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      03-22-2013, 09:58 PM   #1
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Exclamation WARNING Lease Programs next month to change for the WORSE! LOCK IN RATES NOW(March)!



Public Service Announcement from a Reputable source over on the 'fest, he's the Admin and a dealer, and he's always on point with his 411.



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A WORD to the WISE: Order your 3ers or 5ers Now (in March) and get your rates locked,
otherwise you will be very sorry... You can quote me on that.
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So either buy from stock now, order and lock rates, or forever hold your peace.
No poop, you will hate yourself if you don't heed my advice...
If you are lingering, do it before April 1st as it seems like you will be sorry if you don't!

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Why not, there's a sucker born every day.

It is alway smart to lock in rates when you can so you have more than one month's program to choose from. But they don't know lease rates until they're released. So I wouldn't put much stock into a salesman trying to drum up sales...
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      03-23-2013, 10:47 AM   #3
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Not sure about you but since my purchase was a build/order, the dealer is going to give me the better of the two rates: 1. Rate at time of order or 2. Rate at time of delivery. I have it in writing.

However, this mine is a a financing scenario.
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      03-23-2013, 11:24 AM   #4
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Why not, there's a sucker born every day.

It is alway smart to lock in rates when you can so you have more than one month's program to choose from. But they don't know lease rates until they're released. So I wouldn't put much stock into a salesman trying to drum up sales...
Not just some salesman trying to drum up business. You'd be unwise not to put stock in this individual's information.
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      03-23-2013, 11:35 AM   #5
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Not just some salesman trying to drum up business. You'd be unwise not to put stock in this individual's information.
Exactly, this isn't my CA telling me this so I can sign on the dotted line. He has no stake in this. Trust the source.
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      03-23-2013, 03:55 PM   #6
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Sucks because I really can't take advantage of this. I want a ED for July 15, so no matter what I do, I will lose something or the other. I'm thinking the $1000 cash incentive will go away, but to compensate for that, the residuals might be a bit off-set. Just my own opinion btw...
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Sucks because I really can't take advantage of this. I want a ED for July 15, so no matter what I do, I will lose something or the other. I'm thinking the $1000 cash incentive will go away, but to compensate for that, the residuals might be a bit off-set. Just my own opinion btw...
Doesn't sound very offsetting the way Jon is mentioning it.... MOVE THE ED DATE UP!!
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Not just some salesman trying to drum up business. You'd be unwise not to put stock in this individual's information.
Not unwise, I already have my car.. But like I said, locking in a rate to get multiple programs (months) to choose from is always a good idea, regardless of any warning from any "source"
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So how do you lock in rates etc if there is no residual value or money factor yet on the new car?
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can 320i be ordered yet?
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on which car?
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      03-24-2013, 04:03 PM   #13
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can 320i be ordered yet?
Yes they can.

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Doesn't sound very offsetting the way Jon is mentioning it.... MOVE THE ED DATE UP!!
I can't. I already had a trip planned to London & EU to go watch the Ashes. This seemed to be a nice way to get the BMW. I just can't move it ahead since before I planned the BMW purchase, I already had my tickets etc. booked. Well it's ok. I guess I'll have to see what I lose when it's April 2nd...
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Jon's warning mostly applies to folks looking at 2013 F30 and F10 models. Not really applicable on 2014 models.
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Sucks that the East Coast can only lock in for 60 days but the West Coast can lock in for 90. I would have happily finalized my deal this month and signed the lease papers by end of June for a July 15th delivery date... Unfortunately looks like I'm going to lose out on the lease deal and most likely the lease cash. I just hope that the Loyalty is still there + if I'm going the AH3 route, the EcoCredit is still available. That still wouldn't be too bad. Unless of course the residuals are changed a bit too...
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Sucks that the East Coast can only lock in for 60 days but the West Coast can lock in for 90. I would have happily finalized my deal this month and signed the lease papers by end of June for a July 15th delivery date... Unfortunately looks like I'm going to lose out on the lease deal and most likely the lease cash. I just hope that the Loyalty is still there + if I'm going the AH3 route, the EcoCredit is still available. That still wouldn't be too bad. Unless of course the residuals are changed a bit too...
From the sounds of it, Residual Decay is coming too...
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From the sounds of it, Residual Decay is coming too...
Well, I emailed the Sales Manager - he said he will check what he can do. If nothing is worked out, I guess I'll have to wait till the numbers get better (probably end of year). Which means, no ED this year. I'm not going to get into something that will not make financial sense. They say Patience is Virtue! Who knows. By the looks of it, seems lik:
a) I'm not gonna have a chance to get the MY14 for a July 15th ED.
b) EVEN if the MY14 was somehow available, the lease / incentives will be non-existent.
c) Its looking more & more like I will not be able to do this ED on July 15th, unless I'm willing to lose the incentives AND the residual decay which will likely result in a higher monthly...
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Well, I emailed the Sales Manager - he said he will check what he can do. If nothing is worked out, I guess I'll have to wait till the numbers get better (probably end of year). Which means, no ED this year. I'm not going to get into something that will not make financial sense. They say Patience is Virtue! Who knows. By the looks of it, seems lik:
a) I'm not gonna have a chance to get the MY14 for a July 15th ED.
b) EVEN if the MY14 was somehow available, the lease / incentives will be non-existent.
c) Its looking more & more like I will not be able to do this ED on July 15th, unless I'm willing to lose the incentives AND the residual decay which will likely result in a higher monthly...

I agree I only order the cars when they make financial sense, which is when the numbers/incentives are strong. When they suck, they suck, and you have to accept it. Take the X1 for example, its what a few thousand less than a 3er (MSRP), yet to lease one is more expensive because the numbers suck and no incentive.

I have mine on order currently in production, hopefully by May when I take delivery the numbers will be even stronger then March and get me an even better deal
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my dad once told me, buying something at a premium when youre rich is cheaper than buying something at a discount when you're poor.
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my dad once told me, buying something at a premium when youre rich is cheaper than buying something at a discount when you're poor.
Then again, buying too many things at a premium when you are rich, can make you poor.
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I ordered my car 2/28 to lock in Feb rates. Told i could take deal at time of deliver if better.

Knew Feb rates.

Checked in March - rates were the same.

Checked in April - had not read this thread - rates were the same.

Car came in - signed deal 5/3.

Residual increased, not decreased. As thus, rates went down, not up.

No idea what this thread was about - unless the OP was talking about the destination charges increasing from $895 to $925 on cars ordered now - but an end of the world warning for a $30 one time price increase, while residuals and monthly payments went down, seems extreme.
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