My wife is currently leasing a '15 Mercedes ML on a 3 year 12 K a year lease. We currently have 10 soon to be 9 payments left however are approaching 36 K miles.
We’ve been shopping around various dealerships in the area to turn in the '15 and lease either a '17/'18 GLE. A few dealers informed me Mercedes has a 5 month pull ahead program. I thought we had had a deal with one dealer (agreed on price and terms via email/text message) however when driving to the dealership he stated they forgot to account for the lease rollover. I found this highly suspect and emailed the general manager of the dealership to no avail. All of the other deals we’ve seen from various dealers have been beyond absurd (i.e. $800 + monthly payment with ~$5 K down).
If we can’t get a deal that makes sense we’re thinking about just paying for the over mileage (i.e. $1,000 - $2,000) to avoid a hefty down payment.
Has anyone else ran into similar situations? How should I factor in the 5 rollover payments into the lease payment calculation (i.e. increase the sales price by 5 payments x $645 a month)?
Any help would be much appreciated.