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I thought it was too high as well. How much should it be even with the negative equity? I ran the Edmunds lease calculator even with the numbers the dealer gave me and it was like $100 lower than his number. When I confronted him, he kept telling me that there are upfront costs of $2065, acquisition fees, title and tag fees and etc. Is this all a dealership [non-permissible content removed]?
Then move to why the money factor is higher than the "buy rate" money factor.
$695 is the acquisition fee on all Audi leases. You'll have to ask the dealer to break down the rest of the $2065 of fees. "Documents fees" and "dealer prep fees" are BS and you should not pay them. Title fees and DMV fees are legit, of course.
You'll have to add the negative equity into a lease calculator as an additional cost. This calculator usually comes within $10 of the dealer figures: http://www.leaseguide.com/calc.htm
Negotiate the sales price with your dealer WITHOUT factoring in the Audi Loyalty incentive. The incentive will be treated as a $1K cap cost reduction, which you will pay sales tax on. So you are aiming for $500 over invoice (or less if you can haggle well) BEFORE the loyalty incentive. This incentive is not a cost to the dealer; it is an Audi of America "subsidy", so do not let the dealer skew the numbers on you.
The lease calculator I linked you to above handles all the correct calculations for you, including sales tax in the payment.
Audi's current lease program is scheduled to run through April 2nd. It's difficult to say what will happen to its program after that. I don't know what the cutoff for Audi Financial Services' top credit tier is off of the top of my head, but I suspect that it's in the 700's...say 720 or so.
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If you wait until April, you may find that dealers have no more allocations for MY2013 order, and will be in the position to order a MY2014 or take a MY2013 from stock. The MF also tends to jump when the new model year comes out, and your bargaining power drops with an increase in demand for the new model year, together with an increase in buyers as most locales move higher temps and nicer weather (car buying season).
So I'd lock in the current program by placing an order on of before April 2. If for some chance the programs are better when you take delivery, you may avail yourself of those programs instead.
I locked in Nov. programs for P+ 36 months (MF .00105, 56%) but will get the benefit of the current program (MF .00068, 55%). The current program saves me about $20 a month, or about $700 over the lease term. Not bad.
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I'm picking up my custom ordered S4 this week and want to make sure I have the most current lease details. on a Premium Plus, 36 mo lease, 15k/yr. with Audi Care. What should the money factor and residual values be? When I order the vehicle in Nov the RES was 54% - not sure about the MF. Want to make sure I am not getting ripped off before I go in and sign the lease so if you could give me the latest #s ASAP I sure would appreciate it.
Current "buy rate" money factor for a 36-month lease of a Premium Plus S4 is .00068. The residual value is 53% for 15K miles. AudiCare adds 1% to the residual.
"We mark up all our interest rates and money factors as do all financial institutions such as banks, mortgage companies and car dealerships. The residual is 54% but the money factor is .00098. We mark it up .0003 to all
Deals. We did discount this deal $2470 not $1670 as it was because of the money factor mark up."
2013 S4 Black/Black, Key, B&O, Nappa Leather, 19" wheels, carbon fiber inserts and Supercharged badges.
MSRP: $58,375
Selling price: $54,500
MF: .00038 (6 MSD's buying down from .00068 buy rate)
299 tint/880 Audi Care/695 aquisition/489 Doc fee - all rolled in
~800 registration and first month due at signing
Payment: $662 plus tax (8.8%) for a total of $720/month.
Thoughts? Thanks guys!
What "deal" are they discounting? What is the negotiated sales price? What is the MSRP? What is the invoice?
You could probably get AudiCare for $30-$50 less, but that is really splitting hairs.
Most people advise against letting the dealer do tint. Price for tint seems fair, but that all depends on the brand of tint and what windows you are tinting.
As long as you are okay adding $489 to the amount over invoice, then the deal is certainly fair. I really do not see how it can hurt to object to the doc fees, especially if you are in an area with several dealers. The car is on the lot, MY2014 order sheets are only a few months away. I am sure they are looking to move 2013s.
Not sure if you are leasing or buying, but watch the interest rates as that is another way a dealer can pad the deal.
My final deal:
MSRP: $53,020
Final Price after discount ($1,670) and rebate/incentives ($2,500): $48,850
ACQ Fee: $695
Title/Reg Fee: $175
Doc Fee: $399
Free Audi Care
Free All Season Weather Floor Mats
MF: .00068
RES: 54%
How accurate is edmunds tv as a price to negotiate for? Right now it appears that tv is ~1000 higher than invoice.
Also, dealers is saying that he is adding .00015 to MF of .00068 since I am a new Audi customer.
If that's the case, I'd make a security deposit and save the $10/mo...
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thought I would post for some help
MSRP:57820
sale:54325
1000 rebate (BMW owner currently)
55% residual
.00083 residual (0.00068+.00015)
then there is
695 acq
80 docs
463 license
487.25 cap fees (??)
15.08 cap tax (??)
gross cap costs:55587.25
cap cost reductions: 1000 (rebate) - 827.63 (amount $$ up front ie first payment) = 172.28 total cap reduction
Net cap costs: 55429.96
monthly payment: 761.04 + 66.59..
anyone seeing how this is coming up?
sounds way too high to me
License fees will be due at signing and are not a capitalized cost.
First month's payment is not a cap cost reduction.
"Cap fees" sounds like hidden dealer fees, like prep fees, to me...have the dealer break those out for you. Similarly, confirm "doc fee" is the state title document fee; otherwise, have the fee removed.
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I'm scheduled to take delivery within a couple of weeks on a 2013 Premium Plus, 12k mi., 36 mo. Can you let me know the money factors for April. I ordered the car back in late January and I'm wondering what the best MF would be.
Do you think you could let me know the numbers if it was 10k miles/year?
I need your help...
I'm considering leasing an S4: Monsoon Gray metallic, 19" whees, Carbon Atlas inlays, B & O Sound, and Audi advanced key - $53,200.00. Dealer is happy to let it go for $ 50,700.00 and I'm confortable with that price.
Now, here's what I think doesn't add up: 36 Mo/10K with 0 down: $766.05/month... Sure, I'm still waiting to hear on what the actual residual (I'd guess something around 55-56%?)/MF are, but that does seem a bit too high, right?
Also, I live in FL and their fees are: battery fee $1.50, doc fee $578.40 (I know there's padding here as I can't believe xferring tags costs that much), electronic filing $15.00 (related to the previous item), license $450.00 (again, if I'm xferring tags, why do I have to pay for this?), Lemon Law $2.00, tire fee $5.00.
I currently have a 2012 GTI that is also leased. I have leased other Audi/VW cars over the years. I'm pretty sure that given my history with Audi FS/VW Credit I can ask them to waive security deposit, right?
I would really appreciate your input. Thanks!
So, residual seems to match what isles1 had already stated in the above thread, but what about that MF? Seems high compared to what I've seen posted here... I mean, 0.00108 (2.59% APR) x 0.00068 (1.63% APR)...
And numbers don't add up anyways...
36 MO/10K lease:
53,200 * .56 = 29,792
50,700 (negotiated price) - 29.792 = 20,908
20,908 : 36 = 580.77
(50,700 + 29.792) * .00108 = 86.93
580.77 + 86.93 = 666.93 + TAX (7%) = $713.61
$713.61 is $52.44 less than the $766.05/month he quoted me earlier today... That's a $1,887.84 difference over 36 MOs!
So, is the current MF really 0.00108?!?
Many thanks in advance for any thoughts you can share with me.
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MF for 36 month term leases is .00068 through April 2, 2013 for MY2013 S4s.
You also need to have fees broken out of the equation. $695 acquisition fee is standard, as are title fees (max. $75 in NY State) which vary by state. Dealer prep and document fees are generally used to pad a deal for dealer profit. Will you pay license and reg fee at signing or roll into payment? Same question goes for acquisition fee and title fee.
If there is not a lot of dealer competition in your area, you may want to hang back until orders for MY2014 start being accepted. You may see incentives for dealers to move 2013 stock off the lot. Otherwise, shop around.
This is most certainly padding as they have not run my credit yet.
Right. I'll certainly refuse to pay that much for fees like "doc fee" ($578.40) and "license" ($450.00). Sure, I can pay something, but not $1,028.40.
See, the title fee in FL shouldn't be more than 80.00. Since, I'll be xferring tags, it's my understanding that registration shouldn't be that expensive. Especially because I renewed it in January and the tag is being xferred from an RX350 to the S4, which is lighter, i.e., less money to register...
To be honest with you, the only fee I'd like to pay at signing is acquisition (as you stated, there's no way around this one), but since we're always stuck with those other fees, I was planning on also pay for them at signing.
Unfortunately there are not that many Audi dealers around... Only 2 in a 50-mile radius...
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2013 S4 Premium Plus
MSRP: 55,525
Audi MMI Navigation Plus Package ($3,050)
Audi Parking System Plus w/Rearview Camera
HDD Navi w/Voice Control
Additional Options
Audi Advanced Key
Audi Guard All-Weather Floor Mats
Bang & Olufsen Sound System
Supercharged Badges
Wheel Lock Kit
Wheels: 8.5J x 19" 5-Segment-Spoke-Design
Without Front License Plate Holder
He quotes me $639.00 No money down, 646 with audi care.
Sales price: 50kish, didnt get the number.
Tax: 6.5, Georgia does not a usage tax anymore. You pay 6.5% on the sale price, once.
MF: .0088
Miles: 10k
Am I missing something? The only way I'm getting 639, is if I the entire fees are rolled up in the sales price. Making the sales price 51,049? So tell me what do I need to know, to determine if I'm getting a good deal.
Are Sales Tax (6%) paid on top of Full negotiated price of the vehicle
ie.:
Price: $30,000
Taxes: $30,000 + 6% = $1,800 (50 monthly / 36mo.)
or
Are the Sales Tax paid on top of Negotiated Price - Residual?
ie.:
Price: $30,000 - $18,000 (Residual 60%) = $12,000
Taxes: $12,000 + 6% = $720 (20 montly / 36mo.)
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Anyway, I'd say you're getting a very good deal... Starting with the sales price. Apparently you managed to get a $5K discount and I never thought they'd ever discount an S4 that much (invoice on that car is around $53,200.00)... All I managed to get was $2,500.00 off...
Anyway, just to give you an idea about the "deal" I've got today on a '13 S4 - Estoril Blue Crystal, Premium Plus, S tronic, 19" wheels, B&O sound, advanced key, carbon atlas inlays, and badges (MSRP: $53,800.00):
Vehicle Sales Price: $51,300
Title, Registration, Other Fees: 450
$0 Down/Out-of-Pocket
Lease Term: 36 months
Residual Value: $30,128
MF: .00068
Miles/Year: 10,000
Acquisition Fee: 695
Monthly Payment (Tax included): $723.00
Good luck.
I currently have an 2010 A5 w/ 19,900 that had a 42 month lease, but could get out at 36 months if there was anything out that I liked...So here I am now possibly looking at a 42-month lease on a 2013 S4 Estoril Blue Crystal Effect
w/ Fine Nappa Leather w/ Lunar Silver, 19" 5-segment-spoke wheels, Audi MMI Navi, sports diff, B&O sound system, advanced access key, carbon atlas inlays, SS badges & Alu-optic stone guards. (MSRP: $58,420)
Miles/Yr 10,000
42-month lease
MF: .00068
Capitalized Cost Reduction - $750(owner loyalty) + $1,000 (special rebate) = $1,750
Down payment - $3,750
Total out-of-pocket w/fees(first month, admin fee, doc fee, title®, acq fee, m/v fee) - $ $4,361
Monthly Payment - $660 w/ tax included
I would really love some insight. Thanks for the help!