Leasing - General Discussion

[essayer]

I posted a separate thread but thought I’d ask you knowledgable folk

My Leaf is due back early May but I want to send it back one month before to avoid warranty expiry, service/MOT shenanigans etc

Early this year it started making a mechanical buzzing noise from the charger port on lock/unlock, all working fine but a bit of a loud noise. Took it to Nissan in Feb who were useless but after a few workshop trips it needs a part which is on 6-8 week backorder

So, a dilemma. Do I tell the lease co and get ahead of them potentially saying I have to pay to fix it? Or just ignore it-it’s just a funny noise, everything works

[recordman]

I would just return the car as it is at a date that suits you before the warranty etc expires. Even if you wanted to have the faulty part replaced it's probably not going to be available by the time the lease is up.

[Familymad]

Agree.

[Greendubber]

I'm coming to the end of my third lease now and it's time to just buy something rather than get into another lease. The costs are so high they're just a bad idea if you want something half decent.

Sadly the halcyon days of decent motors for £250 per month are long gone in my opinion.

[Familymad]

I still think there are some great deals out there at the right time. Month end in March and Sept. Year end also.

I do like having an under warranty white goods hack on the drive. Turnkey zero thought kind of motoring.

[GaryG182]

Oh joy, same guy from BCA that collected my immaculate M2 from a couple of years ago is picking up the 3yr family Skoda…can’t wait to see how much he finds, hoping his eyesight has declined in the last couple of years as he picked out every single one of the 5 stone chips on the M2!

[blank]

Tip for anyone below their mileage limit...

I have 1 year left on a 3 year deal.

Contacted them (Zen Auto) for a price for a one year extension, but also a price to keep the original 3 years and reduce the total mileage by 1/3 (my car was off the road for a very large part of year 1 awaiting parts under warranty so I did a year of mileage in courtesy cars).

1 year extension was not too bad, but not a bargain so didn't do it.

Reducing mileage on the existing term is going to save me £80/month for the final year!

So worth asking the question of the provider if they will reduce your payments if your mileage is going to be significantly under!