Originally Posted by hlothery

Gotcha. I understand. Hope we can convince you to come over to the EV side soon! Maybe with some styling enhancements, etc? I really love the EQS.....best vehicle I have ever owned. (admittedly, have never driven an S580 ICE, although I'd love to!) Cheers!

Originally Posted by stealth.pilot

Lot of people don't care about logic. You can't convince them.

Originally Posted by Drone_S213

If I was in charge would just Lease returned EVs for another 24-36 months as CPO...Battery is still good.

Originally Posted by stealth.pilot

My new car was around $650 a month zero down.

Originally Posted by hlothery

Personally, if I was going to buy another ICE, it would be the S580. The refined, smooth looks are, IMHO, so far superior to the Buck-toothed BMW 7 series, but that is all subjective. Moot point, though.....I love my EQS. The accounts, BTW, are a snap to establish, and I'm certain if you tried charging the EV you would find it as easy as i have. It's definitely a leap, though.....To each his own.

Originally Posted by AppleFan1

Just curious. Did you consider a one payment lease? I despise making monthly payments. I’m pretty certain that I will order the 2025 EQS580 around February since my current 3 year one payment lease expires around May 1. This will also be a one payment 3 year lease.
The residual on my car is $69,300 (pretty good in my opinion). I very much doubt I can sell it myself for more than about $60,000. The price of the EQS580 when I purchased it was $134,655 plus insurance, etc. Thus, the total cost was $141,795.
Any words of wisdom from you or anyone here?

Originally Posted by stealth.pilot

My new car was around $650 a month zero down.

Originally Posted by stealth.pilot

I did do a one payment lease. It worked out at about $15,385 for a 24 month lease with everything rolled in - tax, tags, termination fee etc. Compare that to the $82,000 in just depreciation on my EQS over 2 years - not counting deferred interest. The EQE AMG feels like catharsis.

BTW I know some people on forums complain about one-payment leases being dangerous, but the way MBFS does it they treat the payment as an escrow and amortize the value over the lease. So if the vehicle were to be a total loss, you do get reimbursed for the unused portion of the lease on a pro rata basis.

Normally I would do the monthly payments given this was almost interest free. At such low subvented interest rates, economically it is better to pay monthly. However I went with the one-payment because the lease was so cheap it didnt seem worth the hassle of monthly payments (so in other words I was thinking like you!).

Originally Posted by W205C43PFL

I wish I bought it (I live in Canada), OP said was sold to a non forum member.

Originally Posted by ILoveNY

I though you liked the CLE?

Originally Posted by ILoveNY

Do the CPO cars come with 2 year charge at EA?

Originally Posted by LAZARU5

It's unlikely that many early adopters will purchase EQS cars at the end of their 2-yr and 3-year leases. The depressed market value of the lease returns will probably fill dealer lots with low mileage cars that will be an attractive alternative to new EQS vehicles. Mercedes may be forced to limit production of new vehicles.

It occurs to me that the lease returns can be repurposed as loaner cars for MB service departments. Doing this would reduce the number of low value cars competing against new car inventory. Getting an EQS loaner would WOW service customers accustomed to getting C-Class or GLB loaners while their cars are in the shop. Nothing is more unpleasant than getting a GLB as a loaner when your S-Class is in for service. And for C-Class owners, a high end loaner car could be a good chance to experience a quality interior. The average mileage on a one or two-day loaner is likely to be less than the comfortable range of an EQS so owners would not need a charger at home.

MB dealers would benefit from low maintenance and low "refueling" costs for a fleet of loaner EQS cars. Using the EQS cars as loaners would give customers the impression that Mercedes believed in its own EVs.

Originally Posted by ILoveNY

I think MBUSA would give another 2 year free charge in order to move the off-lease EQS off the lot.

Originally Posted by stealth.pilot

I dont think charging matters. I would give nothing if I was them. The availability of free charging played zero role in my purchase decisions and in the last 2.5 years I only used an EA charger once.

Originally Posted by SW20S

I can tell you for me free charging means nothing. I'm going to charge in my home vs an EA charger despite them being free, and when traveling I would choose the best and most convenient charger vs what was "free", I'm used to paying for gas...paying to charge on a trip is nothing.

Originally Posted by LAZARU5

For forum members brave enough to roadtrip in their EQS the free charging adds up. In the 23 months I have driven mine I estimate the free charging would have cost about $4K. In my case that offsets a little more than a month of depreciation.