Darren
Well-known member
I leased one of the early 2011 LEAF's. Love the car but recently took a job which will be moving out-of-state so I need your help evaluating my options of what to do with it.
My options seem to be:
1) Trailer or ship the car to the new location and finish out my last 14 months of my lease. This would probably cost me $500-1000 in shipping charges.
2) Sell the car to someone who would buyout the payoff on the lease. I am in a position where I think I would probably break even here but I would love any insights on what a 2011 loaded SL with 11,000 miles is worth.
3) Transfer the lease to someone else. This does not seem like a good option as Nissan Finance tells me I would remain as a secondary/co-signer on the lease until the lease term ends and I would be liable for any damage/excessive use charges.
4) Turn the car into Nissan before my lease ends. Nissan finance tells me that this is a complete gamble as they would sell the car at auction and I would just hope that it covered my payoff balance (due to the car being purchased from a CA dealer).
The car is currently located in UT. I don't know if this helps or hurts the situation.
Lease rates are substantially better now than when I leased. I have even thought about trading it in/selling it and getting another one but can't figure out how to do that across state lines and involving the possibility of multiple dealers. If I do let it go, I will likely be getting either another LEAF or something like it.
Love any insights on what the best approach is with all of this and if you see any other options.
Thanks,
Darren
My options seem to be:
1) Trailer or ship the car to the new location and finish out my last 14 months of my lease. This would probably cost me $500-1000 in shipping charges.
2) Sell the car to someone who would buyout the payoff on the lease. I am in a position where I think I would probably break even here but I would love any insights on what a 2011 loaded SL with 11,000 miles is worth.
3) Transfer the lease to someone else. This does not seem like a good option as Nissan Finance tells me I would remain as a secondary/co-signer on the lease until the lease term ends and I would be liable for any damage/excessive use charges.
4) Turn the car into Nissan before my lease ends. Nissan finance tells me that this is a complete gamble as they would sell the car at auction and I would just hope that it covered my payoff balance (due to the car being purchased from a CA dealer).
The car is currently located in UT. I don't know if this helps or hurts the situation.
Lease rates are substantially better now than when I leased. I have even thought about trading it in/selling it and getting another one but can't figure out how to do that across state lines and involving the possibility of multiple dealers. If I do let it go, I will likely be getting either another LEAF or something like it.
Love any insights on what the best approach is with all of this and if you see any other options.
Thanks,
Darren