After reading all the posts here, no point in shopping around dealers for my 42 month old black 2015LEAF (S no QC) with one bar missing and 38K miles old. Also, i called Nalley Nissan and they told me the same thing. Even 9000 is not doable. They said the best time woudl have been earlier in the lease. Looks like I should have checked more seriously for offers when the 2 year lease was over. Oh well, it was a good run. 5 months free. So paid 209 per month for 35 months. 5000 state rebate cashed in with GA. No maintenance costs except for 2 sets of tires(I drive rashly as I am used to my other car , an infiniti, and have driven it jackrabbit style and taken it to 90mph often). Practically a free alternative to a gas car over that same period.
So I will arrange for an inspection next month. The rear bumper has three impacts over the years on the rear bumper. And 2 or 3 small scratches in other places of the car. There is also a chipped wheel cover. The collision place told me it would cost 900 bucks to fix the rear bumper and luckily all 3 parking lot dents all happened on the same part in different areas. not worth getting insurance to pay for it because of my deductible. Should I let them inspect it first and see what they want or get the rear bumper fixed and they said they can buff out one or two of those scratches. THat will leave just chipped wheel cover(a tiny portion) and probably a stray scratch elsewhere. Do you think they will take into account the length of the lease and give me a break on any scratches the body shop cant get buff out. Also, should I just let the adjuster see the whole car and see if their total bill might cost less than getting the bumper repaired?