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      08-06-2017, 06:54 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by Huz-Z View Post
I completely agree.

I think that a very large number of the new BMWs that get driven off the dealer lot are done so under a lease so the "owner" gets the car at an affordable payment. It seems to me that many BMW cars aren't actually owned until they are retuned from lease and sold at a more sensible price.
Exactly this. Good residual values coupled with pretty good money factors and dealer discounts enable a lessee to pay what, $1k-1.1k a month on an $85k (before discount) car with nothing down?
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