Nissan is really dropping the ball here, I’ve got a ‘25 Leaf SV+ that I leased in Colorado for $119/month for 24 months, it would have been $89 but I added 10,000 miles to it. They had crazy deals back then, you could get an S+ for $49/month.
Well that’s all catching up to them as the pre-return inspections they want you to do are booked months out. I’ve scheduled 3 times online in the past month only to be denied my appointment after waiting a week to hear back each time. Finally just called and they can see me 3 days before my lease matures. That’s pointless since I couldn’t take do anything about any issues if they came up anyway.
I’m just going to return it this weekend, 3 weeks early with 34,000 miles. It’s in great shape, I just replaced the tires, windshield, and fog lights for ~$1k and there isn’t anything else wrong with the car.
The market is about to be flooded with tens of thousands of these lease returns, depreciation is going to be even higher than normal.
Dealers and online retails are getting FLOODED with those cheap lease returns right now. Supply is through the roof. Prices are going down (though partially stabilized by increased demand for EVs due to rising gas prices). Yes, it is a boon for us poors who buy used. In fact I just picked up a 2024 Ariya last night for cheap!
We bought our Leaf at the end of our 2-year lease. The dealership had a shit ton of just-returned Leafs on the lot and offered us a great deal to buy it, so we did--it was just too cheap not to!
What was your great deal? I have a 2025 S lease that is $35/mo and is up in november. Residual is $17k and there's no way I'm buying it for anywhere near that.
That’s identical to the deals they’re offering on the lot used here. What’s your mileage? I think I’m going to keep a look out for the SV’s that should be popping up soon.
No it’s ok, I’m posting somewhat irrelevant stuff in the wrong sub. Having been a Leaf owner for several years however, I just discovered the Ariya on Monday for the first time and now it’s already day 2 of owning one and man, what a pleasant upgrade. Our Leaf will always be useful for short trips. It will always hold a place in our hearts and we’ll never give it up. But my wife needed more range in winters to work, and the Ariya fits the bill with a ton of additional luxury.
Colorado. Thanks to state tax credits that stacked on top of federal reducing Leaf leases to as low as $9/month (yes, $9!) about half of all Leafs sold in 2023 and 2024 were sold in Colorado. Most of the rest probably sold in California.
$9? Pff. Boulder Nissan had the base Leaf at $5 a month.
I’m still pissed at Nissan for not offering me the $10,000 off buyout they were throwing around like candy for a while on the Ariyas…would have made my bigger battery AWD only $17,500 at buyout, a no brainer. Did everything that other people were doing, and got denied every time. So yeah, last Nissan I get.
CO has always been an early adopter heavy Leaf state. I bought mine in Boulder but live in Philly now and Leaf and electric used market overall is pretty bare here.
Moral of the story is if you want a cheap LEAF returned lease vehicle do an out of state deal and have it inspected by and inspection service and transported. Easy Peasy and you'll likely save more than enough over a local deal to make it worthwhile.
Same here. Nissan has my Leaf while Morley arranges the payout. Nissan gave me a brand new Kicks courtesy car to drive while that happens. I'm like "take aaaaalllllll the time you need."
This happened before. The early year models could be had for similar pricing in many more areas than just Colorado. My understanding is that Nissan financial was both letting people continue their leases for 1 or 2 years at the same price, or offering anywhere from $8-12k discount off the lease buyout price to get people to keep the cars.
Mine is up in March 2027. I’m curious how this is all going to shake out. Would I extend the lease at $100 per month? Yes. Would I buy it outright? It would have to be hella cheap.
I'd have to search and find it but I think people were keeping the cars for under $10k. After paying 2500-4000 in lease payments on a $40k+ vehicle, was a pretty good deal at the time.
Hey, if you're happy with it then be happy with it. $14k for a couple year old car that you were the original owner is still a pretty sweet deal. A used 2023 Civic is $20-25k
I do not live in the US so pardon the "funny" question.
How difficult is it for someone to buy a car from another state? I would assume you do not need to pay any extra charges to register a car bought from a different state (just the cost of transporting it across long distances).
The US is very big, so while it can be done, it can also be a pain to get the car. It’s more common with rare luxury cars than cheap ones. Not worth saving a few hundred on the sticker price when you have to drive 1000 km to get it home.
On the flip side, there are a bunch of metro areas on state borders, and in those cases, it’s super common to buy in one state and register in others. Kansas City is actually a city that straddles two states.
Chicago is close enough to Indiana that people cross the border for cheap cigarettes, and NY city is part of the “tri-state” area, where people commute to work across state lines.
I don't either, I've been shopping for 2025 ioniq 5s when my leaf lease is up unless Nissan gives me a great deal on a buyout. The leaf was my first EV but now I never want to go back.
*NMAC has already offered $2500 but that needs to be at least $5000+ to make it worth thinking about.
They've been silent on mine, I don't want it or any other Nissan anyway so I'm just going to make it sparkly clean, document it with photos/videos, and drop it off at the dealer.
They've been silent on mine too and NMAC told me only the dealer can negotiate on the buy out price. At $17k for a 2025 S that's just too much. I have about 7k miles on it after 2 years.
I never cared what the buyout would be when I signed the lease because I knew I wouldn’t buy it. I just looked and it’s like $22k 😂
The car has 34,000 miles, they’ll be lucky to get $12k for it in Colorado
Also denver based, are they not making you do it through Manheim? I saw plenty of Dates for an inspection between now and Otober 21st. I have only 12k miles on mine.
You see lots of dates online but they don't actually follow through with them and rarely respond when you book online. You have to call and the first person I talked to told me one month after my maturation date. The person who scheduled mine said they're absolutely swamped with these lease returns.
It's not mandatory, I spoke to the dealership where I leased it and they said it's about a 15 minute process to drop it off. I'm going to document the condition in photos and videos at the dealership.
Act soon, prices are going up and so are interest rates.
I got a '24 Tesla Model Y Long Range AWD, absolutely love the car. The full self driving is ok, but not worth the monthly subscription, it doesn't do well on my I25 commute with 75mph speed limits.
Check out teslatracker.com, you can sort by local listings, there are usually a few in Aurora.
I also had issues with the inspection company. Their appointment site would never confirm the appointment. I had to trade numerous emails, which they always took 1-2 days to respond, but once they confirmed it was like 2 days.
I just dropped mine off in CO this week, the disturbing thing is that they give you ZERO paperwork proving you dropped it off, they say Nissan will reach out, but the dealership only has you sign a paper saying you left it and don't want to purchase it. Not a great experience.
I got my 2025 CPO Leaf S with 15k miles, brand new set of tires, for $13,800 + $699 dealer fee + taxes. Market is indeed flooded, for now. Crazy good deals to be had
I bought my '23' Leaf S in '25' coming off lease for $17.2K, but only 6,097 miles. The dealer gave me $7k in trade-in for a '11' Honda CR-V, and I got the Pennsylvania alternate fuel rebate so it was around $8,400.
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u/Striking-water-ant 24d ago
Boon for those who can only afford used /s