Returning a leased car

[Greenie]

The company has just returned a leased Saab over contract hire for 3 years for 35,000 a year. We have recieved a bill this morning for "damage outside wear & tear". This includes a tiny dent in the drivers door (car park injury I suspect), 1 kerbed wheel and a nick in the windscreen. Are they taking the mikey for a car with 110,000 miles or is this standard?

They have my sympathy as they have a 3 year old Saab with high mileage worth next to nothing but really it has been looked after very well and it seems unreasonable.

Anyone else with experience of returning leased cars?

I'm so glad we buy our vans as they get abused!!

[plasticpig]

Never had a problem when returning lease cars. We returned a car which had no MOT, well over mileage and was a complete shed. We were expecting a bill but never heard anything about it. I reckon every car the company has returned has had a couple of small dents and we have never been billed. I suspect the credit crunch has tightened procedures up so the lease companies can minimize their losses.

[chris.mapey]

Have a look here http://www.clean-image.co.uk/leasing/ It's the BVRLA fair wear & tear guide.

HTH

[singlecoil]

chris.mapey said:

Have a look here http://www.clean-image.co.uk/leasing/ It's the BVRLA fair wear & tear guide.

HTH

Had a look at that, it's my guess that it was written to favour the leasing companies. Not saying that that makes it unfair (although I am thinking that)