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The federal credit that made EV leases cheap is gone. Leasing an EV still makes sense — but now for a completely different reason. Here is the new math.
Leasing 101
A plain-English guide to how a car lease is built — cap cost, residual value, money factor, mileage and fees — and…
Credit & Approval
There is no single cutoff. Lenders sort you into tiers, and the tier sets your money factor — here is what each…
Costs & Negotiation
Acquisition, disposition, doc fees, add-ons and the ones you should strike entirely — what each line item is, who sets it, and…
Leasing 101
We run the same $45,000 car through nine years of leasing and nine years of financing. The answer depends on one thing…
Costs & Negotiation
A lease down payment is prepaid depreciation, not equity — and if the car is totalled in month four, it is gone.…
Credit & Approval
Pre-approval turns you into a cash buyer, caps the rate you can be charged and removes the payment conversation entirely. Here is…
Leasing 101
Cap cost, residual, money factor, adjustments and fees — how to read any lease worksheet, verify the payment yourself, and spot a…
Costs & Negotiation
Negotiate the price, never the payment. A seven-step sequence, the exact wording to use by email, and the four numbers that are…
Lease End & Trade
Overage and excess wear are the two charges that surprise people at lease return. Both are predictable, and most of the cost…
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