My vehicle has about 7 months left on the lease and Im good with riding the lease out, however, a very good deal on a Jeep came around and I’m considering ending my lease early with Ally and handing the car back. When I check my Ally app, my lease balance is approximately $1750 and the total buyout is around $29k plus tax. I checked with local dealers and most of them said it’s worth it to just pay the rest of the lease and walk away from it. One dealer however quoted me a buyout that was around $6k less at $23k. They even sent me a photo of the buyout amount and my vehicles VIN. Is this usually the case that Ally will give dealers that big of a discount to inventory a car? I wanted to come to the forums to ask as if this is legitimate, I want to take advantage of it and sell my car to the dealer if my buyout is that low. I also don’t want to do it and then find out I’m on the hook for a lot of money.
Can any of the Hackr’s here provide some insight and what a recommended course of action would be? Needless to say, this is the first and last lease I do with Ally.