What's everyone leasing the 2012 Z for?
 

I recently leased my 2012 Z touring, sport package, manual trans, no nav, 15k miles/year, maintenance plan, $0 down for $460/month for 39 months. Good deal? What's everyone else leasing this same car for?

you leased it for that much? when you could have paid near the same amount a month for an extra two years? That is as much as I pay for my NISMO.

I didnt mean to sound rude just shocked is all my apologies

You purchased a 2012 Nismo for $460/month with $0 down for 60 months?

I am not leasing it I purchased a nismo with money down for $490 a month. 0%APR and it came with maintenance for three years. the money I put down was calculated so it would be as much as a base model.

I was just curious to why you leased is all again I didnt mean to be rude just wanting to know why.

You get it from Ed Martin?

We're good, I'm not offended by your statements or questions.

OK so you're at $490/month + money down which is not necessarily "basically the same amount" depending on how much you put down. I put $0 down. Although yours is a Nismo and mine is not. The reason I leased it is because it's typically cheaper from my experience and I can get into another new car in 3 years without having to wait 5 years to get to a point where I can sell a used car without a loss.

The leases are not good this month. The 2012 had a great lease March through July, but they pulled the plug.

We are now back to, "Buy it, it's not worth leasing, you can get a G37 for much less on lease!"

Ok I understand. I was just curious. I am just a Z girl for life. I just wanted your point of view on the matter. I never really understood why people leased to begin with but if you necessarily like a new car every 3 years then it works. So in that case not a bad deal but still an ouch to the pocket for not being able to own it :( and to others posts not going into which is better or not, just wanted a point of view is all I am open to others opinions.

I think leasing has it advantages. For instance, if I was to ever get myself into a maintenance nightmare like a BMW or Audi I would lease. That way after 3 years of ownership and the warranty runs out then it's someone elses problem.

Work with a guy that own a BMW 5 series. Something simple as a battery change ran him close to $600 becuase the dealer has to flash the ECU (so I'm told)

Flash the ECU? Lol wow for a battery change? That sounds like a hey over voltage might occur because of poor wiring...smh no I understand with the BMWs Audis and Lexus' so I can agree with you on that. It seems like a nightmare that I would not want to want to deal with. so that answers my original question thanks :) I guess seeing how the 370z is still new to people one doesn't know the maintenance problems that might occur but in fairness not a lot is expensive the most part is buying an overhauled engine for 4500 in later years which to me is better than buying another $40k vehicle. But then again I can see the extras on tires lines an breaks are up there too. So either way you gain or lose good call though

if you dont plan on keeping the car or get sick of driving the same car, it jus make sense to get lease deal. you are basically paying the price of depreciation.
but op could be paying little less for monthly if he had negonitated through.

for op, whats the buy out price after 36 months lease?

-Buy out after 39 months is $22.5K

So that's 17,940 for 39 months plus the buy out being $22,500 thats $40,440 which I think might be a little bit steep.

-Yeah I have no plans to purchase at the end of the lease. Pretty sure $460/month is cheaper then what the monthly payment for a purchase would be for my vehicle. Hence the reason for the lease.

-No Butler Nissan in Fishers, IN.

The big thing is to not get hung up on what your payments are because if you ask enough people someone, somewhere got a better deal. If you dwell on it you'll build animosity toward the deal and then the vehicle. Have fun with it and turn it in in 3 years. Heck, the new model should be out and you may be the first in a new Z :driving:

(Oh, I see, you did put money down :facepalm: myself there LOL)

I'm not seeing how your payment is relevant here, though. You could pay $11 a month for a Lamborghini with enough money down, and then you could be shocked that people pay 10x that much for a used Hyundai. :p

Anyway Butler seems like good people for service, OP. I also recommend Ed Martin for service, I've had good service at both. :tup:

Yeah definitely a good call, and like others have said you have all of your maintenance covered. It's not really about what you pay, more about the fun and experience whether is a DD or track beast. Enjoy the car!

Leasing can have its advantages. I am leasing my truck but I bought my Z before it. I then traded in the Z and leased the truck. Here's how it broke down.

Bought 2009 370z 6mt Sport (w 2700 miles) - $31k after tax, title, interest (for the two years I owned it), etc.
$7k down - Payments of $450 / Month
Drove it for two years
Traded it in towards a lease on a 2012 Frontier SV Crew Cab 4x4 w/ Premium package
Got $23k for the Z, still owed $15k
Lease required $4k down with payments of $200 per month
Buyout at the end of 39 months is $18k

In my case, I was able to cut my payments down by $250 per month and the dealership wrote me a check for $4k. In my current situation this was preferable. I could have bought a used truck but my payments would have been more and I would not have a factory warranty. Also, I'm sure I'll be tired of the truck in three years and want something new anyway.

My whole point was I could have bought a base model for near what he was paying. And wanted to know why and found my answer