FRB: Vehicle Leasing: A Consumer Resource

Keys to Vehicle Leasing: A Computer Program with photo of traffic

This program gives you a detailed look at leasing.
It answers the following key questions in depth:

How is leasing different from buying?
What are the upfront, ongoing, and end-of-lease costs?
How do you compare lease offers
and negotiate lease terms?

The program includes a checklist to use in shopping for a lease, sample leasing disclosure forms, and information on the Consumer Leasing Act and its companion regulation (Regulation M and commentary).

Keys to Vehicle Leasing: A Consumer Resource can be downloaded to your computer. You will need:

a Windows 95, 98, NT, or 2000 operating system
a level 486 processor or higher
24 MB of free disk space on your hard drive.

If you want to print from the program, you will also need Adobe Acrobat 3.0 or higher. Please note that the program will not run on a Macintosh operating system.

The program will take about 25 minutes to download on a standard 56K modem; you should turn off your screen saver before downloading. Once the program is downloaded, it is self-extracting. Simply double click the downloaded file to begin the installation process. It is recommended that you close any other applications currently open on your machine before beginning the installation. Also, it is recommended that you use the default folder locations specified by the program.

If you have questions or problems, please use the feedback form at the bottom of this page. Please include an e-mail address and daytime phone number. We will contact you and try to help you with any technical problems that you may have with the downloading and installing procedures.

Download the Computer Program (7.75 MB)

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Last update: July 1, 2001