I'm looking for a Journey with Premium & Nav but dealers in the DC area seem to only have 35x in stock. I'm told that a Journey would need to be transported from another dealer in Raleigh and this cost would need to be covered somehow.

So I'm being offered a G35x with Premium and Nav, splash guards & cargo net, MSRP $40,180.

Specs:
39 month 15k/year at $460/month.
$3980 due at signing includes
$299 doc fee,
$595 lease fee,
$289 MD licence fee, and
$2337 MD taxes.
Money factor is 0.00172,
cap cost offered here is $37882, invoice $36715.

I'd like to get the cash due lower and I figure the $900 in dealer fees is an easy way to do this. I also think I can get closer to invoice, considering the fact that I'm not specifically looking for the 35x.

Thoughts?

 

That's not bad but I've seen better ones. I seem to think 24 month leases are getting better deals than 39s. See this thread: https://g35driver.com/forums/showthr...ighlight=lease

Similar car but he's paying $900 less at signing and his payment is only like $30 more. I guess they're pretty similar but people below in that post are reporting that better numbers can be had.

The G35 isn't exactly a fuel-efficient vehicle and right now car sales are slow. Wait until the end of June and get them to give it away.

 

Jeez, some of those are great especially the last post in the thread.

I told my sales rep that I need the due at signing to be under 3k and was told that it'd be tough to do without raising the monthly but if he could do it, am I ready to sign? Obviously that means he can do it and wants a commitment. I expect to hear back that he's cut it to $2995.

Is it worth negotiating service on a lease?

 

I don't have all the details handy...but I just leased an 08 premium/nav journey for 24/mo 12kmiles per yr/ and 5k down for $359/mo. It was a big down payment but I had traded in an SUV and wanted to keep my payment low for the term of the lease.

I did my negiotating on the trade-in value of my SUV. Still got the shaft tho....

 

I got my '08 G35xS for $480/mth, 39mths, 15k/yr with $1500 out of pocket. I did the lease in Maryland, but live in PA, so we actually pay our taxes as a part of the monthly payment. You might be able to do a bit better then they're offering.

 

Don't negotiate service. Don't even service the car, it's a lease, not your problem. Also, the service schedule for this car from most dealers is ridiculous. I have a 39 month lease, I plan on changing the oil about 12 times, that's it. I don't need anyone to inspect my brakes or anything else. Even if I were to own the car, I'd probably change the tranny, diff, and radiator fluid at 30k and that's it.

They're probably going to sell you $1500-2000 worth of unnecessary service. Just get 12, $30 oil changes.

 

Ok, well of course he came back with 3k due and $459/month for 39 month 15k, and 477 for 24 month 15k. Still based on a 0.00172 money factor which they say is best available. Invoice price of $36715, cap cost of $36995. This is for a G35x with Premium/Nav.

I called another dealer who said they could beat that. This is the same car but also with Tech package, MSRP 40,825, invoice 37,225, cap cost 36,600 ($600 below invoice). Money factor here is 0.00131, better than first dealer offered. All quotes with 3k due (MD tax/licence ~$2300 plus 1st month, plus fees) and 15k/year:
24 months: $446
36 months: $446
39 months: $432

I like the 24 month deal here. Now I'm wondering, is there a proper etiquette
here in terms of playing them off each other? I've been dealing much more with the first guy but in my view the 2nd guy just swooped in and offered a better deal.

 

honestly...i think its a little too much.

im paying $350 a month for a G35xS - premium, sport, nav....$3000 out of pocket + fees = $3600...this was back in March.

Granted mine is 24 months, 12K miles...but it shouldnt be THAT much more for 1 extra year and 3K extra miles.

 

That's a great deal. Apples to apples, mine is 3k due, tech/premium/nav, 24 months, 15k/year. Yours is 3600 due, sport/premium/nav, 24 months, 12k/year and ~$100/month cheaper. You're right, 3k miles/year isn't worth that much regardless of the $600 more due up front.

 

carz, I mentioned your exact deal to 2 dealers now and asked them to come close. After checking their computers, both said it's because on NY taxes vs. MD taxes. One offered your deal to me if I could register the car in NY. Even VA which is 10 miles away could get me under $400. They checked a bunch of east coast states and pretty much all came in under $400/month with the others specs constant, aside from MD. But they also said that all states will get us somewhere, whether it be lease taxes or year end personal property taxes you might pay on the car.

Sound right or blowing smoke?

edit: First guy said he can't touch the 2nd guy's quote.

 

i pay $419.62/month for my 07 G35S with every option except 4WAS. my lease is a 39 month lease at 15k miles/year.

i traded in my last car which they valued at $7k and any dealer costs, taxes, delivery costs, etc were taken care of with that trade-in amount.

i searched locally at 3 different dealers here in south Florida and i found nowhere near as good of a deal as i ended up getting from a dealership in Pennsylvania. again, the cost of them shipping the car down from Penn to Florida was covered as well.

i actually signed the papers on my dining room table and no cash changed hands. they brought my new car to me, and drove my old one away. probably the easiest car buying/leasing experience ever.

 

it all depends upon your credit. i got an EXCELLENT deal on my car with only $3000 down and my payments are less than that...

 

I just made the following lease deal on a G35x\Premium in Connecticut:

36 mos
10k miles/year
$447 per month
$1,411 upfront (fees + first month pmt)

I think that's a pretty good deal?

 

G35 Journey with Premium and Sport Pkg

$429 Mo. including FL sales tax
39 Mo
12K
2K total out of pocket (title/tag, fees and 1st payment).

 

Leased a G35 Journey beginning of July

24 month 10k miles/year
$1,000 down including first month payment
$383 per month including GA sales tax