Lease car collection after contract has ended

[MaxFromage]

My lease car is due to go back very shortly. I have just been advised by text that it can now only be collected later than agreed, the day after the contract has ended. I have stated that collection is acceptable on the acceptance of the following:

- Insurance will end on contract date and so will be uninsured by me
- Handover assumed to have automatically taken place on contract end date
- The vehicle cannot be stored where it is normally
- No liability for the car or keycards will be accepted after the contract end date
- The vehicle MOT runs out on the contract end date and so will not have a valid MOT

The date has now been confirmed by text.

I wasn't due to be available on the day, so a bit annoying but that's life.

Has anyone had this situation before and can confirm what happens in terms of checks, charges and liability?

Thanks

[MaxFromage]

To save confusion, I will definitely be there to hand the car over, I'm just unsure of the ramifications of late collection outside the contract.

[Canon_Fodder]

Have they accepted your terms OP?

[Downward]

Ours was parked on the road away from our property for months when the lease ended in May as during Covid they wouldn’t collect.

Once the lease is over the car isn’t your responsibility to insure and anyway you don’t own it.

[havoc]

Downward said:

Once the lease is over the car isn’t your responsibility to insure and anyway you don’t own it.

Are you sure of this?

[MaxFromage]

Canon_Fodder said:

Have they accepted your terms OP?

I advised collection on the date requested would mean confirmation of the terms noted... They have advised they are coming on the date they requested. That's as good as I'll get I think.

[LordFlathead]

I had this end of lease with my Renault Zoe. They said they would collect it 3 days later which was unacceptable, so on end of contract I pushed it out of the drive and set fire to it. Job done

[Russ T Bolt]

MaxFromage said:

Canon_Fodder said:

Have they accepted your terms OP?

I advised collection on the date requested would mean confirmation of the terms noted... They have advised they are coming on the date they requested. That's as good as I'll get I think.

Is that the Leasing Company or the collection company ?

Been a few years but I'm sure there was something about it having to be MOT'd for collection, that was the Leasing Co terms not the collection company.

Having said that the previous car was collected by truck and the last one was driven.

[E-bmw]

CheesecakeRunner said:

If only to protect yourself, I’d be available on the day of collection to supervise the return examination and be able to challenge anything unacceptable.

I also photograph (and video) the complete car on the morning of collection so I have my own record of condition before the driver takes it.

I appreciate it’s a pain in the arse, but it got the potential to save hassle in the long run.

Rather than the day of collection, for the OP's circumstances I would take a video also at the actual end of the contract for proof just in case.

[Raccaccoonie]

I think the law of bailee would cover, so just make sure car stays safe. But your contract ends whatever defined. If it gets nicked shouldn't be your issue as long as you don't leave keys in etc.

[NeilPot]

Had something similar with a rental van when the rental period finished. They were due to collect the same day but took 2 or 3 days (can’t recall which).

Anyway, I called them on the day the rental period finished, and they said just to leave it at xxxx with the keys locked inside, and was their responsibility.

I did take a load of pics AND the mileage/ fuel gauge as a time stamp for reference.

[MaxFromage]

Lease Co have confirmed that they will insure from the contract end date and collect on a transporter due to MOT issue.

[Canon_Fodder]

Quite right too.

You handled it well I think