Thanks for the info.

Well, if you amortise the Scenic p/x over the term it becomes £410/mth. I think that's still very good.

Is that all a 5yr old Scenic is worth though?

English?

I paid 3 + 35.

Try calling them.

C class deal was actually £1999 deposit and £219 p/month....fantastic price for C200 SE

Ive found this thread interesting...

I'm on the fence with leasing as ive always bought my vehicles wisely and sold them within a year meaning I tended to break even over the course of the year.

I do like new cars but im always drawn to a slightly older cars which when new would have been out of my budget, let someone else take the big depreciation hit then buying them after 2 years say.

The only reason im considering leasing this time round is im tempted by a GTR... residuals on these cars are very very strong, strongest in class in fact,meaning the for just over £400 you could have a lot of metal...

Oh...if your wondering why im in the MB forum its because i was also looking for a cls 350 sport but in comparison to the gtr the payments are coming in at around £650

I was dealing with Oracle Finance on a 59' plate GTR the'll lease anything up to 5 yrs old. Basically you find your own car give them the details and they'll give you a finance quote over HP, PCP or LP

hope that helps...

How on earth do you keep a new car for around a year and break even?? I need to know your secret.

I tend to buy trade from dealers i.e. Taking their trade ins for good prices. For example I purchased a range rover Sc back in sept and made 3k. I've lost £500 on some cars but generally I sell for the price I paid for it. Dealers are happy making £500 on their trade ins regardless and in some cases these cars can be had for 1-3k underbook depending on the car. Saying that you have to be quick I just lost out only the other week on a mint s320cdi 06 with 50k miles for £13k car was fully loaded with AMG styling etc.

Watch out for MB return standards at the end of your agreement, I returned a E220 cdi at the end of my agreement and received a bill for what was quite frankly body marks that were virtually impossible to see. That wasn,t just my opinion incidently , a friend of mine who just happens to be a vehicle inspector for BCA checked it over before it was collected and had to admit it was in very good knick and more than acceptable....not for MB though....they collected it as arranged...took it down to the midlands somewhere then set about constructing a nice big bill for me....fortunately I was armed with my own vehicle inspection including photos...a few phone calls and letters later and the bill was reduced substantially to cover just one kerbed near side wheel.
Apparantly MB are well known within the industry for trying it on when vehicles reach the end of their agreement.....you have been warned.....I will never lease from them again.....and I actually look after my cars well.