gowyn

Hi all,

heading down to the dealer tomorrow to look into leasing the A4. Can anyone give me an idea of what to expect, ie kind of deal they're likely to throw my way.

I took my trade down there today and got some MSRP lease quotes so just wondering what kind of wiggle room I can expect.

I also stopped by the BMW dealer and they seem to be much more willing or keen to work a deal! Reason I say this is of course the Audi salesman said they were pretty close at MSRP and my trade...

musky hunter

Not much wiggle room for Audi, maybe 1-2k.

themikea

Audi doesn't seem to budge as much on the total price, but will work with the rates a bit if you push them on a specific monthly target for a lease.

gowyn

So we went down and believe it or not my wife really didn't care for the 2012! Felt like it was "dumbed" down, too plasticky if that's a word...

She preferred the used 2008 A4 SE we test drove.

So right now Audi finance is offering 0.9% for 48mo finance on used cars so I was thinking...

If we BOUGHT the 2008 and treated it like a lease. That is because it's a certified pre-own it has the additional two years and/or 120000km extended warranty, the original factory warranty wont expire until sometime in 2012 (I'll have to check the in-service date) so that means the "warranty" period wouldn't be up until sometime in 2014. This way we still have a newer car under warranty and we actually have equity where we could trade in in again in 2014.

Am I seeing this right?

Thoughts on this plan?