Porsche Boxster ($490) vs. Audi A5 ($470) leases .. what will u choose?
09-16-2009, 10:57 AM
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I'm looking at the Cayman S / S5 as a second car. Have you checked out the new Cayman S? Those are lovely.
09-16-2009, 01:23 PM
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i'm not terribly familiar with the leasing process, but the $3500 down payment + $490/mo + $350 termination fee + options = $700 month? while not bad, and certainly much better than what they used to be, it doesn't seem like it's the best i've heard for a $45,000-$50,000 car.
09-18-2009, 06:32 PM
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Honestly, I guess if the payment is the main deal, or it's a company paid lease...it is what it is. The price just seems high $3600+(36mo?)x $470= roughly 21k. Then you don't have anything after that, but an option to purchase at a discount?
Looking at it that way, I wouldn't want to have the P car...but so far, I'd say I would take the A5 as a keeper. It's the only car I've owned that I can honestly say...."I want to drive this 100k miles".
Looking at it that way, I wouldn't want to have the P car...but so far, I'd say I would take the A5 as a keeper. It's the only car I've owned that I can honestly say...."I want to drive this 100k miles".
09-28-2009, 05:47 AM
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It was the finest car I've ever owned (had an '05) and I still miss it....it's a sublime vehicle, and the Boxster S is even better.
09-28-2009, 06:09 AM
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No, I didn't own it, my uncle did. He and I were going crazy about it at first but once he moves up the Porsche lines, Boxter is his worst buying decision.
09-28-2009, 06:23 AM
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And by moving up the lines, if you mean a 911 is better than a Boxster, well then you are right. But saying a Boxster sucks doesn't make sense.
09-28-2009, 07:03 AM
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Simple, if you have room/time/money to keep a second car, boxster/cayman for sure. I have a cayman S but a base boxster will be 95% as sublime. They are great cars... If you have to have one car, it will be painful having just the porsche though.
09-28-2009, 10:23 AM
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Wow... is that a nominal lease rate? That sounds really low. I heard that leases on the A5/S5 sucked, ... which is probably why there's not too many on the road still. The lease deals for the 3-series coupes were REALLY GOOD, and look at the volume of those cars on the road... heh.
Deals are out there for the A5, esp. the 2.0T.
09-28-2009, 10:37 AM
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Honestly, I guess if the payment is the main deal, or it's a company paid lease...it is what it is. The price just seems high $3600+(36mo?)x $470= roughly 21k. Then you don't have anything after that, but an option to purchase at a discount?
Looking at it that way, I wouldn't want to have the P car...but so far, I'd say I would take the A5 as a keeper. It's the only car I've owned that I can honestly say...."I want to drive this 100k miles".
Looking at it that way, I wouldn't want to have the P car...but so far, I'd say I would take the A5 as a keeper. It's the only car I've owned that I can honestly say...."I want to drive this 100k miles".
Leasing is really no different from financing. You do not have title to the car in either case, the bank owns the car until all payments are made. You don't own the car after the lease is over, but with financing you don't either, say after 3 years out of a 5 year loan. You will have paid only about 60% of the loan.
That said, if you keep your car longer than 3 years financing is typically the way to go.