Best Lease Car Deals Available? (Vol 9)

[Peperami]

Brilliant, thanks for the speedy replies regarding the Gap.

[kane9]

BREALSY said:

FTK today on the V60 B3 Santander deal - 36 months @ £299 and 10k. The 24 month deal ends up being at 23% which is pretty good given current conditions. I was really at a loss as to do seeing as there was so little out there but thankfully this came up and i'm now sorted for another 3 years. Oof!

Seems a good deal. Any idea how much the AWD version is?

[BREALSY]

kane9 said:

BREALSY said:

FTK today on the V60 B3 Santander deal - 36 months @ £299 and 10k. The 24 month deal ends up being at 23% which is pretty good given current conditions. I was really at a loss as to do seeing as there was so little out there but thankfully this came up and i'm now sorted for another 3 years. Oof!

Seems a good deal. Any idea how much the AWD version is?

Don't think that model is being offered, however, wouldn't hurt sending them an email. Santander did say they would provide a quote to match a spec from a volvo dealer so worth a shot.

When we went to the dealership to see if they could match the deal they were nowhere near it. Santander have a special discount with Volvo which individual dealerships have no access to. The salesman said it was really good value.

Based on what another poster said, the service costs do seem high (£450 for the 2nd service?!) but I'll see if I'm able to get it serviced elsewhere, we'll see. After 6+ months of looking for a deal and finding nothing until now and having extended our current least for the max 3 months we're allowed, I was glad to find something. Our previous two leases have been 24 months but at this point I'd rather have a vehicle that we're happy with for 36 months and not have to worry about looking again for a replacement in 18 months.

Delivery lead times are end of Sep/beginning of Oct.

[maxwellm1]

okram1 said:

yup

any chance you could reply how you managed to extend yours for another year ?

[talksthetorque]

BREALSY said:

kane9 said:

BREALSY said:

FTK today on the V60 B3 Santander deal - 36 months @ £299 and 10k. The 24 month deal ends up being at 23% which is pretty good given current conditions. I was really at a loss as to do seeing as there was so little out there but thankfully this came up and i'm now sorted for another 3 years. Oof!

Seems a good deal. Any idea how much the AWD version is?

Don't think that model is being offered, however, wouldn't hurt sending them an email. Santander did say they would provide a quote to match a spec from a volvo dealer so worth a shot.

When we went to the dealership to see if they could match the deal they were nowhere near it. Santander have a special discount with Volvo which individual dealerships have no access to. The salesman said it was really good value.

Based on what another poster said, the service costs do seem high (£450 for the 2nd service?!) but I'll see if I'm able to get it serviced elsewhere, we'll see. After 6+ months of looking for a deal and finding nothing until now and having extended our current least for the max 3 months we're allowed, I was glad to find something. Our previous two leases have been 24 months but at this point I'd rather have a vehicle that we're happy with for 36 months and not have to worry about looking again for a replacement in 18 months.

Delivery lead times are end of Sep/beginning of Oct.

Ask about including the service pack as an option in the lease

[Bobo13]

PenelopaPitstop said:

Jazzert501 said:

Jazzert501 said:

PenelopaPitstop said:

Had a call from Zen about my BMW Z4 20i M-Sport order from last week. Apparently, whoever ordered red, will have a call about lack of availability in stock and will be offered white. I actually don't mind, because I considered white but it wasn't on a list of available colours. Also, price went down and my new quote is £3000 + 23 x 241 = £8,543, 2 years, 10K miles per annum.

Still 8-10 weeks for delivery, which is fine for me. Enough time to fix and return current car.

I got that call this morning!

Ironically I had called them on Monday to see if I could swap to black or white.
The red looks great in pictures and bright sunlight but in the general dullness of the UK it looks non metallic tomato sauce most of the time.
When I chose it ,there was a red Z4 parked harbourside in the sunshine for 2 days ,looked great, day 3 the heavens opened the sun disappeared cue the overall ketchup effect.
Day 4 of more rain, I was trying to convince myself I hadn't made a mistake!
So £15 a month less,and a colour I am happy with.
Result!

I shoulda known better having in the past ordered a 2012 3 series in Melbourne Red out of a brochure.
When it arrived I thought there had been a mistake it was so dull and non metallic looking!

Had an email saying I can take delivery from the 27th of July,well the 30th in Scotland.
What a shocker, lease company list a car at a price, lease company honours the price and the car actually exists.
Stay tuned to hear about the lease company that delivers the car !!
Fingers crossed!

Did you get new contract emailed. I'm still waiting. Got automatic email to pay initial, but was advised to wait for revised contract.

Hi, long time visitor first time poster.

Do you have details of the lease company who you are getting the Z4 deal from? I want to contact him/her to add my name for any cancelations.

Thanks

[PenelopaPitstop]

Zen Auto, just call them and ask about cancellations.

[FiF]

kane9 said:

BREALSY said:

FTK today on the V60 B3 Santander deal - 36 months @ £299 and 10k. The 24 month deal ends up being at 23% which is pretty good given current conditions. I was really at a loss as to do seeing as there was so little out there but thankfully this came up and i'm now sorted for another 3 years. Oof!

Seems a good deal. Any idea how much the AWD version is?

I looked at the Cross Country.... only looked in the end. It was about 34% iirc. That was a while back, interested if you get some more up to date numbers if any better. 24 month deal and 8/10k.

[Daysgone93]

After 3 years with a m140i through Arval it is time to move to a brought out right car. 2nd Gen Lexus IS350 imported from Japan.

The BMW was great fun and good value, how my priorities have changed and prefer to keep the monthly lease money back into my wallet.

Wil still lurk this thread!

[PAL62V]

Daysgone93 said:

After 3 years with a m140i through Arval it is time to move to a brought out right car. 2nd Gen Lexus IS350 imported from Japan.

The BMW was great fun and good value, how my priorities have changed and prefer to keep the monthly lease money back into my wallet.

Wil still lurk this thread!

So, have you simply taken a loan as an alternative to the lease? And that works out cheaper if you take into account the expected resale?

[rlg43p]

PAL62V said:

So, have you simply taken a loan as an alternative to the lease? And that works out cheaper if you take into account the expected resale?

Interesting that you jumped to a negative conclusion - or so it appears from the tone of your post. I assumed he'd paid for it outright.

Edited by rlg43p on Wednesday 28th July 04:20

[PenelopaPitstop]

rlg43p said:

Interesting that you jumped to a smartarse conclusion - or so it appears from the tone of your email. I assumed he'd paid for it outright.

However he paid for the car, if it was used one, prices are quite high. Lease is more expensive this year, but used cars prices are outrageous. Maybe Japanese imports didn't increase as much as non-imported cars.

[Daysgone93]

PAL62V said:

So, have you simply taken a loan as an alternative to the lease? And that works out cheaper if you take into account the expected resale?

No loan, paid for the Lexus outright and intend to keep for a number of years.

[jeff_parott]

Tried ringing Zen about those BMW Z4s, all gone it seems. Only option is a factory order and that’s got a long lead time and it’s more expensive.

Not seen any really good deals and been looking for a while, if only I’d joined this forum 3 weeks ago! 😂

[PAL62V]

rlg43p said:

PAL62V said:

So, have you simply taken a loan as an alternative to the lease? And that works out cheaper if you take into account the expected resale?

Interesting that you jumped to a smartarse conclusion - or so it appears from the tone of your email. I assumed he'd paid for it outright.

What the actual F***???? It was a perfectly straightforward and innocent question. If you think that's being a smartarse, perhaps you need to readjust your world view..... Oh, and it wasn't an email.

[PAL62V]

Daysgone93 said:

PAL62V said:

So, have you simply taken a loan as an alternative to the lease? And that works out cheaper if you take into account the expected resale?

No loan, paid for the Lexus outright and intend to keep for a number of years.

Cheers - I'm struggling at the moment with a similar decision that I need to make later this year, after leasing on BCH and PCH for the past 20 years. Trying to decide what is best for my next move and always interesting to see what others are doing.

[Jay_P]

ib170 said:

Bs1997 said:

What are peoples opinions on Seat Leon FR 1.4 hybrid 3 + 23 £240 a month with no admin fees? 10,000 miles p/a. Spec seems ‘ok’ for saying it’s the lower end model. I’m in the process of selling my Mk8 Golf GTI and swore I’d steer clear of VAG for a while - but here I am.

Toying with the idea of a model 3 SR for £20,105 over 3 years 10,000 p/a, but struggling with the idea of paying 50% of list price over only 3 years… stock is sparse though and I need something for 6 weeks time!

I’ll be commuting 200 miles on the M1 regularly so trying to channel my inner Greta and tell myself electric is the way and a measly VAG tax dodger isn’t solving anything…

The Mrs has the Seat Leon FR hybrid and it works well for us as her daily. She's got a 28 mile round trip commute and in summer does this entirely on electric (just). No chance in winter though, when the electric range is more like 20 miles. Longer trips, any hybrid advantage soon disappears.

Edited by ib170 on Sunday 25th July 08:43

On longer trips is the MPG poor?

[ib170]

Jay_P said:

On longer trips is the MPG poor?

Not that I've noticed. We've only really done a handful of longer trips in it as we tend to use my car when going any real distance.

Think it did high 40's (mpg) when we last did a 200 mile round trip on the motorway. So, not that dissimilar to the petrol equivalent I'd guess.

Edited by ib170 on Monday 26th July 17:52

[Blob2]

PAL62V said:

Daysgone93 said:

PAL62V said:

So, have you simply taken a loan as an alternative to the lease? And that works out cheaper if you take into account the expected resale?

No loan, paid for the Lexus outright and intend to keep for a number of years.

Cheers - I'm struggling at the moment with a similar decision that I need to make later this year, after leasing on BCH and PCH for the past 20 years. Trying to decide what is best for my next move and always interesting to see what others are doing.

I'm in the same dilemma as you. I've not had a car for over year now as I've been working from home but now being told we need to go back to the office so need a car. There's no good lease deals right now and second hand car prices are ridiculous so don't know which option to take.

Been reading about the semiconductor shortage and production might not catch up to demand until 2023 so can't wait that out either.

Might just buy a banger that will see me out for the next couple of years

[PenelopaPitstop]

Banger or cheap round around might be good option to wait out the market. And if there's some good leasing deal, you can jump on it and sell whatever you drive, probably with minimal loss.