Returning a lease car

Alex_the_lad

Hi! My better half is returning her leased car in a couple of months as the 4 year contract on it is coming to an end. She is liable for any damage on the car so we're in the process of getting little bits and pieces of work done to the car. Bearing in mind it's a four year old Audi A4 that's coming up to 100,000 miles (it was actually contracted for that milleage) I wonder if any of the following could be considered normally wear and tear? some of the stuff on the list is obvous but I just wondered if anyone had an opinion on whether any of the items could be passed off as 'wear and tear'

1) Dent to a door (obvious!)
2) Chip in windscreen (repaired by Autoglass which also passed an MOT)
3) Scuffed alloys
4) scratches which aren't deep but won't simply polish out
5) small, shallow dimple type dent on a door
6)Tear in a footwell carpet that's been repaired
7) Stone chips on the bonnet

Any advice would be much appricated. Also it would be great if someone could recommend a 'Smart repair' company in the East Midlands.

Thanks in advance!

Conor_3

You've repaired pretty much most of the stuff. Only one to worry about is the dent in the door. Regarding item number 4, Autoglym resin polish does a good job of hiding scratches. I'd give the whole car the once over with this stuff. If it's gleaming like new, they inspect them with less vigour.

albionrovers

I'm in a similar boat and have also had an approved AutoGlass repair on my windscreen.

Contract states "renewal or repair" so I'm happy so send it back as is.

Alex_the_lad

Thanks for the advice guys. I'm gonna sort the dent and give it a good polish. It still looks good - if it wasn't for the fact that I'm going back to Uni I'd have bought the car for myself. It's approaching 100,000 miles but it feels just nicely run in!