The problem I am running into is no one can find the exact car I am looking for. I am trying to find a Platinum in brilliant silver with cashmere interior and the rear spoiler. So far the closest I've come is platinum, silver, cashmere, but no spoiler and the upgraded rims, which I'm not crazy about. I figured I would just get it and then buy the spoiler separate.

My question is, will the SR spoiler fit on the Platinum? I only ask because I like the way it looks better than the smaller Platinum one.

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks so much,

Frank

 

Yes the SR spoiler will fit.

 

Cool thanks, I like that spoiler much better. Now I just have to negotiate a good lease price.

 

I am pretty sure that your lease agreement will not allow for any mods.

 

The inspector that will come look at the vehicle will not know what spoiler came with what car. It's a genuine nissan part and if the dealer decides to buy the vehicle from Nissan financial, they will make sure to list this option. Aftermarket products and such is most likely what they frown upon.

 

And besides, you can avoid all that lease-end nonsense by just trading the car before the lease is up ... even if it's only a month or a week before.

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Since you want to do mods, is leasing your only option? Why put money into a car that you have to monitor your miles driven and turn back in in 3-5 yrs? Not the wisest way to spend your hard earned money IMO.

 

Thanks for the help guys. Max, I'm leasing because I get bored of cars to fast. My Altima is the first lease I have ever done and I love the idea that I get a new car every 3 years.

 

I feel you man, in the last 4 years I've went thru a 2003 Maxima SE, a 2010 Nissan Murano LE, a 2008 Ford Explorer Sport Track XLT and now my 2010 Maxima SV.

Deep inside I feel like it's time to get a new car, but there's really nothing out there that's calling my name like cars did for me 10 years ago.

Whenever I get the itch to get rid of the Maxima I break out my old school 69 Cougar do a few burnouts, smell the rubber and remember that I don't have any car payments or broke car issues.

 

Keep in mind, turning the car in early does NOT mean you aren't going to pay out the lease. You may finance the remaining payments into a new purchase. If you lease again, they might be more accommodating. Might. And don't forget, the deaer isn't generally the leasing (financing) agent -- so they get a chance to inspect the car and quote for "excessive" wear. Whatever they qualify that as...
If you go back to the same dealership where you leased it is much easier to slide over to a new car and reset your liabilities. But when you move between brands, you lose your leverage.

 

You can have equity in a lease if the buyout price is less than what the vehicle is worth. Happens most of the time with low mileage vehicles and/or you negotiated a very very good deal from the beginning. Or you just paid out the *** at the beginning with a huge down payment. Turning in a lease early in some situations, may actually be worth it.

I've had my Acura lease bought out by Nissan a couple vehicles ago. It had equity in it, with 64k in miles. If i didn't go this route, Acura would have charged me 7g's in over-mileage. I didn't have much equity, so it didn't help me much in the sense of leasing a new Nissan, but it helped me greatly with the Acura lease.

 

I'm in that boat now. I've got the itch to lease a Max, but have 4 payments left on my Optima. Was wondering if anyone ever leased a new vehicle with that many payments remaining on their current lease and what the outcome was. I know if I wanted to stay with a Kia, they would forgive the remaining 4. Kia has been calling me for the last 6 months to do so, but I'm not leasing another.

 

Call Kia financial and ask what your buyout is if you buyout now. Then go to Nissan and ask them how much would they give you for that vehicle as a trade in. If they tell you they will give you more than what your buyout is, then you have money to put down towards your Nissan. They would be more inclined to go this route rather than having Nissan pay remaining balance of your lease, as they may flip it for some profit.

 

It's almost not worth going the route of having dealer pay the remaining balance of your lease. If they were to do that, then they're just adding it on to the deal that is being negotiated (in some form or another).

 

I know my what my current buyout is. It's listed right on my online account after each payment is processed. I'm sure Nissan will low ball on trade. They all do. When I leased this Kia, Kia cut me a check back from my previous lease (2 payments). I don't want to do that again to affect my monthly payment. Probably best off to wait it out.

 

They want to make the sale just as much as you want in on the deal. It doesn't hurt to try that way.

 

Don't waste time and ask outright if they're willing to give you more than your buyout. Give them a number that you're willing to go with.

 

Just for kicks, I logged into my Kia account. Buyout as of today is $23,300. so I went to edmunds to see the trade in value. $18k LOL. So I'm out of luck, need to wait it out til the end

 

You can negotiate a deal with no trade in, get them to go the lowest possible and then and only then you ask if they can take care your payments. They'll probably rebuttal with meeting in half, they won't lose a deal over 2 payments. Unless you're paying an ungodly amount

 

I have 4 payments of $425 remaining.

 

If you're willing to be responsible for 2 payments, and them taking care of 2, I don't see a dealer losing a deal for $800 and the end of the month and at the end of the first quarter. With all these rebates and discounts specifically targeted towards the max, it seems they're pushing these vehicles hard. Take advantage of it. But never roll over your payments. When I was negotiating, they kept trying to do that for my lease as well. But I kept saying, if you're not going to help me out with any of my payments, it would not be financially smart of me to jump on this deal. If I was going to pay the full 4 payments on my current lease, I was going to drive it for those months. I wouldn't pay for the payments and not be driving it. But then again it was a Nissan so I had a little more pull

 

I wonder if I can use the available $1650 lease cash towards my 4 remaining lease payments? I totally hijacked this thread, so sorry guys.