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Leasing question

Hi all,

We are currently in the NYC area leasing a Toyota, and the lease expires in December. Yesterday I visited a local Subaru dealer to talk about leasing a Forester when the Toyota lease is done.

After a test drive and some conversation, he went to “see his manager” and when he came back he said I could walk out with the Forester and that they would “take care of the Toyota.”

Can someone explain what that means? Will I not have to make any more payments to Toyota? Are they covering my payments because they want me as a new Subaru customer? Are they covering my payment but building those costs into my Forester lease payments?

Am I Missing something here? Can someone please explain what the benefit is to them and to me if that’s what they are doing, and if there are any negatives to accepting this offer?

I wasn’t expecting to walk out of there with a car yesterday so I didn’t allocate a lot of time. The sales person gave me a printout toward the end, but I was rushing to another appointment so it wasn’t until I got home that I noticed there was no reference to the Toyota on the piece of paper he gave me.
Thanks so much for replying.

Hi all,

We are currently leasing a Toyota, and the lease expires in December. Yesterday I visited a local Subaru dealer to talk about leasing a Forester when the Toyota lease is done.

After a test drive and some conversation, he went to “see his manager” and when he came back he said I could walk out with the Forester and that they would “take care of the Toyota.”

Can someone explain what that means? Will I not have to make any more payments to Toyota? Are they covering my payments because they want me as a new Subaru customer? Are they covering my payment but building those costs into my Forester lease payments?

Am I Missing something here? Can someone please explain what the benefit is to them and to me if that’s what they are doing, and if there are any negatives to accepting this offer?

Thanks so much for replying.

I just drove by and it looked like they were out of business. There are signs on the window and door that say they are temporarily closed for repairs, renovations, and “a much-needed break.” No estimate on when they will reopen, just a generic we’ll let you know. There is nothing on their website.

Hi all, I am hoping someone will have a suggestion because I’m not sure what the best solution is to this (minor) dilemma. 

We are currently leasing a 2024 Corolla XSE hatchback, and the lease is up in December.    We have been thinking about leasing or buying a 2027  Corolla Cross or RAV4 when the lease ends.  

Here is the dilemma-we are in the U. S. Next March, when we will have had the new car for just about 4 months, we plan to be in Europe for about 10-12 weeks to celebrate my wife’s and my retirements.

The question is—what do we do about that?  I don’t want to leave the car sitting in the same spot for two and a half months, especially if it’s just a few months old.   Are there any options besides asking a neighbor to take it for a ride once a week or so? If anyone has been in a similar situation, could you please let me know how you handled it?

Thank you!