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What's the current Chrysler Financial lease rates for a 2008 Grand Caravan SXT (25L if it matters)?
I was quoted 46% and .00170, and there is also a $130 annual fee on the deal sheet that I don't understand.
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Craig
If I wanted to get an a lease amount for a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT with a couple of options. The MSRP is $30,910. I will be negotiating for the selling price of $29,500.
There is a cash allowance of $2500 until June 2. How would the cash allowance work? Do you also take that off the final selling price and use that price when calculating the lease amount? Excuse the beginner questions but it sounds like you are very helpful on these things and could help me out.
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The $130 fee I saw on the deal sheet was for registration.
On Sunday 5-18-08, I traded in a 2001 Dodge Intrepid R/T and 2003 Chevy Malibu with trade in values of $2000 and $3500 respectively.
The Lease was for 256.23 per month.
Monday 5-19-08 I decided not to trade in the Intrepid for $2000, I gave them $2000 cash instead. The lease was rewritten to reflect the cash versus trade-in.
Friday 5-23-08 Finance guy calls and said that he had made an error of a few cents and could I come back in to resign the paperwork. I told him it would have to be on Monday 5-26-08. I could not make it on Monday and he called and left a voicemail asking me to come in on Wednesday.
I called Tuesday 5-27-08 but he had already left for the day, so I talked to one of the other finance guys. I asked him to check on the paperwork to see what the monthly payments were, he said $305+. I then asked him what the value of the trade in of the Malibu was and he said $2000.
Is it legit for him to make such a drastic change to the Lease contract.
BTW we went on a small trip over Memorial Day weekend and now have over 900 miles on the van.
Don't know what to do.
Any help would be great.
Thanks
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I would take the time to build the exact vehicle you are buying on edmunds.com and it will tell you the dealer invoice price vs. the MSRP and it will also tell you an average of what others are paying for that vehicle. It also depends on what type of vehicle you are looking to buy, obviously with my deal, SUV's aka "gas hogs" are currently not too popular with the current gas prices, and dealers are quite desperate to sell, so they are negotiating heavily to move them off the lots.
I would not go into buying a new vehicle until you know the dealer cost, that is your best tool to negotiate, and once they know you have that information, it really is quite easy to negotiate. Good Luck to you.
Does anyone have experiences to share about what Chrysler/Dodge is offering to customers whose lease is ending?
I am leasing the above mentioned vehicle and its lease ends in June 2009. My lease is for 27 months @ 12K per year, $199 a month, and my end of lease buyout is $14K plus tax.
I would LOVE to extend this lease, but I'm sure that's not going to be an option I'm seriously thinking the buyout is a valid option even though all of the previous advice seemed to be against doing that.
I leased a Dodge Grand Caravan in 2001 and paid ~$500/month for 48 months. I returned it 40 months later without any penalties because I got a new 2005 Dodge Caravan and leased it again for 48 months at $370/month. I got tired of Vans so I recently purchased a Dodge Journey which was an excellent decision, I feel. I have it for about 2 months now and it is great for the price.
When I made the deal with the sales person at the dealership I told him that I have 5 months remaining on my lease, will you take over that lease if I bought a new car from you ? He said yes, without a problem. He even calculated this price of ~$1900 into the deal and said that it won't be an issue.
I spoke with others who have leased cars in the past and returned the cars early to get new cars. They confirmed that they never had to sign anything for the old card when they picked up the new car.
I received a letter from Chrysler Financial last week to advise me that I owe them ~$1500 on my lease. I called my sales person and found out that he was only going to pay for 1 month of the lease and I will have to pay for the reaming 4 months. I went down to the dealer and spoke with him and the manager. Neither of them was helpful and all I heard was "I understand but...". I explained to them that it would make no sense to me to carry 2 car payments for the next 4 months had I known this was the deal. I reminded them that my wife was there when I mentioned the 5 months to him. He didn't care, sale was done and he wants nothing to do with me.
Very unfortunate situation for which I hope others will learn from. I am taking the dealer to court because I cannot afford to pay this $ figure to Chrysler Financial. Also, I got the media involved to make sure this scam does not happen again to anyone else, a complete waste of time.
Any suggestions ? Has anyone else gone through this before ?
Thanks in advance.
Ally's current base lease rate and residual value for a 36 month lease of a 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan Mainstreet with 12,000 miles per year are 2.0% and 49%, respectively.
The numbers for an otherwise identical lease of an '11 Grand Caravan Crew are 0.5% and 48%.
There's also cash incentives on leases of this van, but they vary by region. I would be happy to try to give you an idea of what they're like in your area if you let me know what state you're in.
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What are the current rates and residuals for the R/T and Town & Country
looking at 12K or 10K per year with either a 36 or 39 month term (Whichever is better)
We are in IL 60074
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Could you provide MF and res for Grand Caravan SE for July in Illinois? Thanks!
much appreciated fellas.
SXT - .00005 and 63%
GT - .00012 and 64%
36/12
SXT - .00013 and 53%
GT - .00012 and 53%
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You'd have to run the numbers both ways to see which are better.
Keep in mind, however, that 3rd party banks aren't as keen on keeping you as a customer, so the end of lease charges may be higher, and more strict.
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SE - .00003 and 50%
SXT - .00013 and 53%
2016
Standard MF (around .00213) and 36% (SE) or 33% (SXT) - can I just say, "Ouch!"
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I am interested in 2017 Dodge Caravan GT 36/10k lease. Could you, please provide the current MF and residual for this month?
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can you please provide the MF and residual for the 2017 Dodge grand caravan SE plus for 3years/15k miles and 3years/12k miles? Would you happens to know how much dealers charge per mile if you go extra ?
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I think Chrysler Capital's mileage penalty is $0.20/mi., but I'm not certain of that.
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.00004 MF and 38% residual for 39/10
GT: .00022 MF and 50% residual for 27/10
.00001 MF and 39% residual for 39/10
27 and 39 months are the supported terms through Chrysler Capital, this month.
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thanks!
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