Returning a lease car with damage

[Nasher]

Same mirror crack was on my old Abarth 500.

Obviously it's a OE feature

 

[Haze]

You mean apart from the numerous people pointing out that taking the hit from the lease company can in many cases be massively cheaper than getting things fixed? Not sure it's quite that obvious.

If you are incapable of carrying out the repair yourself, then sure it won't be worth it

 

[Terminal_Boy]

But some things can be ridiculous . We have been charged £500 for returning a car without its parcel shelf (we sent somebody over with it to Leeds auction house as the employee had it in his garage at home) and we get charged £300 if we dont supply a service history (which means getting a printout from the dealer since most service histories are digital nowadays).

When I VT’d my PCP’d Honda in 2018, there was a laundry list of documentation and items they wanted in the vehicle and a list of charges I’d incur if they weren’t returned.

£500 for the main key, £200 for the spare, £300 for the V5, £100 for the owner’s manual, £150 for the service history book and £50 for every service stamp missing.

 

[Greebo]

When I VT’d my PCP’d Honda in 2018, there was a laundry list of documentation and items they wanted in the vehicle and a list of charges I’d incur if they weren’t returned.

£500 for the main key, £200 for the spare, £300 for the V5, £100 for the owner’s manual, £150 for the service history book and £50 for every service stamp missing.

Yeah that's where they really fleece you if you are missing anything.