2019 A Class - Cracking Lease deals or otherwise

[figtree]

NSS89 said:

figtree said:

Anyone else wondering whether to lease another in April when the 12 month deals go back?

Hoping there will be an option to extend at the same price otherwise highly doubt we'll find another one for £200 pm with no initial payment.

Hoping for that too, really like this car.

[CSNY]

ThreatLevel_Midnight said:

Looking good! I've got an A200 on order in Polar white with the premium pack. I love how the A Class looks in white. Interested to know how much you're paying for your A250 for if you wouldn't mind sharing?

£283 per month on a 3+23, 10K

[ThreatLevel_Midnight]

CSNY said:

ThreatLevel_Midnight said:

Looking good! I've got an A200 on order in Polar white with the premium pack. I love how the A Class looks in white. Interested to know how much you're paying for your A250 for if you wouldn't mind sharing?

£283 per month on a 3+23, 10K

Great deal - I'm assuming without maintenance? I've ordered a 3+35, 10k with maintenance for £340 a month. The A250 rocketed my insurance quotes so I had to stick with the A200 which was a little more expensive than the A250, weirdly. I thought I got a decent deal but this has made me think otherwise!

[CSNY]

ThreatLevel_Midnight said:

Great deal - I'm assuming without maintenance? I've ordered a 3+35, 10k with maintenance for £340 a month. The A250 rocketed my insurance quotes so I had to stick with the A200 which was a little more expensive than the A250, weirdly. I thought I got a decent deal but this has made me think otherwise!

Yes, no maintenance as part of the lease although I have taken out a MB service plan at £29 month - not a real difference from the Arnold Clarke offer if you take the tyres out.

[Pkgrfergie]

Finally got a build slot for September, off Colin for my A180 AMG exec. He is on annual leave now for 2wks & he will update me when he gets back
Desperately hoping I can still get it for early October

[ThreatLevel_Midnight]

CSNY said:

ThreatLevel_Midnight said:

Great deal - I'm assuming without maintenance? I've ordered a 3+35, 10k with maintenance for £340 a month. The A250 rocketed my insurance quotes so I had to stick with the A200 which was a little more expensive than the A250, weirdly. I thought I got a decent deal but this has made me think otherwise!

Yes, no maintenance as part of the lease although I have taken out a MB service plan at £29 month - not a real difference from the Arnold Clarke offer if you take the tyres out.

You're right - Once you add the servicing cost over the term it's only around £18 more a month than your 3+23 deal. Tyres and AA recovery are included, plus rebate mileage which I thought was pretty good. Although I read today that Mercedes provide 3 years free roadside assistance for new cars.

[ST09]

Pkgrfergie said:

Finally got a build slot for September, off Colin for my A180 AMG exec. He is on annual leave now for 2wks & he will update me when he gets back
Desperately hoping I can still get it for early October

Hi Bud,

When did u place the order?

Thanks
Sal

[anonymous-user]

ThreatLevel_Midnight said:

CSNY said:

ThreatLevel_Midnight said:

Great deal - I'm assuming without maintenance? I've ordered a 3+35, 10k with maintenance for £340 a month. The A250 rocketed my insurance quotes so I had to stick with the A200 which was a little more expensive than the A250, weirdly. I thought I got a decent deal but this has made me think otherwise!

Yes, no maintenance as part of the lease although I have taken out a MB service plan at £29 month - not a real difference from the Arnold Clarke offer if you take the tyres out.

You're right - Once you add the servicing cost over the term it's only around £18 more a month than your 3+23 deal. Tyres and AA recovery are included, plus rebate mileage which I thought was pretty good. Although I read today that Mercedes provide 3 years free roadside assistance for new cars.

They’ve offered that level of roadside assistance for years, as most do.

[jkrh30]

Just some info for people waiting for their order from Perth mercedes, I ordered my A250 on the 10/05/19 and today have been told it will be with the dealership on the 17/10/19,haven't been told the build date though.

[ThreatLevel_Midnight]

REALIST123 said:

They’ve offered that level of roadside assistance for years, as most do.

My first time leasing a brand new car so I'm new to all this!

[tygar2]

Hi guys,

Scuffed an alloy (about 2 inches) on my A180d from Pink Leasing

Any idea on usual charges on return of vehicles or where I can find this information? Trying to weigh up repairing vs just leaving it. Thnkas

[NSS89]

tygar2 said:

Hi guys,

Scuffed an alloy (about 2 inches) on my A180d from Pink Leasing

Any idea on usual charges on return of vehicles or where I can find this information? Trying to weigh up repairing vs just leaving it. Thnkas

My last 2 leases have been VW/Audi and it was £40 inc VAT for an alloy wheel repair - regardless if they are diamond cut or not.

These charges are set by BVRLA and not the manufacture so would expect it to be the same across the board. It might be worth contacting Pink Leasing and asking for a "damage matrix charges" list as they should provide you with this prior to handing back the car.

Either way I'm sure leaving it is the best thing to do. My last lease had scuffs on each alloy and I wasn't charged for a single one!

[tygar2]

NSS89 said:

My last 2 leases have been VW/Audi and it was £40 inc VAT for an alloy wheel repair - regardless if they are diamond cut or not.

These charges are set by BVRLA and not the manufacture so would expect it to be the same across the board. It might be worth contacting Pink Leasing and asking for a "damage matrix charges" list as they should provide you with this prior to handing back the car.

Either way I'm sure leaving it is the best thing to do. My last lease had scuffs on each alloy and I wasn't charged for a single one!

Excellent info, much appreciated! I'm going to leave it and see what happens. Thanks again.

[Pkgrfergie]

ST09 said:

Pkgrfergie said:

Finally got a build slot for September, off Colin for my A180 AMG exec. He is on annual leave now for 2wks & he will update me when he gets back
Desperately hoping I can still get it for early October

Hi Bud,

When did u place the order?

Thanks
Sal

Well thats a good question. I feel like theyve messed up my order & also taken as many orders as they could & processed them in no particular order & cocked it up along the way !

My timeline :-
17/04 - Original enquiry
18/04 - Order & Finance docs emailed
26/04 - Finance accepted
26/04 - re-signed order form as incorrect
22/05 - re-signed order form due to some BS about new layout of order form
03/06 - Finally get an order number
31/07 - Finally get a build slot for Sep but no delivery date

I have obviously sent & received many emails inbetween chasing info.

When I placed the order I was given an estimated delivery date of 31/07 & without question they could hold the car until 06/10 when my current lease expires.
Logistically if I have a delivery date after mid October its going to cause issues for 3wks as my husbands car is also going back so we will be going from 2 cars to having no car until his is delivered early Nov. Hopefully my finance company (alphabet) will extend my lease for a month, which would help but its not ideal.

I am now waiting for a delivery date (when Colin returns from annual leave)

[ST09]

Pkgrfergie said:

ST09 said:

Pkgrfergie said:

Finally got a build slot for September, off Colin for my A180 AMG exec. He is on annual leave now for 2wks & he will update me when he gets back
Desperately hoping I can still get it for early October

Hi Bud,

When did u place the order?

Thanks
Sal

Well thats a good question. I feel like theyve messed up my order & also taken as many orders as they could & processed them in no particular order & cocked it up along the way !

My timeline :-
17/04 - Original enquiry
18/04 - Order & Finance docs emailed
26/04 - Finance accepted
26/04 - re-signed order form as incorrect
22/05 - re-signed order form due to some BS about new layout of order form
03/06 - Finally get an order number
31/07 - Finally get a build slot for Sep but no delivery date

I have obviously sent & received many emails inbetween chasing info.

When I placed the order I was given an estimated delivery date of 31/07 & without question they could hold the car until 06/10 when my current lease expires.
Logistically if I have a delivery date after mid October its going to cause issues for 3wks as my husbands car is also going back so we will be going from 2 cars to having no car until his is delivered early Nov. Hopefully my finance company (alphabet) will extend my lease for a month, which would help but its not ideal.

I am now waiting for a delivery date (when Colin returns from annual leave)

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

Thats crazy.

Im emailing them almost every week now.

Hopefully one day they will reply back with positive news lol.

Sal

[Pkgrfergie]

ST09 said:

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

Thats crazy.

Im emailing them almost every week now.

Hopefully one day they will reply back with positive news lol.

Sal

If it wasn't such a good deal I would have walked away by now. I haven't kicked off yet as I don't think there is any point until I get a delivery date & even then, I think it will fall on deaf ears

[carl123uk]

I've been told I will be given the build slot date at the end of August. Car should be with me middle of October. Suits me but I imagine with the original date being delivered in August it doesn't suit some of you

[carl123uk]

Does anybody know what alloys come on the A250 AMG line?

[ToNyC1]

carl123uk said:

Does anybody know what alloys come on the A250 AMG line?

Can see them on the MB website when you play with the car configurator

[ST09]

Finally an update.

Delivery to dealership late Oct - early Nov.
Delivery to us mid Nov.

Sal