Is there a way to unwind a less than 30-day old lease in California with Audi Financial Services?
From your side?
- It’s a lemon (Many rules to invoke this properly)
- You lied on your Credit Report and the Bank rejects it.
- You let them repo it. (Well this one isn’t an Unwind)
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No
In order to end your lease early, you would either a) have someone else assume your lease or b) have someone buyout the lease.
Lease Assumption:
Many brands will allow you to transfer out of your lease and assign it to someone else after paying a lease transfer fee and submitting required documentation. Those brands include BMW, Lexus etc.
Some brands will not allow lease transfers at all such as Honda, Mazda, Volvo, Jaguar, Hyundai etc.
A select few brands, such as Audi or Infiniti, allow lease transfers, but keep the original leasee liable. It is generally not recommended to do a transfer as you would remain liable for the car after transfer.
There are some other restrictions that can affect your ability to do a transfer such as remaining months on the lease and regional restrictions. It is best to check with your leasing company by calling them directly.
Once you decide you want to transfer out of your lease, you can post your car for free under LH’s private transfer section:
Alternatively, you can list your car for a fee with www.swapalease.com or www.leasetrader.com which are two large lease transfer marketplaces that have a large user base of people actively looking to assume leases.
Lease Buyout:
You can have a third party buyout the car. In order to do that, you would call your leasing company and get the current “dealer payoff quote” which is the amount of money needed right now to payoff your car which will satisfy your lease agreement. Once you have that number you can take your car to your local Carmax and see what they would offer to buy your car. If the amount is near or above your dealer payoff quote, then you can sell it to them and you would be out of the lease. Alternatively, you can get an online quote from vroom.com or carvana.com who will give you an instant online offer. If you accept the offer, they would come and pick up the car from you and pay you on the spot. Ideally you would get a quote from all sources as they may vary significantly. For more information, please see forum discussions:
For additional information, make sure to check out Leasehacking 101: How to End Your Lease Early
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Oh boi this gonna be either really short or a popcorn thread.
Edit: popcorn it is!
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I’ll bite… it’s been a slow Monday 
CA doesn’t have a cooling off period, and you probably signed something on delivery to that effect.
Out of curiosity, what car is it?
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Thanks for the feedback.
Audi SQ7
Why are you trying to unwind?
Question. When they asked you for a work number on your credit application. Did you give them an actual HR number? Or a number of a manager you might be a little cool with?
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Save my marriage…
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Keep the wife and repo the car. It’ll be cheaper
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Curious… what do the numbers look like?
She hates fun things?
You are still liable even if you transfer your lease if it’s an Audi.
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Have you considered looping her in to your car purchasing decisions? Might be easier than constantly making her unhappy.
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If she didn’t divorce you after the Cts-v you will be fine with the SQ7.
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