The Game Changer Is Here

Published 2013/10/232013/10/23 by G

HELLO RWG FANS!

Looks like finding Residual Values and Money Factors just got a little easier! Introducing RWG’s own Lease Residual & Money Factor Calculator!!!
Yup, now you can find out the residual value and money factor of any nationally advertised lease promotion. You can also dig it out of a dealer without having to ask for them. Just make sure you key in the required fields and the RV & MF will automagically appear! Then, of course, you will share that information with the rest of the RWG community because I work my butt off arming you guys with the tools to make the deal. 🙂

RWG Game-Changing Residual/Money Factor Lease Calculator

Network Issues + New features added

Published 2013/10/222013/10/22 by G

All,

Network Solutions seems to be having network issues (ironic, isn’t it?). So the website will be in and out of service until they can figure out what their issue is. I have been able to hit the site using Firefox. No luck using Chrome (which is odd). I can’t hit it with my phone, but I can with my computer. Anyway, check my twitter feed for any major announcements.

Also,

Added the following features, groups and lease rate sections:

The Wall – You can now upload pictures of your own car to the wall. Please keep the filesizes small.
Messaging – You can send members public or private messages. Just go to the person’s profile and select the message you want to send. Here is my profile
Discussion Groups – I have broken them down into the core-brands plus a few other groups such as “Your Next Lease“. I will be commenting on my experiences searching for my next lease in that group. I encourage you to join and share what you are getting next
Acura, Audi, Honda Lease Rate pages added. I will be adding Volvos once I get numbers for those. Thank you to all who are pitching in!

Welcome to RWG

Published 2013/10/212013/10/22 by G

Good morning everyone!

For those of you who haven’t visited the site over the weekend, I have rebranded the site to commemorate the new beginning.
I know having to sign up will get some “getting used to”, but I encourage you to do so because I plan to reward the most active members with special perks. 🙂 Plus you sort of need an account to communicate with me.

Here are some fairly major changes to the site:

Lease rates will no longer be posted monthly – A page has been setup which will be updated with lease rates by the community. Check them often because they get updated regularly! It’s actually a lot more comprehensive than I thought. Thank you all for pitching in!
Past lease rates are still available under the “Lease Rates” tab on the navigation bar
Questions are comments should be entered in the Groups section under the appropriate brand. I encourage you to share the deals you have negotiated. I will be providing analysis in those groups to assist folks with their negotiations
I have setup a section for those who want to share numbers of cars other than the “Core 8” brands. I plan to look shop for some of the non-core brands so I will be updating numbers there.
RWG calculator has been replicated three times so you can do side-by-side comparisons as you cross-shop

On a side note: next month, I will be hitting the dealerships to find a car to replace my Sonata with. I will say that after the service they did on it, the Sonata is running whole lot quieter and smoother. They fixed the hellish squeaking from the suspension (should have done that YEARS ago). They will be replacing the scratched up steering wheel rubber for free (YEY). They also took care of some recall notices which was nice. They couldn’t fix my fuel pump issue and they blamed it on the fact that some pumps are too new and not fully compatible with the Sonata’s fueling system. Told me to take it up with Hyundai directly. My response? Ain’t gonna happen. This is a lease (thank goodness), not going to waste my time and breath whining about it to some corporate big wigs that don’t care.

Again, support the ads and referrals if you need their services. Will need the extra funds to pay for the mobile app and a real “special” project I have in mind that could potentially open things up for all of us. Stay tuned.

Work in Progress…

Published 2013/10/202013/10/21 by G

All,
As you probably have noticed, I am working through some changes to the site. Please don’t mind the “dust”. I should be done in the next 24 hours.
Mobile access is still a bit sketchy, but it works.
G

Looking Ahead

Published 2013/10/182013/10/21 by G

I know it hasn’t been the easy for many of you trying to hunt down lease rates this month. I too have been impacted since I was just about to begin shopping for my Sonata replacement. The good news is that a whole lot of you have stepped up to keep things alive, which is phenomenal. This may be the best way to keep things alive in my opinion. Going forward, I will do my best to establish a place to gather and share information, doing my best to provide you with the resources to make leasing an easier endeavor.

Starting this month, you will begin to see some of the changes that I plan to implement to further improve the site. Below are some of the things that you should expect in the coming months:

Website redesign to accomodate the new structure.
Crowd-sourced model will be refined (Kudos to Ron for the Google Forms suggestion). In future, I will have a more “home-brewed” system in place. In the meantime, Google Forms will do the job
Based on the Aug-Sept poll results, lease rates will be streamlined, focusing key brands such as BMW, Audi, Acura, MBZ, Lexus, Infiniti, Honda and VW, with Volvo added whenever supplied. However we will not be limited to only those (see next bullet)
There will be another list of rates for “one-off” models from all other makes (I decided this once I got a chance to see the Lincoln MKZ. I am really curious as to how much this ride goes for)
Registration will be required to post questions, requests, interact with me and other members.
Lease calculator will get a major overhaul and will be planned for mobile devices (this will take time and money to put together so please be patient)

There seems to be some “doomsday” reaction going around regarding this site being “shutdown”. As you know, that isn’t the case. The truth is that my “source” decided that lease rates in exchange for referrals isn’t in their best interest anymore. No other source has stepped since offering to supply me with more numbers, so this is where we are. Should the community choose not to grow from what we’ve built, then we all know what happens next.

As consumers, we will ultimately determine whether sites like this stick around. I have had three brokers supply numbers in the past and they all have stopped. That model was clearly not sustainable in the long haul. Our best chance is to get the numbers independently and share them with the community. We want their cars. We choose who we do business with. We don’t want to be cheated. Is that simple.

I will continue to contribute community to the best of my abilities. I genuinely hope everyone else does the same.

Thank you all for the many years of support. Let’s keep the wheels spinning.

G

2013-14 Honda Lease Rates – October 2013

Published 2013/10/08 by G

Per last month’s poll, it looks like Honda’s are still one of the Top 8 brands folks want to lease. So these postings are likely going to continue going forward. Good to know that folks still care.
I know there will be a lot of questions about the other brands and I will address those down the road. For now, lets keep this Honda related.

As you know, I’m shopping around for a Sonata replacement and the Accord is looking mighty good. I’m likely going to opt for the V6 model. As you can see, you don’t want to lease a 2014 right now. MF way too high. A 2013 would be a better candidate, however, after all the issues I had with m first year Sonata, I think I am going to skip first year models going forward.

For this month, I recommend getting 2013 models of the Civic, CRV and Pilot. And if you are willing to deal with possible recalls and quality issues that are inherent in first-year models, throw the Accord into that mix.

Support my site by getting your “no obligation” quotes from:
TrueCar
CarsDirect.com

2013 HONDA ACCORD COUPE EX-L V6
36 Month – Residual 50% of MSRP – .00031 Base Rate

2014 HONDA ACCORD COUPE EX-L V6
36 Month – Residual 54% of MSRP – .00160 Base Rate

2013 HONDA ACCORD SEDAN EX-L V6
36 Month – Residual 52% of MSRP – .00075 Base Rate

2014 HONDA ACCORD SEDAN EX-L V6
36 Month – Residual 56% of MSRP – .00160 Base Rate

2013 HONDA CIVIC COUPE EX AT
36 Month – Residual 54% of MSRP – .00019 Base Rate

2013 HONDA CIVIC SEDAN EX AT
36 Month – Residual 57% of MSRP – .00019 Base Rate

2013 HONDA CR-V 4WD EX-L AT
36 Month – Residual 57% of MSRP – .00054 Base Rate

2014 HONDA CR-V 4WD EX-L AT
36 Month – Residual 60% of MSRP – .00127 Base Rate

2013 HONDA CR-Z EX CVT
36 Month – Residual 57% of MSRP – .00160 Base Rate

2013 HONDA CROSSTOUR 4WD EX-L V6 AT
36 Month – Residual 49% of MSRP – .00043 Base Rate

2013 HONDA FIT SPORT HATCHBACK AT
36 Month – Residual 57% of MSRP – .00020 Base Rate

2013 HONDA INSIGHT EX
36 Month – Residual 56% of MSRP – .00160 Base Rate

2014 HONDA ODYSSEY EX-L AT
36 Month – Residual 56% of MSRP – .00082 Base Rate

2013 HONDA PILOT 4WD EX-L
36 Month – Residual 50% of MSRP – .00012 Base Rate

2014 HONDA PILOT 4WD EX-L
36 Month – Residual 54% of MSRP – .00160 Base Rate

2013 HONDA RIDGELINE RTL
36 Month – Residual 51% of MSRP – .00160 Base Rate

2014 HONDA RIDGELINE RTL
36 Month – Residual 53% of MSRP – .00160 Base Rate

An Anticipated Unexpected Twist

Published 2013/10/032013/10/22 by G

It’s a sad day in the Auto Leasing World today. I have been asked to remove lease rates off the website. In an effort to comply with the kind folks who have made it possible for us to cut some awesome deals over the last few years, I will be removing the lease rate information for most (not all) brands off my blog. This also means that I WILL NOT BE GETTING ANYMORE LEASE RATES GOING FORWARD (except for the ones I get via other sources).

It’s pretty clear that this blog has resonated at some level with certain people in the auto business and they are extremely displeased that folks like me have cut into their bottom-line. I bet someone, somewhere, put my blog on their meeting agenda. It’s both sad and flattering at the same time if you ask me. To be fair, I think we all knew this was coming. When we chip away at a business’ profit margin, you will usually get a reaction out of them (I would know, I work at a sales driven organization). It sucks for us consumers because we are being thrown back into the dark ages of auto leasing, were dealers do their best to pin us against the wall and force us to negotiate payments based on what “we can afford”, instead of what the car should “really cost”.

What does this all mean to you? It means that if you are like me and love leasing cars, we will need to work even closer to keep our lifestyle going. I will like to spend this month to figure out ways to continue our way of life. I welcome your thoughts and comments. Please post them here if you have something to share.

I thank you for the many years of support you have given me. This is not the end, just a detour.

G

2013-14 Volvo Lease Rates – September 2013

Published 2013/09/262013/10/03 by G

…because late is still better than never…

Once again, Rman has delivered! For the S60, XC-60, XC-90 and C70, the below rates apply to residents of CA, CT, FL, MI, NJ, NY, RI. For all other states, the money factors will be slightly higher, but will also get an additional $500 to $1,000 depending on model.

For all other Volvo Models (C30, S80, XC-70) the program is national.

Volvo is currently waiving the first three payments on any 2013 Volvo lease or finance (You will get a credit of $1,350 added to your account)

$1000 Volvo Allowance or Dealer Cash on Volvo S60 T-5, C70, XC-60, XC-90
$1500 Volvo Allowance or Dealer Cash on S60 T-5 AWD
$2000 Volvo Allowance or Dealer Cash on S60 T-6
$3000 Volvo Allowance or Dealer Cash on S80
$500 Owner Loyalty on all Volvos
$500 conquest on S60 and XC-60

Support my site by getting your “no obligation” quotes from:

TrueCar
CarsDirect.com
For folks in Georgia, contact North Point Volvo in Alpharetta.

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The Game Changer Is Here

RWG Game-Changing Residual/Money Factor Lease Calculator

Network Issues + New features added

Welcome to RWG

Work in Progress…

Looking Ahead

G

2013-14 Honda Lease Rates – October 2013

Support my site by getting your “no obligation” quotes from:
TrueCar
CarsDirect.com

An Anticipated Unexpected Twist

G

2013-14 Volvo Lease Rates – September 2013

TrueCar
CarsDirect.com
For folks in Georgia, contact North Point Volvo in Alpharetta.

G

Support my site by getting your “no obligation” quotes from: TrueCar CarsDirect.com

G

TrueCar CarsDirect.com For folks in Georgia, contact North Point Volvo in Alpharetta.

Support my site by getting your “no obligation” quotes from:
TrueCar
CarsDirect.com

TrueCar
CarsDirect.com
For folks in Georgia, contact North Point Volvo in Alpharetta.