I never just turn in my leased car. If you just drop it off at a dealership, you are losing equity that can be used if you were to use the car as a trade in. I got $1,900 equity on my last car to put toward the new car. The dealer took it from me as part of the lease deal and put it on their lot to sell. My cars are always in excellent condition with low mileage when I turn them in. When I go anywhere, I park away from the other cars to avoid dents and dings on the car. The car is always garaged as well. Before I went to the dealer with my trade-in, I spent a couple hours waxing it. It's a good idea to put some elbow grease into it, chances are you'll get more for your trade if it looks good

Ari you can always trade in your lease at any dealership for more money and avoid all this end of lease hassales

Unfortunately for me, no pre-inspections due to COVID-19 for the past 120 days prior to my lease being up next week. Here I am now looking to KZfaq for advice. Thanks for the video!

If you're getting retread tires, don't do eBay. Installation fees will kill any value. There are tons of used tire shops that include installation in the price.

Another amazing video Ari... I will revisit this video in 6months when I get ready to turn in my car. Thanks again!

ur videos are very informative regardless so thank you for doing that! What I wanted to say here I been leasing cars for years and never get charge for anything, recently I switched Nissan to Infiniti and my Nissan had 2 places minor dents and few scratches and stuff like that, they not even look at this so much, I never received any bills or anything every time I switched to another model, I am not making this up, 100% true! but ofc I was dealing with the same brand so its understandable, I am sure if I go to other brand most likely I will get charge, so what I am saying here if you dealing with same company u rarely gonna get charged or maybe I was just lucky! Great work btw!

I just decided to keep my car at the end of the lease, and want to share my experience to keep more money in your pocket. I contacted Hyundai a month before the end of the lease and discussed options including purchase. They said the easiest way was to go to a dealership and they would help to complete all of the paperwork. They told me my buyout was $14.5K which included state taxes. When we got to the dealership, they said the buyout was $15.2K, or $700 over what I was quoted by Hyundai. I declined and contacted Hyundai again. Seems you can buy your car from the finance company direct without $700 worth of documentation fees. Four pages of docs with 3 signatures and I mailed the check. I will have to go to DMV to transfer title, but well worth the savings.

Great info Ari! I always schedule the lease end inspection done and I always take my own pictures of the car inside and out just in case the leasing company tries to charge me for bogus issues that happen after i turn in the car.

Damn good information. Thank You for taking the time to put out this video. I'm sure that it has and will help out a lot of people navigate the potential mine field of a lease return.

One of the best information, great job. Even though I never lease a car but good and new knowledge.

Thank you for the advice of doing a video walk of the vehicle.

thanks for the info, new to the channel, your info was spot on and direct to the point with great tips. I have a vw lease ending and this gave me better info than the lease maturity department on the phone...

Great video. I have a a year left on first lease vehicle and have some scratches on my hood I know I have to take care of prior to the return. This video was very helpful. Have to find a good body shop to do a lease return detail, etc prior to return.

your saving people alot of money brother ....godbless love this channel

Lease deals are amazing for the dealers, the customer is responsible for turning in a near perfect car with a certain mileage, and paying all “ownership” taxes and fees while you drive it. If the dealer can’t lose in this arrangement, guess who is!

Very good info and advice👍🏾 Sold my last leased car to Carvana and it was $3k higher offer than what two local dealers offered to buy the car, including Carmax. Incredible👍🏾

My leased Audi A4 only has 20K miles on it when it’s supposed to have 36K miles at the lease end. I’m debating on buying it out with cash/check. And then sell it myself privately, as I really want an AWD drive for myself. I know the con-artist dealership ripped me off during the lease because I didn’t bother to educate myself or do research. Now I know about all these fees/overpriced unnecessary packages that these scumbags talk you into getting.

Thanks man. I I will do all that at the end of my dad’s civic lease. I didn’t know you could trade it in to car max and other places.

one of the best explanation i've ever seen, soon returning ny leased car, and i didnt knew about some things, but you really explained nicely, thanks! love your videos

Your videos are always useful, but this one is particularly informative! Thanks, Ari!

The disposition fee was $500 when returned a CRV in 2018. They added $400 for wear & tear.

Great Video! I turned in my lease the day this video was published. Wish I had seen it prior to visiting the dealer. I will say, on the inspection report they inspected noted I needed two new tires as they were worn below recommended tread. I decided to purchase 4 used, but in great shape tires and changed all 4. I did mention this to the dealer but I feel like I should've did a video walk-through of the car and tires. I hope mercedes doesn't charge me the lease end fee as I did lease another vehicle from them. However, these items were not discussed as we were sort of rushing to get out of the dealer. keeping my fingers crossed.

Excellent suggestions and alternative thinking to getting hosed by the lease company. Keep up the great videos Ari!

Hello, I have a lease with Toyota dealer. I got a 2019 Toyota Highlander and return an Avalon. When returning the Avalon I decided if I took another car or only return it without any cost. But now with this Lease at the moment of return if I decide not to take another car they would charge me $ 350.00 dollars. You've heard that before. Thanks for your videos. 👍

Your channel and content is great! I suck at negotiating car deals so I will use your services next time!

Ari love your videos, just a suggestion please include your website in the description

I’m definitely going to be calling Dent Wizard locally and see how much it cost to remove a dent on my Q5 near lease end.

Ari- ive traded in leases with one month left and made $$ towards a new lease. Covering tax, tags and first. I keep my cars fresh. Ever heard of this? PS. Great work. I watch every upload.

The lease on my '17 Sierra will be over in two months, truck is pretty clean and WAY under miles, it has a few scratches less than 2" big but what really worries me is the bed is really scratched up. I hope they dont charge me and arm and a leg just for that.

Great advice Ari!

Thank you. This video gave me some more options.

Thanks bro the carmax thing is genius

Wow man great video. Thanks a lot for this!

Thank you for this video. Many more to come. Thanks.

Subscribed. Good job man. Very informative

How about taking your car for a detail job that costs around $250, before the inspection?

Thanks Ari. Great Video

Awesome thanks again keep it coming

This is a great video

I hate leases, I like to scratch my car, dent it without a fear, spray touch up paint, put custom wheel, etc.

Thank you, very informative and encouraging!

Excellent video!

Sell it to Cavana or Vroom and pocket the difference without the hassle

hello dude i agree that is an an actual crime to lie about a car's mileage

Perfect video! Exactly what i was looking for!! Got yourself a new subscriber lol

Man you are the best I love your videos

Another brilliant video 👍

Currently leasing a honda(with honda financial) have about 5 payments left. My question is when i turn the car in do i have to pay everything upfront or do i get a bill by mail? How does this work? Thank you.

Very helpful, thanks!

We washed our pathfinder platinum 3 times before the inspector came and he only put $460 of damage and we get $500 waived

Word two tires they didn't say you had to turn in the same tires lol

My 2018 TLX has a $450 disposition fee and I’m going to be about 10k under miles and the car is in perfect shape but I fear they may hit me with tires and brakes when it goes back in 5 months.

Great video, thanks

First, and good information Ari keep it up

Very informative video!!!

Great info , good to know

Great video how many weeks or months should we get a end of lease inspection done in your opinion

Nice BMW!

Very helpful. Thanks

Ari by dealer said to that my GMC truck lease has 5000 dollars in dents scratches before you go over that you will be charge ... What do you think

SUB EARNED! Quality and direct content!

millage..... easy, put it up on a jack, stick it in reverse, leave it for a few hours and boom !

Can you re-explain the Carmax thing again? If my by out is $20 k from the dealer and Carmax will give me $18k, do I sell it to carmax?

hi @ari janessian do I need to do this if I will sell to carvana or any similar car company

How does it work if your car has a paint defect or body panel defect when you turn it in and it clearly isn’t damages from you, do they ignore it since it’s still under warranty when you turn it in?

What’s the deal with dent in the inside of truck box bed

Ari, help, I'm 2 weeks away from QX 60 Lease End and 4K under the 36,000 miles allowed, the tires are all very low on tread. They put garbage tires on and mechanic also tells me there is no meat left on front brakes.... they use crap parts and now it's my problem? I'm not paying a nickel on this stuff. I lease so I don't have to worry about wear and tear but Infinity uses bargain bin parts. (Also on my 3rd transmission w this car, as they they wouldn't give me a new car) ) Appreciate any advice.

I'm in a lease now but will carvina buy my lease

so you have to pay money to return your lease?? most clients returned their lease without paying anything

Leasing a bmw! We're over the miles about 7,500. But we want to go into another lease. What are my chances of not paying those miles?

What if you're under the agreed upon milage? do you get to charge them .20 cents a mile?

Dude you are the man......!

Axpher Jan I am underwater with a Camry lease almost 37,000 miles under what is my best option for negative equity

I am due to lease completion on my Audi 3 months from now. Can I do 2 lease end inspections? like one now and 1 around 2 week earlier?

I went to an online tire store and got my 300 dollar tires used for 30 bucks.

Ari my wife and I have a 2018 Honda Accord sport lease due June 2020. The car was in an accident with no frame damage but air bags did deploy. The car looks like new again as if nothing happened. Do you know if this will affect us when we turn in the car at the end of the lease?

When replacing tires, let’s say you only need 2, do you need the same tire brand or is OK to have different brands. ie. Hankook (front tires) & Bridgestone (rear tires)? appreciate the response in advance.

What about financing the leased car after 3 years of leasing can I get a lower payment on the car?

Thnx Ari. Nice video. How about fuel level: does it need to be full? And do you need to do the oil change before returning, if your car is about to get a new oil change?

Please do best rates for BMW 330i Lease

is it better to lease a car from a leasing company. Im from New York

Will they charge you for blacking out the emblems? I heard in most cases the lease return guy doesn't even notice its not stock, is that true?

Would it be worth it to switch my Honda hrv lease to a VW Tiguan lease. Or just stay with Honda?

Tip: The day before your lease is up on your fancy Audi, don’t back into it with you massive SUV! Yeah, I did that. 😒

I don't trust their standards of turn-in inspection. It's their good excuse to rip you off. That's why I never lease.

Hi Ari, at the beginning of my lease in 2017 I purchased a wear and tear packgage for my lease through Acura which was an extra 30 dollars a month. I was told that whatever damage there was on the vehicle the wear and tear package would cover it. Is this true?

If I go from Nissan to Nissan, how does the approval process work and do you know if I’ll get or it’ll be easier to get approved?Also, can it be done as fast as over the late Saturday or early Sunday , or are the finance offices closed? Thanks.

ARI, I just have a quick question,If you were to Lease a 2019 charger scatpack Today, "well monday/tues lol,The sticker is $47,075, were would u be comfortable at on a 3 year 12k mile lease ,I passed on one a few months ago and I'm considering another one I like.I just dont know were u guys find current residual/MF. SO just seeing what u say it should be "at the moment" .Thanks again

Hi Ari, what is your experience with run flat tires and lease returns? I’ve heard both ways, that if the car came with run flats they want them on at lease return. Or that you can have regular tires at lease return. Thanks.

Can you modify a lease

Great video Ari! I have a question about the brakes. Do they usually check the pad/rotor wear or is it more of a “if the brake light is on it needs to be fixed” kinda deal? And is it better to change yourself or charge it on the bill? I have a 2018 Audi S4 and my lease is up next September. And also how about any damage to the front window? Like rock chips. Is it better to replace it yourself or have it charged on the lease return bill?

Thanks

Ari! 41 minutes after your upload and it's still at 360p! Come on!

I’m planning on getting a unicorn and then trading in for a profit 😛 jk, not going to happen in S. FL

Still 360p...lol

Well, BMW will not come out. They're too stuck up to do that.

There is a car i want for the price. Everything is PERFECT on the car, no damage or incidents ever reported and everything lines up on the body. They want to charge me a $700 "lojack fee" because all their cars come with it. They are no-haggle price. I know a fact the lojack fee is a scam. What should i do to get the car.

Best way to avoid Lease end charges. Don't lease in the first place.

do you have a business email ?.

Don't lease a car! PERIOD!!