Best Lease Car Deals Available? (Vol II)

[davamer23]

Hi, can anyone with maintenance included tell me their experience with punctured tyres? Currently have a quotation on maintenance included and I was verbally informed that they never repair a puncture and always replace the tyre. However the contract I've had through to go over states that punctures are repaired unless obviously situated in such a place on the tyre that repair isn't possible. Do the contracted tyre company tend to be economical with the truth in order to inflate the cost they will be claiming?

[ArsE92]

davamer23 said:

Hi, can anyone with maintenance included tell me their experience with punctured tyres? Currently have a quotation on maintenance included and I was verbally informed that they never repair a puncture and always replace the tyre. However the contract I've had through to go over states that punctures are repaired unless obviously situated in such a place on the tyre that repair isn't possible. Do the contracted tyre company tend to be economical with the truth in order to inflate the cost they will be claiming?

We had a puncture on our Arval Q3 last year. I didn't even know it was maintained, but when I called to ask where I should take it for a new tyre they sent out a mobile guy to replace it. The puncture was pretty central in the tyre if I remember correctly.

[JetskiJezz]

Just to get away from the continuous list of cheap, but rather unexciting cars that seem to be populating this thread at the moment, just thought I might add one that is a little bit more interesting although not quite bargain basement:

Maserati Ghibli
Advertised with Silverstone fleet management:
http://www.silverstonefleetmanagement.com/business...

Monthly payment of £342.15, plus VAT.
Rather low 5000 miles a year ( although higher amounts are available).
This is based on 9 + 23 and according to the website can be personal or business.
This makes the deposit £4105.80 plus VAT
Plus a £300 document fee
So this is the V6 diesel auto
No idea what the additional cost per mile is.

if anyone's interested, it goes up to £407.44 Plus vat) when you put a more realistic 10,000 miles a year into the equation.
I've no idea if the same cars available cheaper elsewhere, but the something big, comfortable and a bit different afford it wasn't too bad.

[talksthetorque]

ArsE92 said:

davamer23 said:

Hi, can anyone with maintenance included tell me their experience with punctured tyres? Currently have a quotation on maintenance included and I was verbally informed that they never repair a puncture and always replace the tyre. However the contract I've had through to go over states that punctures are repaired unless obviously situated in such a place on the tyre that repair isn't possible. Do the contracted tyre company tend to be economical with the truth in order to inflate the cost they will be claiming?

We had a puncture on our Arval Q3 last year. I didn't even know it was maintained, but when I called to ask where I should take it for a new tyre they sent out a mobile guy to replace it. The puncture was pretty central in the tyre if I remember correctly.

Always had punctures repaired if legal to do so.
That's with Lex, Societe General/ALD and most recently Arval.

I once had an ATS guy turn up with a tyre for a puncture on a company lease car.
He gets a tyre out of the mobile van.
I asked him if it was repairable and he said "Yes, but I don't have a puncture repair kit on the van"
Told him I wouldn't authorise a replacement if not necessary and sent him away to get one. He came back and repaired it, and was apologetic for the mix up - then told me his boss had told him to try and get away with it.

I know it's not my money, but it sort of is.

[Wayne-1nqg9]

Is this the cheapest A4 1.4 Saloon deal at the moment?

10k, total cost £5,172? That's not too bad

http://www.vehicles4work.com/personal-lease-cars/a...

[Paul-4gg49]

Wayne-1nqg9 said:

Is this the cheapest A4 1.4 Saloon deal at the moment?

10k, total cost £5,172? That's not too bad

http://www.vehicles4work.com/personal-lease-cars/a...

Worth asking Audi dealers directly, they seem to have access to the same deals and you'll save the admin fee. Oxford Audi did mine and Doncaster Audi also came up with some good prices recently. My base spec A4 saloon was £4,670 over 2 years @10k miles.

I don't think that specific offer is around any more, but anything around £5k would be decent value.

[berlintaxi]

JetskiJezz said:

I've no idea if the same cars available cheaper elsewhere, but the something big, comfortable and a bit different afford it wasn't too bad.

Unfortunately it ain't that big or comfortable.

[Sheepshanks]

davamer23 said:

Do the contracted tyre company tend to be economical with the truth in order to inflate the cost they will be claiming?

In my experience, no - they go the other way and will often state tread depth to be deeper than when you measure it yourself.

If they do change a tyre due to a puncture then they'll only change that one - don't even think about trying to at least get a pair the same - and it'll often be a very random make. It might be an eco tyre where the other are non-eco. If you complain, they'll say "buy your own tyres then".

[Tallow]

WTF is the deal with the new users with suspiciously random characters at the end of their logins?

I'm sure there's nothing untoward about the sudden appearance of lots of new users suddenly contributing to the Lease thread and nothing else, is there? Of course not, no...

[davamer23]

Sheepshanks said:

In my experience, no - they go the other way and will often state tread depth to be deeper than when you measure it yourself.

If they do change a tyre due to a puncture then they'll only change that one - don't even think about trying to at least get a pair the same - and it'll often be a very random make. It might be an eco tyre where the other are non-eco. If you complain, they'll say "buy your own tyres then".

Thanks for that and for the other answers,I guessed so much. The broker has been a little over zealous in bigging up the benefit of the maintenance package in regards to the tyres then.

[Sargeant Orange]

Tallow said:

WTF is the deal with the new users with suspiciously random characters at the end of their logins?

I'm sure there's nothing untoward about the sudden appearance of lots of new users suddenly contributing to the Lease thread and nothing else, is there? Of course not, no...

Usually posting within minutes of each other too

[43034]

Apologies in advance as I know its been covered before.....

What happens if (God forbid) I write off a lease car? I assume the insurance company pays the lease company? Am I liable for any extras?


Sorry again as I know it's been discussed, only just started looking at leases.

Thankyou

[JD]

Accelebrate said:

JD said:

Frankytank said:

Also worth speaking to Paul @ www.selectcarleasing.co.uk

Do you think Paul at Select Car Leasing would be able to respond to emails when it's in regard to refunding customers for cars that they can't actually source?

Was promised it over a week ago now and don't get any response.

After an initial delay mine was refunded quite promptly when I offered to pop into their offices (they're based near my office in Reading) to resolve things.

Suzy18 said:

Had issues with Paul from Select in regard to refunds too....

Seems they have form then,

Having to raise the dispute via the credit card company now.

[Frankytank]

Don't know if this is of interest to anyone? I've just received an email.

11 x STOCK GOLF R
White,Red,Black & Blue

All 5 doors with a mix of Manuals and DSG's.
Starting from £270.32 + Vat per month (6+23 - 10k p/a)

sent by Selectcarleasing.

[skahigh]

Frankytank said:

Don't know if this is of interest to anyone? I've just received an email.

11 x STOCK GOLF R
White,Red,Black & Blue

All 5 doors with a mix of Manuals and DSG's.
Starting from £270.32 + Vat per month (6+23 - 10k p/a)

sent by Selectcarleasing.

Any idea the name of the person to contact at Select?

[Tallow]

skahigh said:

Any idea the name of the person to contact at Select?

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess Frankytank Paul

[ikarl]

43034 said:

Apologies in advance as I know its been covered before.....

What happens if (God forbid) I write off a lease car? I assume the insurance company pays the lease company? Am I liable for any extras?


Sorry again as I know it's been discussed, only just started looking at leases.

Thankyou

GAP insurance - you would normally take out an additional policy to cover for the full duration of the lease and you can specify the amount you want it to cover for (example - my wife's Juke over 3 years we've opted for £5k of cover) that way should the worst happen, and the insurance company pay out less than the lease company would expect for the car, the GAP insurance plugs the gap

In short, yes you are liable if the insurance do not fully reimburse the lease co

[Paul-4gg49]

Tallow said:

WTF is the deal with the new users with suspiciously random characters at the end of their logins?

I'm sure there's nothing untoward about the sudden appearance of lots of new users suddenly contributing to the Lease thread and nothing else, is there? Of course not, no...

Perhaps it is a result of Pistonheads taking one's first name and adding random characters to it to make a standard username. Some of us can't be bothered to change the username.....WTF!!!

[Jonno02]

Paul-4gg49 said:

Perhaps it is a result of Pistonheads taking one's first name and adding random characters to it to make a standard username. Some of us can't be bothered to change the username.....WTF!!!

Alright princess, calm down.

[43034]

ikarl said:

GAP insurance - you would normally take out an additional policy to cover for the full duration of the lease and you can specify the amount you want it to cover for (example - my wife's Juke over 3 years we've opted for £5k of cover) that way should the worst happen, and the insurance company pay out less than the lease company would expect for the car, the GAP insurance plugs the gap

In short, yes you are liable if the insurance do not fully reimburse the lease co

Excellent thank you! GAP ins a must then...