Hey fellas,

I sold my f type r convertible today. The lease end was coming close, and I figured I'd make a bit of money by selling it to carmax in the early summer.

I don't know what I'm getting next. I love everything about the f type r (except auto stop, that thing is lame), and I can't think of a car I'd rather have.

Unless I become rich enough to get a huracan, or fall in a life event that puts me in an accord, I hope to find myself here again. I'll probably stick around for a while, maybe to criticize eco mode or to check in on the latest deals.

Thank you all for your pleasant cyber company. I appreciate all your witticisms, polite arguments, helpful advice, unwanted helpful advice, and love for the sport(car).

-hardwired

 

Please keep us posted on what you do finally end up getting. Could be useful data for anyone coming up to the end of a lease.

 

If you are hoping to come back, maybe that should be "Jaa mata" as it doesnt have the permanence of sayonara!

 

Indeed! It's been a while since I watched an anime

I do hope to back soon...

 

Haha, I thought I'd given up anime and then there were new seasons of Natsume.

jaa mata!

 

Happy motoring, yes please update us, even if it isn't a jag.

 

How the hell did you make money by selling of a pre term lease, particularly with the depreciation on these cars?

 

Depends on your selling price and residual when you bought the car. I'm about 10k to the black if I sold mine right now.

 

I'm guessing high monthly payments and a corresponding low buyout.

 

Yeah, I have the same question as Nati. Could you give us some numbers now that you are out of it? CARMAX really gave you more than the remaining buyout from Chase?

Larry

 

Alright, alright, I'll be a bit more honest...

Since my car was replaced with the lemon law, I had a 2016, while the residual was still calculated for a 2014. Chase was aware of this, and they didn't care. And so the car was worth around 17k more than the residual.

I didn't make that much money though... That's the check that I'm getting from carmax, but I'm planning to only take the amount equivalent to my payments on the first defective car. That money is legally mine, Chase just didn't care for it, I checked, but I feel as though the extra money should go to people who need it. I know I know... too much info. Just let me have my humble brag

Anyways, I'm gonna recuperate some of what I spent, and I won't have payments for a while, so hopefully I'll have enough soon to comfortably waste money on this era's best sports car

 

A little integrity goes a long way.