Damage chargea lease return

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Hi

My octavia vrs is being returned at the end of July but it has a curbed diamond cut alloy.

I've enquired about a repair but have been told its too damaged. The wheel isn't trashed, just a standard kerbing but I'm assuming the design of the wheel means it can't be done.

A new wheel is going to be around £200 but having googled a bit it seems that damaged wheel charges don't distinguish between standard alloys and diamond cut and it could be a charge of £50-£100.

Anyone got an experience of wheel charges when returning a car?
 
Adam said:
Never fix those issues yourself, the penalties you will be charged will be much less than the cost of getting it sorted yourself? How big is the damage. The BVRA has a fair wear and tear guide so you may find the damage falls inside fair wear and tear.

From memory I paid £35 for a damaged alloy on my Octavia VRS when I sent it back via VWFS. My most recent lease went back with a keyed passenger door and I was charged £140 which was far less than I could have fixed it for plus you don't need to worry about the quality.
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It's bigger than 5cm in the wear and tear policy. If you google octavia gemini alloy it is the full edge between the "spokes" so prob 10cm ish.

Interesting you say about the door, I have a scuff on one of the arches that consists of 7 or 8 small scratches, not sure what has caused it that I was going to get fixed for around £200.

There are also a few stone chips around the car but they should fall within wear and tear


The lease company is ALD
 
Sirrel Squirrel said:
This is Arval's guide, which is in line with BVRLA, so should be the same across any lease company that is signed up to BVRLA.


It states £67 for

"Alloy Wheel/Wheel Trim Scuffs/Gouged >50mm on the total wheel circumference or where there is any damage to the wheel spokes"
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Think I will just leave it all, my main worry was it being a diamond cut and not as easy to repair and them saying new wheel but it seems all wheel types are just treated as "alloys"
 
Thought I would update on this.

Car got collected today. When the guy input the wheel damage it came up with replacement wheel at £500. Said it was that much because it was a "painted wheel".

He changed it to non painted and it changed to £90 repair. He said it may change back when they do their final inspection when they get it back but I have ticked the don't agree with charges so they should ring me up to discuss.

Hopefully I can argue the cost of a replacement wheel to be extortionate and get it reduced if they do change it.
 
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