LEAFer
Well-known member
Wow, that's confusing ! Although I can't believe the 39 payments is the reason you are losing 39% of the $7,500. I think it's because the residual is 39% on a 48month/15k miles lease. I think someone gave you some bad info. That 39% loss of benefit would at least make SOME sense if it's based on residual, and you get the rest when you buy out the lease. Looks like this is an AZ rule. In CA you definitely get 100% of the 7,500 up front. The AZ rule is weird, since it is a Federal tax credit not a state-level benefit. It is Nissan (as a lessor) that gets the Federal tax credit, and it's hard to swallow that state rules affect that. That would mean, if you buy the car, and get 100% of the credit, when you sell it, AZ would force you to pass on the proprotionate amount based on your sales price to the new buyer ???!! No way :?Timaz said:I wanted to mention one quick lease piece of information that we found out last night when picking up our Leaf. If you choose the lease, Nissan reduces the balance by 7,500 like an instant rebate which reduces the total amount , but you only realize about 61% of that amount ($7500) as you will only make 39 payments. If you buy and are in a tax situation to get the benefit of the full amount back at the end of the year, you can take advantage of the full $7,500 back from Uncle Sam. That is just one of the reasons we went with a purchase!
Sorry if these area just common sense, but we used these and other factors to come to the decision to buy.
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Edit: Ok ... hold a minute. I still haven't had my coffee, and I am rethinking whay you posted. Are they saying you lose 39% of the benefit because of 39 payments and really mean that ??? That makes no sense! So, if you choose the 48 month lease you loose 48% (MORE on a longer lease ???). I am further inclided to go with "you got some bad info" !