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LIR: maj. We upped my wife's Kia over Thanksgiving as part of their Black Friday deals. I wish I could say I'm super-sure that I didn't get taken

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Jan 2 '19, 07:16

for a ride with the new lease but felt good about getting out of the one we had with no penalties or hitting the mileage limit which it looked like we were going to do.

I have a check from the dealership I'm supposed to send to Kia finance when they tell me they want the final payment but they have yet to do that.

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I assume this is the case, but when you re-up a lease... - Mop Jan 2, 07:31 1
- I say "re-up" but it is entirely a close out old lease, buy new car transaction. Their deal was to basically end the lease early without any penalty - oblique Jan 2, 07:35
Apropos of nothing, but after I got my lease, I did the math and realized I never did even nearly 10k miles/year. -- nm - Mop Jan 2, 07:31 16
- We go over even with having the lease for 12 or 15k/yr. Not by much but enough that I'll take advantage of any early out deal they have. -- nm - oblique Jan 2, 07:36
- I drive between 4000 and 6000 miles per year. it's kind of questionable whether I should own a car at all. -- nm - amanda Jan 2, 07:32 14
  - I just crossed 169,000 miles. 119k in 15 years = 7933 -- nm - Max Jan 2, 07:37 6
    - My car died at 99,600 miles and I had it one month shy of 5 years - so just over 20K miles/year -- nm - decline Jan 2, 07:46 4
      - what did you end up doing? -- nm - amanda Jan 2, 07:51 1
        
        sold it as-is for a couple of grand and bought a used Lexus SUV - decline Jan 2, 07:52
      - Wow. I have never had a car have a (natural) death anywhere near as low as 100k. -- nm - Spawn Jan 2, 07:48 1
        
        I'm just lucky that way -- nm - decline Jan 2, 07:49
    - I recently hit 77777 on my < 3 year old car (I think I'm still under 3) -- nm - oblique Jan 2, 07:37
  - I'd love to do an experiment where we just do rideshare/rentals for a month, and see if it's not more economical than owning a car - prayformojo Jan 2, 07:35 1
    - I'm sure it'd be less costly for me to rent, bus, rideshare. my issue is that five or six days per month, I have to be in three different buildings in - amanda Jan 2, 07:40
  - You're exactly the type of person that would be the perfect fit for an EV. - TWuG Jan 2, 07:35 4
    - but I can't afford $45k for a car. -- nm - amanda Jan 2, 07:37 3
      - Summer should see the $35k 3. Not sure about Leaf pricing. Hopefully there will be more entry level EVs with good range and reliability - TWuG Jan 2, 07:47 2
        
        for sure in the future, I'd consider it. but my cost per mile would *increase* with an EV at current price points. I love the environment - amanda Jan 2, 07:51
        
        Yeah, my hope was that my next will be an electric. - Spawn Jan 2, 07:49
right? more than I hate not knowing if my deal was ok or if the salesdude is laughing his ass off as I drive away, I hate that I have to wonder. - amanda Jan 2, 07:21

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LIR: maj. We upped my wife's Kia over Thanksgiving as part of their Black Friday deals. I wish I could say I'm super-sure that I didn't get taken

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