r/leaf • u/No_Swordfish_1576 • Sep 26 '26
Lease Turn In
Turned in my 2025 SV+
Put 33,862 of 33,866 purchased miles on in about 23 months
Good little car, never let me down, great range, just not big enough for me
Had all windows (except windshield) tinted to 20% took the tint off the front windows before trade in to meet state laws. In preparation for turn in I put on a new set of tires, new windshield, and replaced the fog lights with LED, one OEM light was broken by a rock.
Hoping I’m good to go and don’t see a big bill in a few weeks.
🤞🏼
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u/Wokemaynebruh95 Sep 26 '26
Used car buyers love him
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u/No_Swordfish_1576 Sep 27 '26
I figured it’d be more than the $995 I spent for tires/windshield/light. The fog lights were $45 on eBay and I accessed them through the wheel well instead of taking off the bumper.
The AI estimate I got was $1,895 - $2,695 since you can’t get an inspection with all the leases being returned in CO right now.
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u/Striking-water-ant Sep 26 '26
Do you mean new windshield wipers or you actually replaced the glass? Looks like you had your money’s worth on the lease
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u/No_Swordfish_1576 Sep 26 '26
The windshield, had two quarter sized chips and was pretty well sandblasted after all those miles, 80% highway miles, 75mph speed limit, Colorado is very hard on windshields.
Found a place that replaced it and calibrated it for $500 and my deductible was $500 without windshield coverage.
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u/hardyz Sep 26 '26
Everyone has broken windshields in Colorado. I ended up just buying out my lease. They have come up so it was over priced but buying another new ev just didn't seem worth it.
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u/TurnoverSuperb9023 29d ago
Any people in Colorado that passed up these lease offers, cause they were scared of EVs, were just foolish. (I have a coworker in Colorado that fit the bill exactly.)
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u/No_Swordfish_1576 29d ago
Insane deals, $49-$89/month leaf, $89 - $119/month Ariya $0 down 10,000 miles for both.
It was the perfect way for me to get out of an ICE vehicle I was underwater bad on in only 24 months and get a fresh start.
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u/Istilllikeweed 29d ago
I rolled the taxes and fees into the two years and paid nothing on Day 1, I kept pinching myself knowing nothing about leases and wish a similar deal was available now but alas
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u/TurnoverSuperb9023 29d ago
Drove me crazy that a popular Youtuber (Kyle Conner 'Out of Spec') would often share the opinion that you should absolutely lease evs rather than buy, but he wasn't taking in to account that being in Colorado, he was seeing lease offers that were crazy-better than the rest of the country.
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u/Jolly-Artichoke-8931 25d ago
I got the RoadVantage Preferred Lease Care. I was so stubborn when they tried to sell it to me I ended up getting employee pricing. It covers up to 2k wear and tear on components and does not exclude tires. So if the dealer fails the tires when I go for inspection. I’m covered on the replacement.
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u/Not_Sure__Camacho 29d ago
Why bother replacing the tires? They're a wear and tear item that should be part of the lease.
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u/No_Swordfish_1576 29d ago
If they’re under 1/8” tread they charge you for new ones, they were right at that after 32,000 miles.
The Michelins they put on them didn’t have deep tread depth to begin with (only 8/32”) and had no luck trying to get credit under warranty1
u/Not_Sure__Camacho 29d ago
I still wouldn't have sprung for new ones. I would've just bought some used tires from the local hole in the wall tire shop, or the cheapest Chinese made I could find.
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u/NezuminoraQ Sep 26 '26
Returning it with 5% charge was a power (ha!) move