Just want to see who of you guys are leasing, and if you are still planning on doing some mods to your cars.

Yes i am leasing, i will add basic bolt ons here and thier nothing major, but just want to see any others doing the same as me.

 

Whats the advantage of leasing a car?

 

yup i'm leasing my 03 Si, i have done a intake, catback exhaust and ctr rear swaybar. at the end of the lease i'll be buying the car out in cash.

 

yes i am leasing because i bought the car to be a good daily driver. I will do some mods but will either buy out to sell or return to stock and get a new car when it is over. If somethign happens and I NEED to keep it, its a good car and so be it. My lease is great so i am not too worried.

 

Because a si is a hell of alot lighter. just a plain rsx why not a hybrid.
Hell yea go for it. lease and bolt what ever the hell you want to the car just as long as you take it off before you turn in in your fine.

 

the difference between the rsx and si is like 50 pounds, and i want to guess and say it is the si that is heavier

 

because new si's are hella tight

 

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i am not too sure about the 50 bucks a month difference. my lease for my si is 200 a month with 1,700.00 down. for a type s i belive it would be about 300 for that down. reason because with the honda clearance they had a lease special with the si's.

their was a lease special with the type s it was like 299 with 2000 down.

with the engine swap i would definetly think that would be a bad idea. 40 hp for some thousands of dollars ( not sure of the rate for those engines). i would rather invest in forced inductions and save you a couple thousand.

and how i see it with leasing, bolt ons would be the best option, since you wont be down too much money.

and if the person wondering what the advantages are with leasing compared to buying is this:
can have a new car every 2 to 4 years
depending on your credit, you can have a car payment that is more then half less then that of getting a car loan from a bank. (thats the biggie)

disadvantages:
has to be spotless when car is returned or will be chaged for whatever t hey think needs to be done.
needs to be in the miles of what you agreed upon, (most being 12,000 a year)


well thats it.

 

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disadvantages:
has to be spotless when car is returned or will be chaged for whatever t hey think needs to be done.
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I agree with you on the disadvantages, however, most of the people I know who turned their cars in were worried for nothing about "normal" wear and tear on the vehicles, i.e. paint chips, (minor) door dings, etc. I think it depends a lot on where you lease it from. I work with a guy who has turned in 2 cars now after accidents and paid nothing. One was a Honda Accord where the hood, front fenders, and bumper were replaced due to a rear-end collision. The other one was a Mazda 626 where the back-end was replaced due to backing into something.


Modified by whoobeedoobee at 1:09 PM 9/12/2003