Ex lease car sales

hargo

Can anybody tell me do leasing companies sell off cars to the general public or only to the trade and would there be value to be had dealing straight with a leasing company on returned cars.

R.O.R

hargo wrote: »

Can anybody tell me do leasing companies sell off cars to the general public or only to the trade and would there be value to be had dealing straight with a leasing company on returned cars.

Generally not as most ex. lease will be trade sales with no warranty.

Leaseplan do though - http://www.carnext.ie/cn/en/

Haines fleet do - http://hainesfleet.ie/ex-lease-cars/

Presume they are offering warranty on sales.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

good few of leaseplans cars are out as taxis at the moment for global taxis on a loan basis.

so fleet car is actually taxi.

gowley

Merrion Fleet also sell ex lease cars.

hargo

Thanks lads, is it possible to buy one that is going to trade at trade price. If a car has a good service history a 6 month guarantee doesn't add much to it except the price.

Drummerboy08

are you in the trade?

hargo

No ,would that be necessary.

Drummerboy08

hargo wrote: »

No ,would that be necessary.

legally a motor dealer needs to sell a private individual a car with a warranty, so I doubt you'd get the car at a trade price, but probably cheaper than the normal retail I'd say

For Forks Sake

R.O.R wrote: »

Generally not as most ex. lease will be trade sales with no warranty.

Leaseplan do though - http://www.carnext.ie/cn/en/

Presume they are offering warranty on sales.

I see my recently returned car for sale by Leaseplan : http://www.carnext.ie/13062013.pdf 11D Golf. Wonder what they're looking for it? 161000 km in just over 2 years, FSH (and by that I mean it was into VW every 6months) New clutch and flywheel gone into it in Feb this year, apart from that nothing else went wrong. Belts probably due soon though?

rocky

A service every 40k km is full service history on a diesel Golf?

For Forks Sake

rocky wrote: »

A service every 40k km is full service history on a diesel Golf?

Long service intervals (every 30k)

rocky

ouch ... good luck to the new owner

For Forks Sake

rocky wrote: »

ouch ... good luck to the new owner

It was serviced 3 days before it went back.....

For Forks Sake

rocky wrote: »

ouch ... good luck to the new owner

And it's out on sale already.. http://www.carzone.ie/search/Volkswagen/Golf/2.0-TDI-/37113716444282760/advert?channel=CARS

I see they've 'edited' the mileage slightly, it went back to the leasing co. with over 161,000km on it as per : http://www.carnext.ie/13062013.pdf

George Dalton

Probably under-stated the mileage slightly so it wouldn't get excluded from search results with a limit of 100k miles.

For Forks Sake

George Dalton wrote: »

Probably under-stated the mileage slightly so it wouldn't get excluded from search results with a limit of 100k miles.

That would be my thinking also, I wasn't suggesting any impropriety.

Fair Player

Typically driven by reps. A lot of commercial driving. High mileage. Be care that you get a good car. Use a trustworthy mechanic to examine car prior to purchase. No warranty maybe! Many low mileage seconds hands in garages close to Dublin City! Buying anything second hand always carries risk! Good luck!