Cantdecide
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- Jun 13, 2015
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I'm stuck.
I leased a 2015 i3 Rex for 30 months... a little under 6 months left. I've used up almost all the miles (1k left, $0.20/mile extra).
I found out details this week that I'm getting a corporate relocation to Colorado (currently Bay area California).
We're driving out of California this weekend, and I'm not intending to take the i3 Rex with us (we own 3 other EVs to use there).
I'm not worried about paying the money for the last 6 months of the lease... we've used the miles, it has done a decent job for 2 years. The problem is the physical ability to get rid of the thing.
So now what?
When I lease they told me with the lease protection plan I could just bring back the car, hand over the keys, sign a form and be done. So the easy answer is that I just return the car.
Calling BMW now though it seems I was lied to. They tell me ... ok, someone will call you next monday (after I've left the state) to arrange a time for an inspection of the car at my house (I won't have a home in CA by then given how fast homes sell in the Bay area right now) at which I need to be at, then after that I can return the car. Nothing like the promise I was given at lease time. Why does it take longer to return a leased car than to sell a home around here?
Now I'm stuck.
Swapalease would probably take far too long.
I don't want to fly across the country for a day trip just to return the car.
If we drive the i3 Rex there (I guess it is technically possible) I'm guessing we'd have extra fees for returning the car to the wrong place, or else have to drive it back.
Supposedly getting a friend to return it doesn't work if I have to be there for the inspection.
Is my only option really to leave the car with a friend and fly back and forth across the country just to return the car? That would cause more CO2 emissions than I saved in 2 years on the i3... and would be a ridiculous waste of my time, money, and carbon.
Any ideas or thoughts would be much appreciated?
I leased a 2015 i3 Rex for 30 months... a little under 6 months left. I've used up almost all the miles (1k left, $0.20/mile extra).
I found out details this week that I'm getting a corporate relocation to Colorado (currently Bay area California).
We're driving out of California this weekend, and I'm not intending to take the i3 Rex with us (we own 3 other EVs to use there).
I'm not worried about paying the money for the last 6 months of the lease... we've used the miles, it has done a decent job for 2 years. The problem is the physical ability to get rid of the thing.
So now what?
When I lease they told me with the lease protection plan I could just bring back the car, hand over the keys, sign a form and be done. So the easy answer is that I just return the car.
Calling BMW now though it seems I was lied to. They tell me ... ok, someone will call you next monday (after I've left the state) to arrange a time for an inspection of the car at my house (I won't have a home in CA by then given how fast homes sell in the Bay area right now) at which I need to be at, then after that I can return the car. Nothing like the promise I was given at lease time. Why does it take longer to return a leased car than to sell a home around here?
Now I'm stuck.
Swapalease would probably take far too long.
I don't want to fly across the country for a day trip just to return the car.
If we drive the i3 Rex there (I guess it is technically possible) I'm guessing we'd have extra fees for returning the car to the wrong place, or else have to drive it back.
Supposedly getting a friend to return it doesn't work if I have to be there for the inspection.
Is my only option really to leave the car with a friend and fly back and forth across the country just to return the car? That would cause more CO2 emissions than I saved in 2 years on the i3... and would be a ridiculous waste of my time, money, and carbon.
Any ideas or thoughts would be much appreciated?