returning a lease vehicle

dannyjebb

Hi all

Hope someone might have some experience of this.
I have a lease car that I am returning next month, I have a few scrapes on the wheels and a few nicks on the body work. My last lease car had a few nicks on the wheel but I never got an invoice for repairing them. The paperwork says they go against the bvrla standards and looking at them any scratch over 25mm will fail.

I am wondering if anyone has experience of returning a lease car and what kind of fees they charge? I can get the wheels repaired for about £60 per wheel but they need the car for 3 days!! which isn't really possible as I need it for work. I am happy just to hand it back but don't want them to rip me off when they bill me for any work needed doing.

Thanks for any advice

System

Find somewhere else to do the wheels. I went to a place in Hull where I dropped the car off at 8am and picked it up at 5.30pm. The alloys had been completely stripped and powder coated in that time.

neilmcl

BVRLA fair wear & tear guide -

https://driver.lexautolease.co.uk/pdf/End%20Of%20Contract/LEX_AUTOLEASE_DUAL_LICENCE_2014.pdf

dannyjebb

Thanks I have a copy of that. I know my car has bits that don't meet the specification but my previous lease vehicle also had a few scratches on it but I never heard anything about it and never received an invoice for repairs.. so I don't know what they charge. We are currently in the process of moving house so money is tight so don't want to be lumped with a big bill that's twice the actual cost of the work.

Apparently cause the alloys are diamond cut it takes longer to do...

loskie

reports on pistonheads suggest footing the bill from the leasing co may be the cheapest way to deal with it. But I have no personal experience of this.

dannyjebb

loskie wrote: »

reports on pistonheads suggest footing the bill from the leasing co may be the cheapest way to deal with it. But I have no personal experience of this.

Thanks tempted to just send it back as it is, especially after returning my previous one and not hearing anything back. I am guessing if they massively over charge me I can dispute it and say its an unfair charge.

Thanks

Aced2016

It depends if it's the same leasing company you used before or not?

I returned a lease car with only one scrape to one alloy and was invoiced £185 plus VAT. So I definitely got ripped off. Mabye try and buff any marks out yourself to make it look a lot better before handing it back.

Hintza

So you are short of money and you want to play Russian roulette with 5 bullets in the gun?

dannyjebb

Hintza wrote: »

So you are short of money and you want to play Russian roulette with 5 bullets in the gun?

Is this in reply to me? Not so much a matter of short of money but we are in the process of moving house and getting married so £400 in my pocket is a bonus

I was thinking of having a go at sanding them down and re painting over but been told matching alloy wheel paint is near impossible...

tonyh66

dannyjebb wrote: »

Is this in reply to me? Not so much a matter of short of money but we are in the process of moving house and getting married so £400 in my pocket is a bonus

I was thinking of having a go at sanding them down and re painting over but been told matching alloy wheel paint is near impossible...

your just taking the mickey now, how the hell would this bring them to an acceptable standard? do you have the equipment to do this?

why not just stick some plastic wheel covers over them instead :facepalm

Mercdriver

dannyjebb wrote: »

Is this in reply to me? Not so much a matter of short of money but we are in the process of moving house and getting married so £400 in my pocket is a bonus

I was thinking of having a go at sanding them down and re painting over but been told matching alloy wheel paint is near impossible...

Have you ever watched Wheeler Dealers on Discovery? Have you noticed when alloys need repairing/repainting, Ed China gets Mike Brewer to take the wheels to a specialist? If Ed could do it himself, he probably would...it would mean more profit since they never count the work that Ed does as chargeable labour...