Car end of lease - how much fuel to leave in tank?

motorguy

darkovo wrote: »

Ha!
I've never done a lease before and wasn't sure what people normally did, hence the question.
And so after differing replies I may as well call them to get an answer from the horses mouth, even though they may be biased to say leave quite a bit in?

I've had rentals before where you collect with a full tank and they expect to receive it back with a full tank, but thats a different scenario.

Well that would be my thinking - they'll say "make sure its half full / full" or whatever tickles their fancy.

I'd say get the low fuel warning light out and they'll be happy enough.

Penelopa.Pitstop

I usually leave quarter of the tank, but with last car I left half a tank. I wanted to get stats for last fuelling, so bought full tank and then used a half of it. I'm sure I won't go bankrupt spending £35 on petrol.

My new leased car came with quarter of the tank of fuel. I went straight to petrol station.

Robisere

How much was in the tank when you first took delivery? Base your answer to your own question, upon that.

More important is this tip: take a date-stamped photo of the mileage when they pick it up. If you can, let them see you doing that. There is a very good reason for this advice, based on the experience of a mate who leased.