Contract Hire....cheap or catch?
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Contract Hire....cheap or catch?
Been looking on lingscars (ala Dragons Den) - contract hire on a family car worth 17K+ is about £220pm for 2 years.........wheres the profit for anyone?
I am struggling to see a catch - if you chop cars regular seems a bargain, no?
I am struggling to see a catch - if you chop cars regular seems a bargain, no?
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Well the catch is you never own it. But really all you need to work out is the depreciation & maintenance costs of the car versus the monthly payments - If it works out cheaper to hire, then you haven't really lost anything.
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Yep just head over to Contract Hire & Car Leasing UK - Car Lease - Car Leasing Offers TSR where you can find offers against all the lease hire companies, lings is cheap but you can get better deals else where, very cut throat. I did it a few years back with an 02 WRX bugeye. I had it on 3+23 12K p.a. non maintained and the monthly payments were 264+VAT a month, a steal at the time as they couldnt get shot of em. And within months of getting mine the list price was slashed by 3K so a 21K car was now 18K. At the end of the two years it owed me £7K I just handed it back and when I did they were selling privately for around 11K so I was well chuffed.
I would definately do it again, beware some cheap deals where they want 6 monthly payments as deposit instead of the normal 3.
Gary
I would definately do it again, beware some cheap deals where they want 6 monthly payments as deposit instead of the normal 3.
Gary
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I'll never buy a car again, it will always be on contract hire. When you consider the depreciation, dealer profits (on buying and selling) and general hassle it's hardloy worth it.
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Been looking on lingscars (ala Dragons Den) - contract hire on a family car worth 17K+ is about £220pm for 2 years.........wheres the profit for anyone?
I am struggling to see a catch - if you chop cars regular seems a bargain, no?
I am struggling to see a catch - if you chop cars regular seems a bargain, no?
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