Elevated Automotive is testing out their new loan & lease calculator app. The application hopes to make buying or leasing a car as easy as can be, and soon to be a complete car buying tool. They have just updated to version 1.5.1, and have 5000 free copies to give away.
The calculator's simple, clean interface allows users to quickly compute their exact car payments using the same information that dealers use to calculate payments in their computer systems. Whether you need to see the difference in your payment based on the length of the loan, you need to see exactly how much that extra down payment will affect the loan, or you just want to see the difference between a loan and a lease, you no longer have to wait for your salesman to go back and forth to his boss to make a decision.
To check it out, just head over to Elevated Automotive to download the free app.
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