diesel special?
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diesel special?
Local dealer in HOuston was advertising lease special. If you lease a diesel for 3 years, you will get your diesel paid for during the lifetime of the lease. This would be awesome, put as much money down on the lease, so you barely pay any interest + security deposits, then at end of lease, buy the car. You get the free gas for 3 years.
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Originally Posted by tvo7
Local dealer in HOuston was advertising lease special. If you lease a diesel for 3 years, you will get your diesel paid for during the lifetime of the lease. This would be awesome, put as much money down on the lease, so you barely pay any interest + security deposits, then at end of lease, buy the car. You get the free gas for 3 years.
You also want to check on how much gas they allow under this plan. Most likely it's for a low mileage amount (maybe even lower than the allowed lease mileage), calculated at the highest possible mpg.
Lastly, if you are interested in actually keeping the car, you should avoid leasing. The main advantage to leasing is that you are only paying for the depreciation of the car, plus lease fees, and at the end of the lease, you have a set turn in value that is agreed upon. This saves the hassle of dealing with low trade in values or having to privately sell the car. If you are not going to turn the car in, then leasing loses a lot of its advantages.
