JeffreyL

<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/16041/sti1.jpg"></center><p>I don't know if this is typical, but my dealer agreed to buy my S4 at the lease-end and sell it back to me as a CPO (6 years and 100k miles), and the purchase price was the same as the buy-out price in the lease. The dealer (Stevens Creek in San Jose) did a good job and made the process very easy for me.

Even though the CPO is not transferable, I am able to keep the car now and wait to buy a new Audi when I'm ready (maybe the new sc'ed S4). Since I didn't buy a new car now, I did pick a new commuter car, a 2008 STI.

S4iowa

They probably made a few bucks on the financing

JeffreyL

And the dealer probably was able to buy out the lease for less than the residual, which made them a few dollars also.

S4forDC

Unfortunately I wasn't so lucky. The salesguy I got my S4 from was long gone, and the people I talked with weren't interested in dealing with selling it back to me, financing, or CPO. Their agenda was clear...they wanted me to return the S4 and put me in a new Audi. Good people at a dealership goes a long way. Criswell Audi in Annapolis isn't one of them. Congrats on it all working out for you.

SNAFU 4

Plus... they get credit for CPO sales as well as incentives for units sold.. always good.

MYROCKET_S4

may i ask how much did you pay for the STI?

JeffreyL

You can get them without the BBS/nav upgrade for $34-35k. The BBS/nav upgrade adds about $4k+.

SOASOAS

Might have been able to save a few bucks by doing the same thing through AFS but I have had good luck / relationship with the dealer and they discounted the CPO for me. Still if $$$ is your key driver, you can probably do better through AFS (assuming that is who your lease is with) - similar warranty (not CPO) and theirs can be transferred.

JeffreyL

I wanted a warranty (because it is transferrable), but my dealer wouldn't do it for a similar price.