Reginald P. Smithers wrote:
I have listened to Clark Howard, it there are many people who do have
problems. If you keep the car well maintained, keep documents of following
mfg. suggested schedule, park your car away from others in the parking lot,
keep the interior spotless you should not have a problem.

Since I keep my cars as long as possible, I do all that already, but there
are some who think you can let things slide, ignore the dings on the side of
the car, and not worry about it because you are returning the car in 2 or 3
years. They normally are very very surprised at what they charge to repair
these items.

Don, since you have just closed on the deal with the Ford dealer, I would
ask them to put the "credit card gage" in writting. It is much easier to do
that before, but even now, would be better than at the end of the lease.



Actually, I took delivery of the Ranger on March 30.

"Don White" wrote in message
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Reginald P. Smithers wrote:
I have listened to Clark Howard, it there are many people who do have
problems. If you keep the car well maintained, keep documents of
following mfg. suggested schedule, park your car away from others in the
parking lot, keep the interior spotless you should not have a problem.

Since I keep my cars as long as possible, I do all that already, but
there are some who think you can let things slide, ignore the dings on
the side of the car, and not worry about it because you are returning the
car in 2 or 3 years. They normally are very very surprised at what they
charge to repair these items.

Don, since you have just closed on the deal with the Ford dealer, I
would ask them to put the "credit card gage" in writting. It is much
easier to do that before, but even now, would be better than at the end
of the lease.



Actually, I took delivery of the Ranger on March 30.


I think some folks here assume that you cannot think for yourself Don. ;-)

JimH wrote:
"Don White" wrote in message
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Reginald P. Smithers wrote:

I have listened to Clark Howard, it there are many people who do have
problems. If you keep the car well maintained, keep documents of
following mfg. suggested schedule, park your car away from others in the
parking lot, keep the interior spotless you should not have a problem.

Since I keep my cars as long as possible, I do all that already, but
there are some who think you can let things slide, ignore the dings on
the side of the car, and not worry about it because you are returning the
car in 2 or 3 years. They normally are very very surprised at what they
charge to repair these items.

Don, since you have just closed on the deal with the Ford dealer, I
would ask them to put the "credit card gage" in writting. It is much
easier to do that before, but even now, would be better than at the end
of the lease.




Actually, I took delivery of the Ranger on March 30.



I think some folks here assume that you cannot think for yourself Don. ;-)


If the dealership stays under current management, I doubt I'd have a
problem. If some new hardass took over...who knows.
My first thought was to lease a vehicle I planned on keeping.....
or find enough of a downpayment to keep the monthly purchase payments
reasonable. Couldn't decide if I wanted a new RAV4, a Sienna or a
Tundra 6 cyl 2WD. I compromised.
This Ranger deal just seemed too good to let slide.