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So anyways long story short, still no incentive from Bmw NA on i3... |
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08-06-2014, 12:10 AM | #47 |
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I ran the numbers and the lease is a very poor deal versus buying and getting the full $7,500 tax credit. Kinda strange given that 3yr money rates are very very low.
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We did the same when buying our I3. We typically lease our second car, but in this case the owners flex (purchase with balloon payment that they buy-out) is a much better option. Same program Tesla is using, we were comparing the two for our purchase. BMW was much more up-front about costs than Tesla, although I wouldn't say the BMW people have enough experience to be experts like the Tesla people were.
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"Special lease offers"
Posted today by a user on the i3 Facebook page:
"...The thing that finally pushed me over the edge to do the deal today is that I learned that there is some sort of semi-secret "early adopter" lease promotion going on right now that BMW is offering to dealers. In my case, I ended up going for the 24 month, 12k miles per year lease -- and the key benefit of this promotion to me was that is RAISES the residual for that lease up to 62%! Plus you still get the cap cost reduced by the $4,875 credit (as your share of the Federal tax credit) up front, along with whatever you can get knocked off the MSRP. For me, this made the lease even cheaper than the two year Owner's Choice plan. And that's even after accounting for the fact that I don't get the full federal tax credit. (And yes, I know that by going with a two year lease or even a two year Owners Choice purchase instead of three years, I will not be eligible for the California $2,500 rebate. I wanted to stick with two years just cause I expect the technology is going to change rapidly and the world of EV choices may look radically different in just a couple years.) Anyway, there are at least two dealers offering this special in the Bay area. They both indicated they got allocated only a limited number of the "vouchers" for this deal, so they are likely to disappear fast. Make your move fast!"
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This is what he wrote. "Christian, For this month only, potential lessees of the i3 can take advantage of BMW's providing a certificate (of which we have three) that will in effect boost the residual on the i3 7 percent. In round numbers on a $50K i3, $3500 will lower the payment about $100. I recall that you were going to purchase to take full advantage of the tax credits, but if you knew someone who would consider leasing, this might be a good opportunity. Let me know if you have any questions. Best Regards, Kevin." So who knows what the future may bring |
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08-15-2014, 06:05 PM | #51 |
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The message from my dealer was not so cryptic or secretive. Somebody's dealer is yanking their chain with the "I only have 3 vouchers" nonsense. The higher residual value of 53% on a BEV (don't know about REx) is being offered for the month of August. No indication of whether it will be continued after August or will revert to 46%.
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This is one time that there actually was no chain yanking going on- when the program first started last week the dealers were indeed each allocated a set number of vouchers. But the dealers pushed back and BMW changed the terms this week so that it is now unlimited in quantity. And also now open to P1's too. The only limit seems to be that (at least as of now) you have to go into contract by 9/2. H |
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