Cheers for sharing Hobbitus. I'm about to contact a couple of lease companies over a MY17 SS Sportwagon. From your post are you implying you only went with the motorbuys quote & didn't have the lease companies get quotes for you? or did they get you quotes that you bettered through motorbuys? (Will be first time lease for me so I'm wondering which is the best way to go)
I had originally walked in off the street to one of the 2 local dealers... best I could get was $62.5k with what I wanted...
I am in a weird situation... my company has just merged with a larger one, so I decided to get down the path of sorting a lease...
While they were going to their 'preferred' dealer network I punched in a motorbuys quote. 24!hours later I had about 9 quotes over all states except NT & WA. Prices ranged from $58.2k ( one I ended up with) to $71k in Victoria... so I accapeted the $58.2.. not there is no commitment.. once you 'accept' it purges other quotes and transfers details. Your sto dealer and dealer to you... you can then get a conversation started...
Initially my lease cam bac from their preferred dealer st $70k drive away... I told them they were kidding... "...don't you guys get fleet discounts and have better buying power??"
Needless to say I supplied the quote.. was a bit difficult to begin with as that dealer wasn't on their system and, to keep people happy, they generally tend to stick with their main suppliers... I argued the point and they acquiesced to arrange a purchase with my dealer...
My first time leasing as well...unless you se Stephen Hawkins you will struggle to understand how it all works immediately....
My suggestion would be to push your leasing agent to strong arm the best deal they can out of their preferred network... if that fails push your selected motorbuys quote...
With the market the way it is, with dealers not willing to budge and inch, I was amazed that the dealer I actually went with had a dealer discount applied... considering there are no factory discounts at all it wasn't like they were just passing on a discount...
Lesson is a good option then as it drops the GST and is taken(majority) out of pre tax pay... so effectively lowers your taxable income..
H