new car every few years buying is usually the better option. We have owned my Audi since 2015 and have never had any major issue with it. Good luck.
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lululu
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Re: Lease or buy? And Audi opinions
Posted by RomeyT
Leasing will never save money in the long run. Unless you have a business (write off) or unless it really matters if you have a new car every few years buying is usually the better option. We have owned my Audi since 2015 and have never had any major issue with it. Good luck.
I think that the best thing to do is to buy a certified preowned car from a dealer, economically speaking.
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RomeyT
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Re: Lease or buy? And Audi opinions
Posted by lululu
Posted by RomeyT
Leasing will never save money in the long run. Unless you have a business (write off) or unless it really matters if you have a new car every few years buying is usually the better option. We have owned my Audi since 2015 and have never had any major issue with it. Good luck.
I think that the best thing to do is to buy a certified preowned car from a dealer, economically speaking.
Yes I should have mentioned that. Never buy new-cert preowned is the way to go.
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Lucky09
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Re: Lease or buy? And Audi opinions
Posted by lululu
Posted by RomeyT
Leasing will never save money in the long run. Unless you have a business (write off) or unless it really matters if you have a new car every few years buying is usually the better option. We have owned my Audi since 2015 and have never had any major issue with it. Good luck.
I think that the best thing to do is to buy a certified preowned car from a dealer, economically speaking.
This was the case pre-supply chain/covid issues. With the decrease in inventory, often pre-owned are not any cheaper than brand new so it makes sense to look at both, including interest rates when financing.
A friend of mine just purchased the Audi e-tron. She is a PhD and researches everything to death so I would trust that it's an excellent vehicle/brand. Good luck!
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lululu
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Re: Lease or buy? And Audi opinions
Posted by Lucky09
Posted by lululu
Posted by RomeyT
Leasing will never save money in the long run. Unless you have a business (write off) or unless it really matters if you have a new car every few years buying is usually the better option. We have owned my Audi since 2015 and have never had any major issue with it. Good luck.
I think that the best thing to do is to buy a certified preowned car from a dealer, economically speaking.
This was the case pre-supply chain/covid issues. With the decrease in inventory, often pre-owned are not any cheaper than brand new so it makes sense to look at both, including interest rates when financing.
A friend of mine just purchased the Audi e-tron. She is a PhD and researches everything to death so I would trust that it's an excellent vehicle/brand. Good luck!
Yes, that was definitely the case in the past couple years but I heard that the supply chain issues for cars have begun to work themselves out. still worth researching though.
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klingklang77
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Re: Lease or buy? And Audi opinions
Posted by Lucky09
Posted by lululu
Posted by RomeyT
Leasing will never save money in the long run. Unless you have a business (write off) or unless it really matters if you have a new car every few years buying is usually the better option. We have owned my Audi since 2015 and have never had any major issue with it. Good luck.
I think that the best thing to do is to buy a certified preowned car from a dealer, economically speaking.
This was the case pre-supply chain/covid issues. With the decrease in inventory, often pre-owned are not any cheaper than brand new so it makes sense to look at both, including interest rates when financing.
A friend of mine just purchased the Audi e-tron. She is a PhD and researches everything to death so I would trust that it's an excellent vehicle/brand. Good luck!
They do cars a little different here and don’t have as much as a stock as they do there. Usually people get their cars made to order. I need a car in about 3 weeks’ time and they have one in stock with most of what I want. To get one made to order takes 8 months at the moment. Luckily, I don’t need much, so I was able to find one.
They don’t do things like finding a dealer in another state; you have to do that on your own. I don’t have much time and all the Easter holidays are coming up this month.
I’m still debating buying it new or leasing. Pre-owned isn’t an option because of my time line.
So with that info would you buy new or lease?
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Diane
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Re: Lease or buy? And Audi opinions
I think if you are ok with always having a car payment and want a new car every few years, then leasing is the way to go.
I always bought my cars.
I currently have an Audi Q5, it is a 2012, and LOVE it.
Not cheap when work needs to get done, but nothing like the craftsmanship of a German car.
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lululu
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Re: Lease or buy? And Audi opinions
Posted by klingklang77
Posted by Lucky09
Posted by lululu
Posted by RomeyT
Leasing will never save money in the long run. Unless you have a business (write off) or unless it really matters if you have a new car every few years buying is usually the better option. We have owned my Audi since 2015 and have never had any major issue with it. Good luck.
I think that the best thing to do is to buy a certified preowned car from a dealer, economically speaking.
This was the case pre-supply chain/covid issues. With the decrease in inventory, often pre-owned are not any cheaper than brand new so it makes sense to look at both, including interest rates when financing.
A friend of mine just purchased the Audi e-tron. She is a PhD and researches everything to death so I would trust that it's an excellent vehicle/brand. Good luck!
They do cars a little different here and don’t have as much as a stock as they do there. Usually people get their cars made to order. I need a car in about 3 weeks’ time and they have one in stock with most of what I want. To get one made to order takes 8 months at the moment. Luckily, I don’t need much, so I was able to find one.
They don’t do things like finding a dealer in another state; you have to do that on your own. I don’t have much time and all the Easter holidays are coming up this month.
I’m still debating buying it new or leasing. Pre-owned isn’t an option because of my time line.
So with that info would you buy new or lease?
I would go to the dealer and compare the payments and then decide. If they have 0% financing for 5 years I would probably take that and buy the car, personally. But for me it would be a numbers game analyzing the purchase price vs. the lease price and buyout option at the end of the lease.
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