Best Lease Car Deals Available? (Vol II)

[Bordtea]

Calza said:

You're right, I think it's quite a lot better given the extra kit actually.

Is this about normal then, I thought it was a pretty special price!

I posted that link a few pages back - emailed my local Renault dealer who says he can't get anywhere near it. Don't think its an outrageous price but it's certainly not bad. My problem is the lack of leather seats!

[Gregmitchell]

Sheepshanks said:

Gregmitchell said:

To note, best way to use this is to go massively over your mileage, claim the extra mileage allowance and terminate in the same month, gives you the biggest saving.

Isn't that a bit risky - you can't be certain of being offered the discounted extra mileage? I'd never heard of that happening before until you mentioned it.

I'm baffled why VW would do it - what's in it for them? They're throwing money away, which isn't like VW at all - indeed they're notorious for trying to scam customers with trumped up end of lease charges which really piss people off.

Agreed, but they actually went out of their way to backdate my mileage and let me terminate the lease, they ran both scenarios for me and gave me the cheaper option, was some of the best customer service I've come across when dealing with contracts, can't fault VWFS from my point of view. They've been great with my current lease too, not to mention they gave me £500 of John Lewis Vouchers when the R broke down for two weeks. I'm a very happy customer

[procrastinate]

Bordtea said:

Fair point about the maintenance though probably quite little value over 2 years. 16k miles so 1x service and you probably wouldn't even get through a set of tyres nevermind brake pads etc. 3 years I think it would be worth considering more.

Never really thought about that as well as Caza's reply about extra kit. I'm wanting a hot hatch but ruled out the Renault because of the make and extremely hard ride.. I'm procrastinating again
It does seem a decent price

[Calza]

Bordtea said:

I posted that link a few pages back - emailed my local Renault dealer who says he can't get anywhere near it. Don't think its an outrageous price but it's certainly not bad. My problem is the lack of leather seats!

Leather is too slidey anyway

[IntriguedUser]

What is the deal with handing a car back early? Do you still have to pay full payments, is there a discount?

Say 6 months early, anything specific to Vauxhall too

[wemorgan]

All this debate about handing cars back early feels a bit niche. Most people need/want the car for the full term, say 2 years. Handing it back 6 months early is not so convenient, unless you've lined up another great deal for immediate delivery.

VWFS only charge 7.2ppm so going over mileage is still cheap motoring, cheaper than paying for the extra miles at the start of the lease.

For me, I signed up to 8k/yr but know I'll do 15k/yr. The 15k/yr deal was more expensive than the 8k/yr +7.2ppm. So I'll just be using the car as much as possible, knowing I'm still getting a good deal. Terminating 6 months early would be defeating the whole point of having found a cheap lease car. Unless VW offer Bentley's for £100/mnth I'll keep the current car for 2 years.

[cambb]

I've just ordered an Alltrack and my Golf goes back in August so i think ill hand mine back a month early to avoid the main service charge.

[Gregmitchell]

wemorgan said:

All this debate about handing cars back early feels a bit niche. Most people need/want the car for the full term, say 2 years. Handing it back 6 months early is not so convenient, unless you've lined up another great deal for immediate delivery.

VWFS only charge 7.2ppm so going over mileage is still cheap motoring, cheaper than paying for the extra miles at the start of the lease.

For me, I signed up to 8k/yr but know I'll do 15k/yr. The 15k/yr deal was more expensive than the 8k/yr +7.2ppm. So I'll just be using the car as much as possible, knowing I'm still getting a good deal. Terminating 6 months early would be defeating the whole point of having found a cheap lease car. Unless VW offer Bentley's for £100/mnth I'll keep the current car for 2 years.

It's nice to know there is an option to hand back early and not get royally shafted though, it's called a contingency plan. If you're happy to throw money away then that's your choice.

It's not easy to get a good lease deal to follow another smoothly, getting the right deal can save you thousands and you may need to give your car back early.

[Denno B]

This thread is starting to show how few and far between great deals are becoming. In the last 100 pages or so I'd guess there has been the Audi A4 deals and the Passat that was an error. In fact I've lost count of how many deals being posted have turned out to be false, seems to be getting a little bit too common of late that this keeps happening.

[NemoEvs]

This is the best A4 lease deal I've seen ... it's free ha ha

https://www.facebook.com/ContractHireAndLeasing/po...

[Pazuzu]

There is a decent looking deal on the Golf R in the wiki with G2L but trying to get to it on their website I'm losing the will to live.

Every time I try to filter it crashes no matter which browser - what a rubbish site!

Can anyone recommend any decent, recent deals on the R?

Looking for a 3 or 5 door DSG pretty much as it comes from the factory - no problem waiting for delivery, I don't need it quickly.

Phil

[wemorgan]

Denno B said:

This thread is starting to show how few and far between great deals are becoming. In the last 100 pages or so I'd guess there has been the Audi A4 deals and the Passat that was an error. In fact I've lost count of how many deals being posted have turned out to be false, seems to be getting a little bit too common of late that this keeps happening.

"great" deals are rare, but good deals remain. From memory over the last year.

BMW 125D
Lexus 300h
BMW 520D
Merc E220
Skoda Yeti
Nissan Qashqai
Seat Leon X-perience
Skoda Octavia Scout
Honda Civic
BMW 318

more I'm sure
BMW i3

[saaby93]

Was the Passat an error or an astute piece of marketing?

Dont forget the Cactus

[anonymous-user]

Could someone remind me of the octavia scout deal please? Want it for comparison against what's coming up currently as that's the ideal car for my present situation and missed out on the alltracks.

[Tiggsy]

IntriguedUser said:

What is the deal with handing a car back early? Do you still have to pay full payments, is there a discount?

Say 6 months early, anything specific to Vauxhall too

I've always understood you pay the outstanding months...hence pointless.

[Jasandjules]

saaby93 said:

Was the Passat an error or an astute piece of marketing?

Dont forget the Cactus

My guess is they had a surplus of Alltracks...

On each website with the uber cheap passat alltrack, the "normal" passats and CCs were still 3-400pcm...

[wemorgan]

sebdangerfield said:

Could someone remind me of the octavia scout deal please? Want it for comparison against what's coming up currently as that's the ideal car for my present situation and missed out on the alltracks.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=1571780&mid=166640&nmt=Lease+car+deals+wiki+thread

6+23 £174 inc VAT

[Krikkit]

Jasandjules said:

saaby93 said:

Was the Passat an error or an astute piece of marketing?

Dont forget the Cactus

My guess is they had a surplus of Alltracks...

On each website with the uber cheap passat alltrack, the "normal" passats and CCs were still 3-400pcm...

It struck me as a pricing error - the cheapest was £51 that went up to £500 afterwards.

[Sheepshanks]

Jasandjules said:

My guess is they had a surplus of Alltracks...

On each website with the uber cheap passat alltrack, the "normal" passats and CCs were still 3-400pcm...

That's the thing - they're factory order, so a special offer doesn't make sense in any obvious way. If you needed to do something, you'd do it on a base model, not a 4Motion DSG.

Someone said they'd been told the wrong residual value had been put into VW's system. I wonder how many cars were ordered? If it was 100 then VW are looking at a £500K+ mistake.

[richatnort]

wemorgan said:

Denno B said:

This thread is starting to show how few and far between great deals are becoming. In the last 100 pages or so I'd guess there has been the Audi A4 deals and the Passat that was an error. In fact I've lost count of how many deals being posted have turned out to be false, seems to be getting a little bit too common of late that this keeps happening.

"great" deals are rare, but good deals remain. From memory over the last year.

BMW 125D
Lexus 300h
BMW 520D
Merc E220
Skoda Yeti
Nissan Qashqai
Seat Leon X-perience
Skoda Octavia Scout
Honda Civic
BMW 318

more I'm sure
BMW i3

I remember a E350 estate deal on here last year which was unbelievable at the time. Wish I'd got it.