Hello folks,

After a good amount of lurking and reading, I finally took the plunge and bought my Obsidian Black G37S 6MT on friday. I bought from Kirkland Infiniti here in Seattle, and used the VPP program.

My specs:
OB G37S 6MT
Premium pkg
Navi pkg
Rear spoiler
Illuminated door sills - for some reason all my friends love this, cant figure out why.
Splash guards
Trunk net/cargo mat

MSRP is 42895.
Invoice is 39167.
I paid VPP pricing, which came to about 39355, plus acquisition fee ($595), DMV licensing fee ($195) and my first month's payment.

My lease is $544/mo including WA tax @ 9.1%.
0 down, 36 mos, 12k miles/year, residual was 62%.

I found the G37 lease spreadsheet at http://www.bdlhome.com/bdlleasecalc/index.htm very helpful - thanks 'bdlhome'. It is SPOT on - my monthly payment is exactly what the spreadsheet predicted.

I took my laptop with me to the dealership with my various spreadsheets. Initially they offered me the old 0.00245 rate, which I flat out refused. I told them I would only do 0.00192, which is what IFS is offering in Feb on the G37. Note that this is only being offered on the 36 month lease - the 39 month has the same residual (which is good), but has the higher 0.00245 rate.
I verified their final numbers by plugging them into my excel model - they fit :-)

I also found this chart tracking monthly payments over time pretty helpful - http://www.dwynne.com/infiniti/feb_payments.jpg (Note that this is for a G with premium pkg only). I found this chart over on the Edmunds town hall talk forum.

I really like this car so far. I need to get myself some all-weather floor mats - its always raining in Seattle!

Cheers,
Aakash

 

i wish i had VPP congrats on your purchase!

 

Nice! Where in WA are you located & which dealership did you lease from? You should visit G35Driver.com & My350Z.com we have lots of meets all the time throughout the year. I'll start posting up meet info in our Northwest section as well.

 

Nice deal Kash! I paid almost 4 grand more. Hint, get yourself a new LCD TV with the 4 grand you just saved up.

 

congrats on the purchase .

 

Congrats on your new car.
Great choices on color and equip.

Who was your sales rep., if you don't mind saying, and was he/she
good to deal with?

 

Thanks everyone.
I'm located in Seattle downtown (parking is a pain), and leased from Infinit of Kirkland (http://www.infinitiofkirkland.com/).

MonkPDX - check your PM's.

-Aakash

 

congrats u should add to got g vpp

 

congrats!!

 

thanks for the info