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Old 07-05-2006, 09:24 PM
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Looking to lease a new whip (NEED ADVICE)

Hello everyone. I'm looking to lease a new car for 3 years and looking for something in the 25k range (preferably a sedan) with a decent size back seat and trunk space. I was thinking the TSX, accord, A3, camry. I'm just wondering if you guys have any other suggestions or have any experience with these cars. Thanks!
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Originally Posted by nicholbr
Hello everyone. I'm looking to lease a new car for 3 years and looking for something in the 25k range (preferably a sedan) with a decent size back seat and trunk space. I was thinking the TSX, accord, A3, camry. I'm just wondering if you guys have any other suggestions or have any experience with these cars. Thanks!
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Originally Posted by nicholbr
Hello everyone. I'm looking to lease a new car for 3 years and looking for something in the 25k range (preferably a sedan) with a decent size back seat and trunk space. I was thinking the TSX, accord, A3, camry. I'm just wondering if you guys have any other suggestions or have any experience with these cars. Thanks!
don't lease a new car, instead buy a slightly used car 02-05, in the 25k range. Your choices would include:

audi s4
acura tl
infiniti G35
e46 bmw 330I, 330X
nissan maxima
subaru wrx,
and the list goes on.
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Skip the A3 if you're looking for decent size back seats.

I would say the TSX, the Accord, and the Camry are your best bets in the segment. With a lease, you want a car that has excellent residuals (which unfortunately, the LGT does not have).
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u may be able to get a new mazda 6 mazdaspeed for that price
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u may be able to get a new mazda 6 mazdaspeed for that price
Not if he leases. The residual on the Mazdaspeed 6 is total crap. Something like 36% after 48 months. At that kind of a residual, he might as well buy the damn thing because his lease payments will suck.
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Thanks for the advice guys. Does anyone have any experience/knowledge about the new Saab 9-3? this is another consideration...though i'm pretty heavily leaning toward the TSX
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Thanks for the advice guys. Does anyone have any experience/knowledge about the new Saab 9-3? this is another consideration...though i'm pretty heavily leaning toward the TSX
9-3 is another good car with absolutely horrid reisduals. Not a good car to lease unless GM is running one of its crazy lease deals using inflated residuals. For a while, I recall GM runnin a 0 drive-off, $299/month lease for 36 months with free scheduled maintenance on the 9-3, but I don't think they are running anything quite that good at this point.

The current GM lease offer on the 9-3 is $2500 drive-off and $299 a month for 27 months on a low pressure turbo model with the auto tranny and metallic paint. Not a bad lease deal, but I don't think Saab includes free maintenance anymore (and Saab reliability is pretty hit or miss).
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Originally Posted by CGTSX2004
9-3 is another good car with absolutely horrid reisduals. Not a good car to lease unless GM is running one of its crazy lease deals using inflated residuals. For a while, I recall GM runnin a 0 drive-off, $299/month lease for 36 months with free scheduled maintenance on the 9-3, but I don't think they are running anything quite that good at this point.

The current GM lease offer on the 9-3 is $2500 drive-off and $299 a month for 27 months on a low pressure turbo model with the auto tranny and metallic paint. Not a bad lease deal, but I don't think Saab includes free maintenance anymore (and Saab reliability is pretty hit or miss).

HORRIBLE residual,....drops like a stone.



I vote TSX.
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