Best lease car deals available?

[Zyp]

https://easygap.co.uk

Were far cheaper than ALA for me.

[rokut]

VX Foxy said:

Check the xs mileage rate on the BMs.

Thanks, I'm keeping a very close eye on the costs as higher mileage makes leasing a lot less of a 'good deal'. I'm actually just being upfront about the mileage (going to be close to 25K p/a) rather than take the risk of going too low and then being reluctant to use the car when mileage gets close.

[BMRuss]

What I have found out is that many companies are promising me something they can't deliver and it's rather frustrating.

335D M Sport X drive ordered based on a 14 day delivery, they guaranteed they had the stock after asking them time and time again, now just been told no stock and would I like something else.

Is this common practice?

[Blown2CV]

BMRuss said:

What I have found out is that many companies are promising me something they can't deliver and it's rather frustrating.

335D M Sport X drive ordered based on a 14 day delivery, they guaranteed they had the stock after asking them time and time again, now just been told no stock and would I like something else.

Is this common practice?

if it's a physical car the broker won't put any kind of order against it until the 14 day cooling off period is up. So, if someone else comes along and buys it cash, or already was in their own cooling off period ahead of you, they'll take the car. It's a consequence of distance selling regs and customers cancelling orders and leaving brokers stuck with cars unfortunately.

[jonnydm]

BMRuss said:

What I have found out is that many companies are promising me something they can't deliver and it's rather frustrating.

335D M Sport X drive ordered based on a 14 day delivery, they guaranteed they had the stock after asking them time and time again, now just been told no stock and would I like something else.

Is this common practice?

I've read about it on here, think it happened to a few who ordered Golf Rs earlier in the year.

Cynical (realist) view is that they hope once you're locked in, you've convinced yourself that a new car is coming so now its a case of what else have they got rather than cancelling. I'm sure many would also have made plans to get rid of their existing car if they were expecting something in 14 dyas. Very poor show. I think if it was a geniune error/mix up etc., they'd be very apologetic and offer something given the potential aggravation caused.

[Blown2CV]

jonnydm said:

BMRuss said:

What I have found out is that many companies are promising me something they can't deliver and it's rather frustrating.

335D M Sport X drive ordered based on a 14 day delivery, they guaranteed they had the stock after asking them time and time again, now just been told no stock and would I like something else.

Is this common practice?

I've read about it on here, think it happened to a few who ordered Golf Rs earlier in the year.

Cynical (realist) view is that they hope once you're locked in, you've convinced yourself that a new car is coming so now its a case of what else have they got rather than cancelling. I'm sure many would also have made plans to get rid of their existing car if they were expecting something in 14 dyas. Very poor show. I think if it was a geniune error/mix up etc., they'd be very apologetic and offer something given the potential aggravation caused.

different reason than for the Golf Rs, as there was no stock of the Golf anywhere. The reason they were cancelled is the funder found out that certain unscrupulous brokers had proposed a number of private individuals as sole traders in order to fraudulently qualify for business lease, and the funder then revoked the contracts.

[Snollygoster]

BMRuss said:

What I have found out is that many companies are promising me something they can't deliver and it's rather frustrating.

335D M Sport X drive ordered based on a 14 day delivery, they guaranteed they had the stock after asking them time and time again, now just been told no stock and would I like something else.

Is this common practice?

Some brokers will say that and then play the card "the dealer has since sold it" knowing there wasn't anything in stock; but now they have your details and will try and put you in something else. However, they are certainly not all bad; other brokers will be completely upfront and will have had stock, and they may have had 3 cars in stock which have since been sold because you were a bit slow.

There were/are plenty of 335d buyers who would have loved stock cars months ago, or even now, so would have thought these would have been snapped up.

Also, as stated earlier, we were told there were none of these about as the 35d engine are probably the second most common engine in our car park behind a 20d.

[VX Foxy]

BMRuss said:

Is this common practice?

Short answer...yes, very fking common. They're mostly Cowboys and shysters imo. The best deals need persistence and patience.

[VX Foxy]

rokut said:

higher mileage makes leasing a lot less of a 'good deal'.

Not sure I'd agree with that. The opposite in fact - except for the BMs - my xs rate is ridiculous! Don t always assume that it's cheaper to book the mileage upfront. An e350 at 6ppm is very good value, I would say.

[Northernchimp]

Any tip offs on where to lease a Fiesta ST-2 from? 24 months, 20k pa, including maintenance. Be personal so inc VAT. Seeing £50+ differences.

[1988alz]

Hi
Hope someone can give me some advise. Been looking at leasing a car now for a while and was wondering would anyone lease a ex demo car and would it be cheaper. Also has anyone seen any a3 sportback deals that they could show me.
Thanks for your time.

[Blown2CV]

Northernchimp said:

Any tip offs on where to lease a Fiesta ST-2 from? 24 months, 20k pa, including maintenance. Be personal so inc VAT. Seeing £50+ differences.

You need to look at the total cost. What is the £50 difference in?

[Blown2CV]

1988alz said:

Hi
Hope someone can give me some advise. Been looking at leasing a car now for a while and was wondering would anyone lease a ex demo car and would it be cheaper. Also has anyone seen any a3 sportback deals that they could show me.
Thanks for your time.

Ex demo is quite often the most expensive way to buy a car, people just assume they must be cheap.

[CYMR0]

1988alz said:

Hi
Hope someone can give me some advice. Been looking at leasing a car now for a while and was wondering would anyone lease a ex demo car and would it be cheaper. Also has anyone seen any a3 sportback deals that they could show me?
Thanks for your time.

Cheap leasing is usually a way for manufacturers to move extra metal - once a car is sold as an ex-demo, it's out of scope for the manufacturer's support. So would an ex-demo be cheaper than some random spec? Probably, but it's unlikely to be the cheapest option of all.

Anyway, it's slow and poverty spec, but since you asked, here's the cheapest A3 I could find:

http://www.centralukvehicleleasing.co.uk/vehicle/c...

[Blown2CV]

CYMR0 said:

1988alz said:

Hi
Hope someone can give me some advice. Been looking at leasing a car now for a while and was wondering would anyone lease a ex demo car and would it be cheaper. Also has anyone seen any a3 sportback deals that they could show me?
Thanks for your time.

Cheap leasing is usually a way for manufacturers to move extra metal - once a car is sold as an ex-demo, it's out of scope for the manufacturer's support. So would an ex-demo be cheaper than some random spec? Probably, but it's unlikely to be the cheapest option of all.

Anyway, it's slow and poverty spec, but since you asked, here's the cheapest A3 I could find:

http://www.centralukvehicleleasing.co.uk/vehicle/c...

Generally they do benefit from manufacturer support, it's just that the dealer was the one that benefitted as the first owner of the car. Demos are used cars, you only get support on new. Also I don't think you can generally lease ex demo.

[talksthetorque]

Generally the leasing co's will get as good, if not a better deal than the dealers. You can get "in stock" new unregistered or pre registered cars, which are probably sat at the incoming port on an old airfield, or hanging round dealers storage facilities, but I would expect most ex-demos to be PCP'd/hp'd out of the showroom by the "I want that one" crowd.
Having said that, I was offered an A3 demo that they just had in for good money on a personal lease, but I found out the company I was joining didn't allow 3 doors.

[CYMR0]

Blown2CV said:

Generally they do benefit from manufacturer support, it's just that the dealer was the one that benefitted as the first owner of the car.

Absolutely. Once it's registered and sold on, it's out of scope.

Blown2CV said:

Demos are used cars, you only get support on new. Also I don't think you can generally lease ex demo.

Most leasing companies are set up to take advantage of manufacturer support on new cars, it's true, but there's no reason why if you have a funder that you can't lease anything. They're not exactly everywhere but these guys do it:

http://www.time4leasing.co.uk/product.asp?pid=1271

[1988alz]

Thanks, going to look into that central vehicle website as it seems to pop up alot on here.
Ideally would like a s line but other half has her heart set on a sportage 3.

[Snollygoster]

CYMR0 said:

Cheap leasing is usually a way for manufacturers to move extra metal - once a car is sold as an ex-demo, it's out of scope for the manufacturer's support. So would an ex-demo be cheaper than some random spec? Probably, but it's unlikely to be the cheapest option of all.

Anyway, it's slow and poverty spec, but since you asked, here's the cheapest A3 I could find:

http://www.centralukvehicleleasing.co.uk/vehicle/c...

That is a very cheap A3 if someone is just after the Audi badge. Admittedly on a 9 + 23 5k @ £163 but still comes in less than £200 on effective monthlies.

[User33678888]

£300 ish a month all in is my budget. Ideally 3+23. Thinking Golf R manual. Not really sure I want an E Class. Only doing 8-10k a year so no need for diesel. Any good M135i deals about? I've just made some big business investments so don't want to shell out much capital. I could just buy a £3-5k runaround but there seem to have been some good deals going so thought I'd try and tap your collective wisdom. Ideally delivered by Jan. Cheers in advance.

ETA the BMW 335d deals look good. Not sure I could live with a 3GT. Those work out around £385 once deposit is averaged. That's top end for me but doable. What other choices would you guy recommend? Could put off delivery til beginning of March if I really had to but would rather get something sooner.

Edited by User33678888 on Wednesday 29th October 01:28