Posted By: Jim_Clennell
Business lease deals. Where to look? - 23/09/2018 13:36
As usual, we are constantly changing our plans, but we have come back to the idea of having a (relatively) compact 4x4 as our own vehicle to run when not in business mode. 11 year-old Fiat Pandas make cracking courtesy cars, but the fun wears thin on long motorway journeys and their ability to tow caravans is not legendary.
A review of our choices still favours a BMW X3, preferably in 3.0 diesel flavour.
Now, my criticisms of leasing - or more specifically the extortionate charges made by leasing companies on customers returning their vehicles - still stand, but I recently got an email offering a less-than-1-year-old ex-demo X3 (albeit a 2.0d) on a 4 year lease for £299 + VAT per month.
On the face of it, this does seem like a pretty good deal, though I haven't looked through the small print. Bearing in mind that I'm reasonably well placed to avoid end of lease charges unless something goes quite spectacularly wrong.
Where would forum people look for the best business lease deals so that I can seek a similarly excellent offer on a 3-litre model, and why would I not do this instead of spending £5k cash on a dodgy 2007 120k miler?
A review of our choices still favours a BMW X3, preferably in 3.0 diesel flavour.
Now, my criticisms of leasing - or more specifically the extortionate charges made by leasing companies on customers returning their vehicles - still stand, but I recently got an email offering a less-than-1-year-old ex-demo X3 (albeit a 2.0d) on a 4 year lease for £299 + VAT per month.
On the face of it, this does seem like a pretty good deal, though I haven't looked through the small print. Bearing in mind that I'm reasonably well placed to avoid end of lease charges unless something goes quite spectacularly wrong.
Where would forum people look for the best business lease deals so that I can seek a similarly excellent offer on a 3-litre model, and why would I not do this instead of spending £5k cash on a dodgy 2007 120k miler?
