r/CarLeasingHelp

Good morning Reddit, I am currently leasing a 2025 Jeep grand Cherokee Limited. There is 21 months left on the lease @ 680 a month. I’m looking to get out of this lease and upgrade. In order to make the deal more enticing, I’m willing to eat some money and have the total monthly cost come down to 550 a month by cutting a check to whom ever for the total of $2730. I live in NYC and will have the car shipped to you as well. Any interest please shoot me a dm.

Hello, I recently leased a 2026 WRX and I’m starting to regret leasing it a little. I chose to lease because I thought it was the smarter option in case anything happened to the car, but my plan from the start was always to buy it eventually.

Right now, with the way I’ve been saving money, I think I could have the car paid off in a little over a year.

I just wanted to ask how an early lease buyout works. If I decide to buy the car early, would I still have to pay the remaining lease payments for the full two years, or would the payoff amount be different?

Thank you.

Hi as mentioned in the title, getting cold feet over a car lease that I got on Saturday. It’s for a Honda hrv and they were closing on Saturday so they didn’t have time to get me to sign the lease but they said I can come back Monday but I can take it home. I haven’t driven it since so it’s probably at like 15 miles. My question is since I haven’t signed the lease yet can I still back out?

The lease they offered me seems high : 489 a month for 36 months for 10k miles a year with a 4K down payment. MSRP on the Honda hrv exl awd was 33000. Would I be able to go back and tell them I don’t want to sign because of the high monthly payment? It’s not signed yet.

Edit: 660 score. I paid the 4K already at the dealership and they also had me sign some release forms but not the lease.

2.5 years ago, we leased a Telluride with 12,000/year. I was pushing for 15,000, but the dealer couldn't/wouldn't get the numbers right. Well, we now have 53,000 miles on the damn thing due to my wife's new job. It is the only car we have that's large enough to drive the family + luggage on any type of trip, so the car is also used for that. KBB is saying $28,000, but the dealer is only giving $26,000 or so. I think the trade payoff is like $30,000. Is there any world that exists where trading in and getting into another lease makes any type of sense for this type of mileage? We would rather purchase, but that is going to shoot our payment way up for a vehicle that we need.

Toyota Camry LE FWD

MV: $31,752

Dealer Discount and Rebate: $2,000

Add ons: $699 (I'm OK with this add-on)

Vehicle Price: 30,451

Residual Value: 22,861.44

Down payment: see below*

Monthly is $343

*I stated that we'd pay cash at purchase for tax, title, registration, plate, so that only the car is being financed. I went to the NC web site and (prepare yourself: our taxes are high) it should come to around $1300 for all DMV stuff.

They're saying $2300 down for the following:

$799 doc fee

$995 acquisition fee

$93 tax

$434 first month's payment (I assume this will be adjusted to $343)

Total $2321 (math not perfect as they shared these numbers before adding another discount. But... bottom like is over $2000 down. Like I said, I'm ok to pay tax and title but not sure about these other fees and which are legit. Also, their $93 tax is actually TOO LOW and is not paying for all the fees listed on NC web site. So I assume we'd be billed later. (!!)

What would you negotiate at this point? Per my research, LE FWD base plus acquisition invoice price is $28,152 so I assume I need to:

• Get acquisition price closer to $28,152
• Reduce some of the fees
• Get the down payment down
• Make sure the down payment is actually covering the DMV fees.

Am I at least close? Any other tips? This is my first time negotiating a lease.

I’m thinking of leasing a car just to get a good monthly payment.

What are good leasing options out there in Texas?

I do have greater credit score. Would like the monthly payments to be less than $700/month.

I don’t care about what kind of car it is as long as it’s a sedan or suv.

I turned in a lease earlier this year and while checking it in the sales guy noted a scratch on one of the rear panels. He said that they may or may not charge me for the damage. I took a pic of the scratch.

He mentioned I could chance it and see if they didn’t catch it or I could have it repaired by the dealership prior to it going to the auction house.

I asked him for a quote and he called me back a day or two later and said $200.00. I agreed.

He then called me back to say it was repaired and looked “good as new”. The charge ended up being $100 so I paid by credit card, got a receipt and that was that.

As you can imagine, that’s not the end of the story. Auction house noted the scratch and wants to charge $285. Sent me a picture of the scratch that looks identical to my “before” picture.

What’s the best way to go about handling this. I plan to call the dealership but who there should I be discussing this with? The sales guy, the repair manager, the store manager? Just looking for some advice on the best way to resolve amicably.

I got a car a year ago under lease. The agreement was suppose to be $700/month for 3 years 5,000 miles. When we got home and reviewed the signed lease and it said 15,000 miles for 3 years $700 a month. Not what we verbally agreed on but I was happy to see I got more mileage.

Then the dealership call for me to sign the revised lease because the lease we sign was wrong and I refused with their new terms. I also called financial bank where the lease was suppose to be with and they stated there is no lease under my name.

It has now been 8 months and I haven’t heard from the dealership. What can I do? I want to turn the car back in to the dealership and not have any legal issues or can I trade it in. Looking to walk away from this deal with no issues. Has this happened to anyone?
Location: Texas

Currently shopping around in Texas for a 2026 Hyundai Palisade Hybrid Calligraphy lease and trying to compare real-world deals before visiting more dealers.
Would really appreciate if anyone could share the best offers they received recently
especially:
Monthly payment
Zero down or total DAS
MSRP vs negotiated price
Lease term/miles
Dealer/location
Trying to see what’s realistically achievable right now and which dealers are actually willing to work good deals. Thanks