Experience selling Audi lease?

[Kctham18]

There’s has been a lot of recent posts, especially with AFS and selling. ‘Search’ is your friend - do a search on LH if you want to know more. But here’s a hand:

@ideal2545

Should I buy the car cash and then sell it outright to carmax, but then how do I get away without paying taxes here in California on the initial pay off?

Why banks won't let you sell your leased car at RV

“Generally, when a lessee elects the option to purchase the leased property at the expiration of the lease, tax applies to the sale of the property when the option is exercised. Nevertheless, if the lessee transfers title and registration for a vehicle to a third party within 10 days from the date the lessee acquired title from the lessor at the expiration or termination of a lease it is presumed that the transfer of the vehicle to the lessee was a sale to the lessee for purposes of resale. The…

@ideal2545

Could I approach the dealer where I will be returning the car and see if they would just buy the car, or maybe I should approach another audi dealership and not the one where I plan to return it?

You can try. @Samaudibh was also looking for Audi returns a few days ago. GLWT