CrazyJoe0813
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So I have been looking at the Leaf for awhile now and I found a local (Orlando, FL) Nissan Dealership that offered the 2015 Leaf SV model with a 36 month lease for $17k (residual of $9600) and the payments would be $179 plus tax. The $17k included the trade in of my old 2007 Ford Fusion with 110k miles. No further down payment was necessary other than the trade in.
I found another Nissan dealership that just got in a 2013 Leaf S with 10k miles and they offered that to me at 9k out the door (also after my trade in.) They offered 0% for 60 months on this purchase as well.
I only drive less than 5 miles back and forth to work every day and I doubt I'd ever even come close to using a full charge on the weekends. My wife has a new Ford Focus we could use if longer trips were necessary.
Any advice on what would be better? I've never leased a car before and I'm not sure I'm too keen on paying monthly payment for three years and then not having anything at the end of it (I know I have the option of buying it for the residual) but I wonder how much better the 2015 is from the 2013. From reading the forums here over the last few days I see that the 2015 has a newer battery that might be better in the long run in the high heat environment that is Central Florida pretty much year round.
I found another Nissan dealership that just got in a 2013 Leaf S with 10k miles and they offered that to me at 9k out the door (also after my trade in.) They offered 0% for 60 months on this purchase as well.
I only drive less than 5 miles back and forth to work every day and I doubt I'd ever even come close to using a full charge on the weekends. My wife has a new Ford Focus we could use if longer trips were necessary.
Any advice on what would be better? I've never leased a car before and I'm not sure I'm too keen on paying monthly payment for three years and then not having anything at the end of it (I know I have the option of buying it for the residual) but I wonder how much better the 2015 is from the 2013. From reading the forums here over the last few days I see that the 2015 has a newer battery that might be better in the long run in the high heat environment that is Central Florida pretty much year round.