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- From: jdavidso@teknowledge.com (Jim Davidson)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos,misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: car lease vs car loan vs outright purchase
- Message-ID: <JDAVIDSO.92Jul31185130@tigger.teknowledge.com>
- Date: 1 Aug 92 01:51:30 GMT
- References: <1992Jul31.164858.6574@fid.morgan.com>
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- In-reply-to: joec@fid.morgan.com's message of 31 Jul 92 16:48:58 GMT
-
- In article <1992Jul31.164858.6574@fid.morgan.com> joec@fid.morgan.com (Joe Collins) writes:
-
- <An informative analysis of the relative costs of buying vs.
- leasing a car.>
-
- > LEASE AND BUYBACK:
- > The Present value of the $291 per month for 48 months at 9.12% works
- > out to be $11,667.
- > The Present value of the $5650 (5400+250) 48 months from now at 9.12% works
- > out to be $3,985.
- > The present value on $672 sales tax (7% of 15000-5400) 48 months from now
- > at 9.12% works out to be $474.
- > Lease and buyback in 4 years: 11667+ p.v. of cash flow to dealer
- > 3985+ p.v. of buyback to dealer
- > 291+ upfront payment to dealer
- > 100+ upfront payment to dealer
- > 1000+ (trade in value)
- > 474+ p.v. of 7% sales tax
- > ---------
- > $17,517 Total cost of lease, in todays dollars
- >
- > BUY NOW FOR CASH AND HOLD FOR AT LEAST 4 YEARS.
- > $15000+retail cost of car
- > $1000-value of tradein
- > $980+net sales tax (.07+14000)
- > ----------
- > $14,980 Total cost of purchase, in todays dollars
- >
- > Thus, buying now and paying cold cash seems better than leasing by $2537
- > although if I lease, I have the cash to invest over the 4 years.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- Careful: Isn't this what you've already accounted for, in working out the NPV
- of the monthly payments? I.e., the total amount paid in monthly payments
- comes to $291*48 = $13968. The PV comes to $11667 because the payments are
- spread out over four years -- i.e., that you have the cash to invest in the
- meantime. So, you've already counted this factor.
-
- That just strengthens your conclusion that buying works out better than
- leasing.
-
- Overall, a good analysis though.
-
- -Jim
-