Best Lease Car Deals Available? (Vol 8)

[brightonpad]

I'm hoping for 30+ avg on mine, quite a lot of long A road at 50mph for me... the last experience I had of a brand new car was that it took 5000 miles or so to settle down on fuel consumption, so test drives on brand new cars are probably worst case

[MxxC]

Peperami said:

Oh Jesus, the one I tested got 21 on a mixed route of dual carriageway and back road (without hooning)

You might get mid 30’s on eco mode if you’re frugal.

Odd. I drove one for 30 mins on Friday just gone. I got 34 from the dealer, through a bit of traffic and 8 miles of duel carriageway. It dropped to 25 when I hooned it back down the other direction of the duel carriageway and settled on 28 when I got it back to the dealer. I understand it's not indicative for a ~20 mile test drive but it was a demo and only had 800 miles on the clock so you'd hope it would improve.

Edit: Either way the ~£1400 saved from the Cupra I cancelled buys me a lot of fuel over 18 months

[Delahorney]

hepy said:

Auto810graphy said:

nickfrog said:

BCA now do inspection and collection at the same time. You're going to want to be there for the inspection.

Same day but not the same time, yesterday we had a 9am inspection with 4pm collection.

BCA collected my car yesterday, both inspection and collection done at the same time. Took about 30 mins, couple of damage penalties but nothing I wasn’t expecting.

Much better than the last time they collected a car from me!

How long was the wait for a BCA slot? Early terminating my lease and need it gone ASAP before my new car arrives!

[JuanGandini]

Delahorney said:

hepy said:

Auto810graphy said:

nickfrog said:

BCA now do inspection and collection at the same time. You're going to want to be there for the inspection.

Same day but not the same time, yesterday we had a 9am inspection with 4pm collection.

BCA collected my car yesterday, both inspection and collection done at the same time. Took about 30 mins, couple of damage penalties but nothing I wasn’t expecting.

Much better than the last time they collected a car from me!

How long was the wait for a BCA slot? Early terminating my lease and need it gone ASAP before my new car arrives!

Same here. BCA have no record of my car (terminated the contract 2 days ago and paid the termination fee to VWFS). Chasing VWFS now to update BCA so I can book a collection slot.

[Delahorney]

JuanGandini said:

Delahorney said:

hepy said:

Auto810graphy said:

nickfrog said:

BCA now do inspection and collection at the same time. You're going to want to be there for the inspection.

Same day but not the same time, yesterday we had a 9am inspection with 4pm collection.

BCA collected my car yesterday, both inspection and collection done at the same time. Took about 30 mins, couple of damage penalties but nothing I wasn’t expecting.

Much better than the last time they collected a car from me!

How long was the wait for a BCA slot? Early terminating my lease and need it gone ASAP before my new car arrives!

Same here. BCA have no record of my car (terminated the contract 2 days ago and paid the termination fee to VWFS). Chasing VWFS now to update BCA so I can book a collection slot.

I'm planning on picking my new one up and leaving the Seat on the drive uninsured, need to check with the relevant parties that this is even allowed!

[Gunslinger18]

Note to self - don’t jump on the forum after you’ve got your lease car as there is always something better :-(

That Volvo deal is a cracker!! Do Santander post deals like that often? Wondering if would be worth opening a 1,2,3 account for the future.

[greggy50]

MxxC said:

Looks awesome. I've gone for the same colour.

How bad are we talking for fuel? At long as it get's close to 40 mpg on a long run I'll be happy.

I am averaging 26.5mpg after 3k miles... Its worth noting I only averaged 35mpg in a E92 325d LCI auto beforehand as my commute is 18 miles of country lanes and I have a heavy right foot.

On a longer motorway run I am getting about 32mpg and I tend to again sit at 85/90 when I can. I have never seen anywhere close to 40 however and would suspect if drive sensible you may see 35mpg on a longer run.

[PenelopaPitstop]

Delahorney said:

I'm planning on picking my new one up and leaving the Seat on the drive uninsured, need to check with the relevant parties that this is even allowed!

Don't leave the car uninsured, you might be liable for the whole value of it, if something happens. Your contract will probably state you have to keep it insured while in your possesion.

[Delahorney]

PenelopaPitstop said:

Delahorney said:

I'm planning on picking my new one up and leaving the Seat on the drive uninsured, need to check with the relevant parties that this is even allowed!

Don't leave the car uninsured, you might be liable for the whole value of it, if something happens. Your contract will probably state you have to keep it insured while in your possesion.

Right pain in the arse that is, been seeing that BCA pickup times are up to 3 weeks and my new car is due by the end of this week.

[MxxC]

greggy50 said:

I am averaging 26.5mpg after 3k miles... Its worth noting I only averaged 35mpg in a E92 325d LCI auto beforehand as my commute is 18 miles of country lanes and I have a heavy right foot.

On a longer motorway run I am getting about 32mpg and I tend to again sit at 85/90 when I can. I have never seen anywhere close to 40 however and would suspect if drive sensible you may see 35mpg on a longer run.

Sounds good to me. I'm a bit more conservative (it's a Volvo after all!) most of the time so fingers crossed I can average low 30's. Cheers

[Roboticarm]

Delahorney said:

Right pain in the arse that is, been seeing that BCA pickup times are up to 3 weeks and my new car is due by the end of this week.

Most insurers will allow 2 cars on the policy for a short while, a temporary additional vehicle.
Alot of people have overlap.
I was charged £25 for a 3 week overlap on my last cars.

[Delahorney]

Roboticarm said:

Most insurers will allow 2 cars on the policy for a short while, a temporary additional vehicle.
Alot of people have overlap.
I was charged £25 for a 3 week overlap on my last cars.

That’s good to know, which insurance company did you do that with? I’m with Esure and they seem a bit cut throat with fees etc.

[MisterWhippy]

Delahorney said:

That’s good to know, which insurance company did you do that with? I’m with Esure and they seem a bit cut throat with fees etc.

My insurance allowed me to add my previous car on temporary insurance for 2 weeks. Cost £10.31 from Admiral, so certainly worth asking your current insurer.

[Delahorney]

MisterWhippy said:

Delahorney said:

That’s good to know, which insurance company did you do that with? I’m with Esure and they seem a bit cut throat with fees etc.

My insurance allowed me to add my previous car on temporary insurance for 2 weeks. Cost £10.31 from Admiral, so certainly worth asking your current insurer.

I'll give them a ring today, thanks all.

[Blakes003]

Spotted this Golf R Deal with Vehicle Solutions;

Initial - £2707
Admin - 240
10k per year
3 years
In stock - 2 week lead time

Seems reasonable to me and if I was at a point where I could change my car i would go for this.

I've had a Golf R Estate through these guys before. Currently in a Volvo V90 CC T5 and now very bored. 12 months left of this wagon and then either a A35 AMG or Golf R

[JuanGandini]

Blakes003 said:

Spotted this Golf R Deal with Vehicle Solutions;

Initial - £2707
Admin - 240
10k per year
3 years
In stock - 2 week lead time

Seems reasonable to me and if I was at a point where I could change my car i would go for this.

I've had a Golf R Estate through these guys before. Currently in a Volvo V90 CC T5 and now very bored. 12 months left of this wagon and then either a A35 AMG or Golf R

Just an initial payment and admin fee to pay?

BARGAIN OF THE DECADE.

[R0B3RT]

JuanGandini said:

Blakes003 said:

Spotted this Golf R Deal with Vehicle Solutions;

Initial - £2707
Admin - 240
10k per year
3 years
In stock - 2 week lead time

Seems reasonable to me and if I was at a point where I could change my car i would go for this.

I've had a Golf R Estate through these guys before. Currently in a Volvo V90 CC T5 and now very bored. 12 months left of this wagon and then either a A35 AMG or Golf R

Just an initial payment and admin fee to pay?

BARGAIN OF THE DECADE.

Looks like a few golf R deals coming out. Central have just posted one £3k down + £266 all inc VAT - 24month 5k -

https://centralukvehicleleasing.co.uk/lease-volksw...

[Blakes003]

JuanGandini said:

Blakes003 said:

Spotted this Golf R Deal with Vehicle Solutions;

Initial - £2707
Admin - 240
10k per year
3 years
In stock - 2 week lead time

Seems reasonable to me and if I was at a point where I could change my car i would go for this.

I've had a Golf R Estate through these guys before. Currently in a Volvo V90 CC T5 and now very bored. 12 months left of this wagon and then either a A35 AMG or Golf R

Just an initial payment and admin fee to pay?

BARGAIN OF THE DECADE.

Haha - sorry missed off the monthly payments - just under 300 quid a month.

I know we are no way near the deals we used to have - my Golf R Estate was £175 a month!!!

[culpz]

hepy said:

Auto810graphy said:

nickfrog said:

BCA now do inspection and collection at the same time. You're going to want to be there for the inspection.

Same day but not the same time, yesterday we had a 9am inspection with 4pm collection.

BCA collected my car yesterday, both inspection and collection done at the same time. Took about 30 mins, couple of damage penalties but nothing I wasn’t expecting.

Much better than the last time they collected a car from me!

I'm glad they do this now. It makes so much more sense than inspecting it but then not picking up for another week or so. Even before collecting it, they would generally do a quick mini-inspection. It just seemed a bit daft.

[chrismuz2019]

Blakes003 said:

JuanGandini said:

Blakes003 said:

Spotted this Golf R Deal with Vehicle Solutions;

Initial - £2707
Admin - 240
10k per year
3 years
In stock - 2 week lead time

Seems reasonable to me and if I was at a point where I could change my car i would go for this.

I've had a Golf R Estate through these guys before. Currently in a Volvo V90 CC T5 and now very bored. 12 months left of this wagon and then either a A35 AMG or Golf R

Just an initial payment and admin fee to pay?

BARGAIN OF THE DECADE.

Haha - sorry missed off the monthly payments - just under 300 quid a month.

I know we are no way near the deals we used to have - my Golf R Estate was £175 a month!!!


Discover are slightly cheaper due to their broker fee of £199.99, and they have now a note on their website to say they will give a £25 Amazon voucher which i missed out on when i ordered my Octavia VRS
Link is https://www.discovercarleasing.co.uk/personal-leas...