I can’t believe how time flies. It seems it was only a few weeks ago I was pouring all over LH to learn as much as I could about leasing my first car. Fast forward 2.3 years and my lease is up in about 7 months which has me wondering…
Since I know I need a second car, when should I start looking in earnest for a replacement?
Not worth seriously looking until the month before or month of… incentives, RV, MFs, etc change monthly so no use doing too much investigating before then.
I would monitor this forum 3-4 months in advance to see what cars are leasing well to at least help you narrow down your potential list of vehicles.
Unless there is a pull-ahead, 2 months. Get your pre-turn-in inspection and then start looking.
If you’re like a lot of the people that text me for quotes, you should have started looking last month. Then message me every month for the next 7 months asking for a new quote 
Yes! “It’s October, but I’m looking for something for March.”
Gotcha thank you.
Yes the pre-turn-in inspection is key thanks for the reminder.
@Jrouleau426 @IAC: lol. I hear you. I only ask because I received some mail from a local dealer offering what appeared to be a pull-ahead like incentive. I wasn’t interested in the brand so I ignored it but it occurred to me that if something particularly interesting did happen to come up would I be silly to consider it this far in advance.
Do you not already lease with that brand? If the pull-ahead program is for a brand you don’t lease with, then you wouldn’t qualify anyways.
Most pull ahead offers are scams. You’re paying your remaining payments with the inflated price of the new car
My dad needs a new car. Their lease is up in about 4-5 months, and since my parents only have one car, he’s shopping now. He said he wanted my help, and I told him he would actually have to listen to me. He says how he hates the dealership, the people, etc., but now he’s getting stuck on a stupid Kia Sportage so that “he doesn’t have to pay the disposition fee (he has a Cadenza), they’re giving him a mileage credit, and they’re not even making him pay for the remaining payments!”
I laughed and I said I guarantee they’re rolling in the payments and wanted proof that they’re not. He doesn’t want to pay more than $350 a month for a car, and I said fine, but there are so many things other than…a Sportage.
The point is, you always pay, one way or another.
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Depending on the brand/model theres a small chance you can get out of the lease early without paying. If the vehicle is currently worth more than the payoff you could sell it to vroom, carvana, carmax, or even a dealer… I would check your cars worth with those companies. If they make you an offer that’s more than your payoff great news, if not, more than likely you have to ride it out to lease end term. Having a lease vehicle grounded early, the payments will end up getting paid somewhere in your next deal. However if current vehicle is actually worth more than payoff theres a chance you could have equity, if that’s the case you can get out early. In that case the dealer would buy out the vehicle instead of grounding it, meaning no remaining payments getting rolled into next deal. But you have to inform yourself and research the value of your vehicle.