Lease Question: Late May\Early June????

You may want to consider purchasing your car instead of leasing it.
I don't lease, and there are about 10,000 variables that you have to pencil out to see if leasing is the way to go for you----and it's been working for you up to now.

However (comma!)
Prius prices are up, and there is a short supply of them...especially out on the left coast. I'm thinking that it would thus take a longer period of time, or a larger number of miles driven to recoup the higher price for the car---unless you're not worried about cost-per-mile, and you "HAVE to get a Prius at all costs" simply because you're smitten with the car.
I don't know all the ins and outs of leasing, but I presume that longer ownership and/or high miles during the lease period aren't going to make this an inexpensive car to drive in the short term...at least not comparatively. I'm just suggesting that you sharpen a pencil, do some arithmetic gymnastics and consider purchasing a G3 and keeping it for a while so that you can let it repay your initial higher purchase price with it's higher MPG, and its lower (hopefully!) maintenance costs.

Good luck!

One thing is for sure. If you go to the leasing company and tell them that you gotta have a Priius, they'll find a way to hook you up!

 

prices have completely changed in a few short months, but i doubt you will see them go down anytime soon. you would be better served sooner than later. supply will be the issue rather than price. between rising fuel prices and japan tragedy, it's not likely to get better for quite a while. all the best!

 

Typically, Memorial Day timing has been pretty good for deals.
But, in context with REAL life right now, no big push for things on Memorial Day.
Mother Nature not knowing a holiday was coming and creating the quake and tsunami which wiped out some suppliers and in some cases, suppliers of suppliers. It's all inter-connected.

I'd say : why wait.
Get it before the pricing increase hits and things get worse for fuel and even worse for demand.

 

First of all, here's some good news for you:

Used car prices are at record highs right now, so your Honda Accord lease buyout price is almost certainly below market value.

This means you can make some money off your lease that you can put towards the purchase or lease of a Prius. You could be looking at an additional $1,000 to $2,000 possibly.

Now, about your concern regarding the prices going up.
Here's an interesting article by the CEO of Edmunds showing that people may have overreacted to the supply/demand issue.

The article says that a lot of people have stopped considering buying Japanese cars because they think everyone else is pushing the prices up.

(sorry, the forum won't allow me to post a link to the article cause I don't have enough posts under my belt)

I have heard of people still getting good deals on the Prius. You just have to take the time to call multiple dealers.

Good luck