M5 Lease Return Question (Alphabet)handed
Discussion
My M5 is due to be retuned soon and is totally immaculate, not a wheel scuff or scratch in site. I'll be sorry to see it go.
My question is this, probably to anybody who has already their car back. When I start the car it is saying service required in 3600 miles. When I look in the onboard service schedule it seems that this figure relates to the rear brake pads as they are saying they require replacement in the same 3600 miles. The car will only do another 500 miles before it is collected, so it's possible that the reading then will be around 3000 miles for the service / rear brake pads. Do you think they need to be replaced before I hand the car back even though there will still be approx 3000 miles left or should they be done beforehand?
Does anybody have experience of this? Thanks.
My question is this, probably to anybody who has already their car back. When I start the car it is saying service required in 3600 miles. When I look in the onboard service schedule it seems that this figure relates to the rear brake pads as they are saying they require replacement in the same 3600 miles. The car will only do another 500 miles before it is collected, so it's possible that the reading then will be around 3000 miles for the service / rear brake pads. Do you think they need to be replaced before I hand the car back even though there will still be approx 3000 miles left or should they be done beforehand?
Does anybody have experience of this? Thanks.
RS Grant said:
I would expect that as long as there isn't anything due immediately according to iDrive then they can't really moan at you. After all, 3,000 miles is quite a distance, it would take some people 6 months+ to complete that.
Cheers,
Grant
That would my thought as 3000 miles represents a quarter of my annual mileage allowance on the lease. However, I think some clarity form Alphabet is required as I don't want to be billed at their rates after the car has been returned. Cheers,
Grant
Update.
I took the gamble and checked with the lease company to avoid having a problem when the car is collected or when it received by them. They confirm that even though there is an advance warning saying that service is required in 3600 miles there is no need to do anything as the car will only do another 500 miles which will mean there is plenty of life left. That have also noted this on the collection notes and confirmed it in an email to me.
So It's all good.
I took the gamble and checked with the lease company to avoid having a problem when the car is collected or when it received by them. They confirm that even though there is an advance warning saying that service is required in 3600 miles there is no need to do anything as the car will only do another 500 miles which will mean there is plenty of life left. That have also noted this on the collection notes and confirmed it in an email to me.
So It's all good.
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