Best lease car deals available?

[JetskiJezz]

User33678888 said:

http://www.tilsungroup.com/bmw-1+series-125d-m-spo...

£180+vat, 6+23, 10k miles
BMW 125d M Sport 3 door.

Can this be beat? And surely gotta be a better deal than the diesel SLKs people seem keen on for general usage. 6.5 0-60, rwd hottish hatch!

Looks on the face of it like a great deal on not a bad car.
Not really can parable to an SLK - you can't drop the roof on the 1 series to start with and for me personally that was one of my requirements, so you really do need to compare like-for-like.

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JetskiJezz said:

User33678888 said:

http://www.tilsungroup.com/bmw-1+series-125d-m-spo...

£180+vat, 6+23, 10k miles
BMW 125d M Sport 3 door.

Can this be beat? And surely gotta be a better deal than the diesel SLKs people seem keen on for general usage. 6.5 0-60, rwd hottish hatch!

Looks on the face of it like a great deal on not a bad car.
Not really can parable to an SLK - you can't drop the roof on the 1 series to start with and for me personally that was one of my requirements, so you really do need to compare like-for-like.

9 upfront but £180 a month ?

https://www.contracthireandleasing.com/car-leasing...

[ArsE92]

Tallow said:

As an aside, could someone PLEASE stop whoever is putting all this LeaseAid spam crap on the thread before I go nuts?!

Report the post.

[ArsE92]

Birdster said:

Toyota Hilux 3.0

9+23 x £ 169.99 per month business price

or personal price

9+23 x £ 203.99 inclusive of VAT per month

http://www.gateway2lease.com/z_toyota_hilux_3.0dou...

Free dags?

[Birdster]

ArsE92 said:

Birdster said:

Toyota Hilux 3.0

9+23 x £ 169.99 per month business price

or personal price

9+23 x £ 203.99 inclusive of VAT per month

http://www.gateway2lease.com/z_toyota_hilux_3.0dou...

Free dags?

I feel like watching the film now.

[therams]

Anyone seen anything decent on BMW X3 or x4's? Would need to be 20k a year miles and a personal deal

[Dog Star]

JetskiJezz said:

This will be my second 250 diesel SLK - I too agree with the comments about diesel sports cars and when they first introduced diesel convertible I thought it was the most ridiculous thing. As it happens it really is a good car to drive as a daily driver, very nippy, are not powerful your average daily driving around. I'm lucky, it's not my only car I have 2 other cars (both V8's) in the garage when I really want something interesting to drive so I'm happy to put up with it based on incredibly cheap monthly payments.

I'm on my second diseasel SLK too, I preferred the diesel to drive to the petrol to be honest. Fuel economy on my commute is excellent - never below 60mpg.

My previous car was an SL500 and there's not much in it, performance-wise. It falls within any reasonable persons definition of "fast" imo.

[WildCards]

Ford Fiesta 1.0 EcoBoost 125PS Zetec S 3dr
Personal lease, 2 years, 10k pa, £720 down, £120 per month

My brother bought one of these recently, nice little cars, we saw 80 emmpeegee's on the motorway coming home from picking it up.

[IanCress]

WildCards said:

Ford Fiesta 1.0 EcoBoost 125PS Zetec S 3dr
Personal lease, 2 years, 10k pa, £720 down, £120 per month

My brother bought one of these recently, nice little cars, we saw 80 emmpeegee's on the motorway coming home from picking it up.

Just gone for the same with another company, exactly the same deal but with no doc fee. Car to be delivered in February. Getting it in 'deep impact blue' - looks almost like an ST, if you squint a bit.

[honest_delboy]

I always wondered what happens to the car when someone hands their car back earlier for whatever reason:

re-leased at lower charge for remainder of lease ?
goes straight to auction ?
goes straight to dealer ?
sits in car park until lease ends ?

[talksthetorque]

Whichever is the most profitable, or if it's something fairly standard, it may go on their interim pool.

[crosseyedlion]

Dog Star said:

JetskiJezz said:

This will be my second 250 diesel SLK - I too agree with the comments about diesel sports cars and when they first introduced diesel convertible I thought it was the most ridiculous thing. As it happens it really is a good car to drive as a daily driver, very nippy, are not powerful your average daily driving around. I'm lucky, it's not my only car I have 2 other cars (both V8's) in the garage when I really want something interesting to drive so I'm happy to put up with it based on incredibly cheap monthly payments.

I'm on my second diseasel SLK too, I preferred the diesel to drive to the petrol to be honest. Fuel economy on my commute is excellent - never below 60mpg.

My previous car was an SL500 and there's not much in it, performance-wise. It falls within any reasonable persons definition of "fast" imo.

I'd be interested in one of these if I was thinking of changing mine.

The comparison of the SL500 and the SLK250 isnt quite fair on the v8 though, theres about 400kg difference! Mums c250cdi and my E500 weigh pretty much the same, mine is noticeably significantly faster.

Not to say the SLK250 is a bad car, and you're only losing some boot space vs. an SL500 really right? Its a good comparison in that respect.

[Dog Star]

crosseyedlion said:

I'd be interested in one of these if I was thinking of changing mine.

The comparison of the SL500 and the SLK250 isnt quite fair on the v8 though, theres about 400kg difference! Mums c250cdi and my E500 weigh pretty much the same, mine is noticeably significantly faster.

Not to say the SLK250 is a bad car, and you're only losing some boot space vs. an SL500 really right? Its a good comparison in that respect.

The SLK is 100bhp down on the SL, however it has 40Nm more torque (500Nm Vs 460Nm); no matter what people say on PH, lots of torque is good. 500Nm is a lot for such a small car.

The cabin space is where you lose out - there's a lot of space behind the seats in an SL. The R172 SLK is, er, "snug" but cosy.

[crosseyedlion]

Dog Star said:

The SLK is 100bhp down on the SL, however it has 40Nm more torque (500Nm Vs 460Nm); no matter what people say on PH, lots of torque is good. 500Nm is a lot for such a small car.

The cabin space is where you lose out - there's a lot of space behind the seats in an SL. The R172 SLK is, er, "snug" but cosy.

Im by no means saying the SLK is slow, all im saying is for basically the same weight there was an appreciable difference in performance. Lots of torque is good, but the diesel still runs out of puff very quickly, whereas the v8 seems to have the same sort of pull, but it keeps pulling to the redline. The diesel needs a little less stoking to get max performance out of it, which is nice- But lets not turn this into petrol vs. diesel (im firmly in petrol if im honest)

Back to lease deals! Yep the SLK seems blindingly cheap for the car

[JetskiJezz]

crosseyedlion said:

Back to lease deals! Yep the SLK seems blindingly cheap for the car

Great that's another debate settled, back to lease deals as you suggested.

Anyone got any help or advice with choosing a GAP insurance company? It would be useful to have any positive or negative feedback from any of the main companies out there - or that it really not matter who I go with?

[texasjohn]

Dog Star said:

crosseyedlion said:

I'd be interested in one of these if I was thinking of changing mine.

The comparison of the SL500 and the SLK250 isnt quite fair on the v8 though, theres about 400kg difference! Mums c250cdi and my E500 weigh pretty much the same, mine is noticeably significantly faster.

Not to say the SLK250 is a bad car, and you're only losing some boot space vs. an SL500 really right? Its a good comparison in that respect.

The SLK is 100bhp down on the SL, however it has 40Nm more torque (500Nm Vs 460Nm); no matter what people say on PH, lots of torque is good. 500Nm is a lot for such a small car.

The cabin space is where you lose out - there's a lot of space behind the seats in an SL. The R172 SLK is, er, "snug" but cosy.

I think where torque is concerned you need to look at the area underneath the line on the graph. Unless they have changed the OM651 motor, that 250cdi produces its peak torque over a 200rpm band after which it drops off pretty quickly (relative to the peak), whereas the 500 will produce it's peak torque across a 2000 rpm range.

Don't get me wrong though, the SLK250 is a great car and I'd happily have one!

[JetskiJezz]

crosseyedlion said:

Back to lease deals! Yep the SLK seems blindingly cheap for the car

Great that's another debate settled, back to lease deals as you suggested.

Anyone got any help or advice with choosing a GAP insurance company? It would be useful to have any positive or negative feedback from any of the main companies out there - or that it really not matter who I go with?

[StarmistBlue400]

IanCress said:

Just gone for the same with another company, exactly the same deal but with no doc fee. Car to be delivered in February. Getting it in 'deep impact blue' - looks almost like an ST, if you squint a bit.

Who was that with please?

[IanCress]

StarmistBlue400 said:

Who was that with please?

http://www.rivervaleleasing.co.uk/car-leasing/ford...

[Hol]

JetskiJezz said:

crosseyedlion said:

Back to lease deals! Yep the SLK seems blindingly cheap for the car

Great that's another debate settled, back to lease deals as you suggested.

Anyone got any help or advice with choosing a GAP insurance company? It would be useful to have any positive or negative feedback from any of the main companies out there - or that it really not matter who I go with?

I got mine from ALA, for the S4.