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Jimmy Recard said:
My brother and his girlfriend have hit 25k in six months of having their Citigo. Unfortunately the limit is 24k for the three year lease so they’ve bought a used Punto to drive instead
That’s the sort of thing they do
How? How on earth do you take out an 8K a year lease and not realise you cover more like 50K?That’s the sort of thing they do
Blue Oval84 said:
Jimmy Recard said:
My brother and his girlfriend have hit 25k in six months of having their Citigo. Unfortunately the limit is 24k for the three year lease so they’ve bought a used Punto to drive instead
That’s the sort of thing they do
How? How on earth do you take out an 8K a year lease and not realise you cover more like 50K?That’s the sort of thing they do
Or they could play the mileage correction game - which I would never do obviously.
Blue Oval84 said:
How? How on earth do you take out an 8K a year lease and not realise you cover more like 50K?
I think this goes on a lot more often that people realise, especially the type of people who just want a car with a badge for the cheapest price they can. I know of an A Class on lease, the owner can only just afford the monthly payments on the lowest annual mileage (6k p.a.), barely any money left over for fuel and only got its first service at 36k at two and a half years old because it would barely run anymore. Now they're panicking because it goes back in a few months, the wheels are scuffed to f
k, car is covered in scratches and Merc are aware of the mileage because it had to go back for a recall, so he can't clock it now! Not saying this is the case with the Citigo though.
WarrenB said:
I think this goes on a lot more often that people realise, especially the type of people who just want a car with a badge for the cheapest price they can.
I know of an A Class on lease, the owner can only just afford the monthly payments on the lowest annual mileage (6k p.a.), barely any money left over for fuel and only got its first service at 36k at two and a half years old because it would barely run anymore. Now they're panicking because it goes back in a few months, the wheels are scuffed to fk, car is covered in scratches and Merc are aware of the mileage because it had to go back for a recall, so he can't clock it now!
Not saying this is the case with the Citigo though.
I guess it's just similar to any unsecured debt. If these people have no money then how will the lease company get theirs. I guess they just join the queue.I know of an A Class on lease, the owner can only just afford the monthly payments on the lowest annual mileage (6k p.a.), barely any money left over for fuel and only got its first service at 36k at two and a half years old because it would barely run anymore. Now they're panicking because it goes back in a few months, the wheels are scuffed to f
k, car is covered in scratches and Merc are aware of the mileage because it had to go back for a recall, so he can't clock it now! Not saying this is the case with the Citigo though.
WarrenB said:
I think this goes on a lot more often that people realise, especially the type of people who just want a car with a badge for the cheapest price they can.
I know of an A Class on lease, the owner can only just afford the monthly payments on the lowest annual mileage (6k p.a.), barely any money left over for fuel and only got its first service at 36k at two and a half years old because it would barely run anymore. Now they're panicking because it goes back in a few months, the wheels are scuffed to fk, car is covered in scratches and Merc are aware of the mileage because it had to go back for a recall, so he can't clock it now!
Not saying this is the case with the Citigo though.
Wow.I know of an A Class on lease, the owner can only just afford the monthly payments on the lowest annual mileage (6k p.a.), barely any money left over for fuel and only got its first service at 36k at two and a half years old because it would barely run anymore. Now they're panicking because it goes back in a few months, the wheels are scuffed to f
k, car is covered in scratches and Merc are aware of the mileage because it had to go back for a recall, so he can't clock it now! Not saying this is the case with the Citigo though.
I know of a rental car company that had a similar situation with a C-Class and @ 22k with no service, the car was expected to be a total loss.
C7 JFW said:
Wow.
I know of a rental car company that had a similar situation with a C-Class and @ 22k with no service, the car was expected to be a total loss.
Eh? How long ago are we talking?I know of a rental car company that had a similar situation with a C-Class and @ 22k with no service, the car was expected to be a total loss.
A lot of cars have 20k service intervals. My van is 30k.
Hardly going to kill it beyond repair is it.
ATM said:
Blue Oval84 said:
Jimmy Recard said:
My brother and his girlfriend have hit 25k in six months of having their Citigo. Unfortunately the limit is 24k for the three year lease so they’ve bought a used Punto to drive instead
That’s the sort of thing they do
How? How on earth do you take out an 8K a year lease and not realise you cover more like 50K?That’s the sort of thing they do
Or they could play the mileage correction game - which I would never do obviously.
The used Punto is probably the car they should have got anyway. It's definitely nicer than the Skoda that they have to pay for now
Krikkit said:
If I was doing that many miles I'd buy a proper car instead, like a Mondeo or Octavia. At least you can be comfortable that way.
I'm sure the Punto would be a better bet than the CitiGo though, size and sound deadening are everything!
Spot on but a feel a lot of people who have little to no interest in cars just see them all as different sizes rather than the larger models being more refined and better built than smaller models, so they just pick the cheapest and smallest one available.I'm sure the Punto would be a better bet than the CitiGo though, size and sound deadening are everything!
Krikkit said:
If I was doing that many miles I'd buy a proper car instead, like a Mondeo or Octavia. At least you can be comfortable that way.
I'm sure the Punto would be a better bet than the CitiGo though, size and sound deadening are everything!
They wouldn't, although I said that.I'm sure the Punto would be a better bet than the CitiGo though, size and sound deadening are everything!
They have a weird system where they pretty much use the car at opposite times and didn't have any idea that doing two long commutes would be so many miles. She grew up with a dad who had nothing but very tiny Fiats and he doesn't care about cars or even notice the difference between them and their nearest car dealership is a Skoda one, so that's what they got. That's probably how most people buy cars!
They could easily afford a larger car, but the comfort isn't something that has bothered them. Running out of miles 1/6 of the way into the lease is the thing that (to me) is beyond stupid
Jimmy Recard said:
My brother and his girlfriend have hit 25k in six months of having their Citigo. Unfortunately the limit is 24k for the three year lease so they’ve bought a used Punto to drive instead
That’s the sort of thing they do
My OH's idiotic stepmam wrote off her Peugeot 307 and took out a Mini on an 8k a year lease when she does an 86 mile a day round trip commute back. She thought that the mileage wouldn't be that high as she along with OH's dad who really doesn't drive anymore spend a lot of time in their holiday apartment in Spain. After 24 months it had done almost 45k...she got a bill of £2500 after handing it back. Fair to say she now tells everyone that leasing is a mug's game and now has a 12 plate Peugeot 308 bought outright.That’s the sort of thing they do
C7 JFW said:
Wow.
I know of a rental car company that had a similar situation with a C-Class and @ 22k with no service, the car was expected to be a total loss.
No you don’t. There is no way on this earth that 22k without a service could possibly write off a car. There are thousands of cars on the road that have gone further between services. I know of a rental car company that had a similar situation with a C-Class and @ 22k with no service, the car was expected to be a total loss.
Why do people make stuff up like this?
I used to work at a Ford Main Dealer. We used to buy lots of stock from Hertz, Rent a car etc. Some of the sales lads wouldnt bother servicing the car as any costs would come out their profit, so the book would be stamped up and no service done. Im sure there are loads of cars on the road like this.
wjwren said:
I used to work at a Ford Main Dealer. We used to buy lots of stock from Hertz, Rent a car etc. Some of the sales lads wouldnt bother servicing the car as any costs would come out their profit, so the book would be stamped up and no service done. Im sure there are loads of cars on the road like this.
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