Recent content by johnstred

So, finally took off the hood badge to put on the E-badge, but found a eraser size ding covered up by the original badge. Unfortunately, the E-badge being not as wide will keep it uncovered, aarggh.... how good are those color pend for this kind of ding? Anyone with a good tip and experience? I...

Matt, how difficult is it to replace the logos on the hood, trunk? I have the youTube videos but still nervous to do it myself...

Finally did it, brought home a brand new Stinger GT2, ceramic silver with red interior; remote start installed. Loving the car so far! MSRP $53,369... negotiated to $48,804. paid cash... (via a balloon loan from Kia Finance that added an additional $6500 discount, which I will pay off in full...

Congrats! Let's see what I will be bale to do... for the first time, getting push back on the sales tax piece, Matt....even though I do have an offer from Audi and Jaguar. Question, at what stage of the lease formula does the $6500 lease cash kick in? Up front subtracted form the negotiated...

Not sure about formal documentation, but I have now leased two cars that way and have offers from Audi, Jaguar and Lexus again without any pushback from the dealers.

In Texas, when you lease, you pay sales tax on the FULL sales price of the car, not just the depreciation, which of great disadvantage to a consumer. I think Texas law makes this less painful by making the tax 1.5% for single-pay leases. I have done this a couple times now and have offers from...

After I wrote this, I thought about it and not a 100%v sure - , I believe the money factor is included in the single pay lease $$$ you have to fork over, but you still save on sales tax. So, if you then invest the remaining money to buy out the lease in a 3 year 2+% CD and THEN pay off the...

New here, thought I add my 2 cents and ask this: In Texas at least, you can do a single-pay lease and pay only 1.5% sales tax, plus get a much lower Money factor and applied to the RESIDUAL only. So using this strategy, start negotiating a low price, get a single-pay lease and the 6,500 lease...