Private lease contracts: check the small print!

Posted on 06-05-2015 at 8:34 by CasperH – 68 Comments”

Would you also like to drive a new car? Think before you get a private lease contract because sometimes exceed the fines when returning the current value of the car in question!

Not all private lease agreements are as beneficial as they seem according to research of Association of company Car. Especially when returning the car there are still sometimes problems arise. Some private companies use, namely, a standard fee of 300 euro per damage, even for scratches due to normal use. That low monthly fee, which customers are enticed to be quickly compensated, of course.

In addition, sometimes huge afkoopsommen used in the early termination of the contract, for example, by separation or because of death. That afkoopsommen transcend, in some cases, even the market value of the car, the club Car of the Case supports say at this moment is a lawsuit in which an employee for the surrender of a two year old Peugeot 107, a penalty had to pay € 6.500 euro. That there is a fine cleave to the early termination of a contract is logical, but should be within the proportions remain. Because there is clarity about the calculations of these fines the companies are free game.

The Association of Dutch Autoleasebedrijven acknowledge that they should work on a standard contract with associated terms and conditions. There is now discussed with the ministry of Economic Affairs and various consumer organisations.

Now drive it about 20,000 cars in a private lease construction around. Of course, it is not true that all leasing companies wurgconstructies handling, but it certainly can not hurt to your contract to check before you put your signature.

UPDATE: It is especially advisable to check what the conditions are if the contract will or the want to change in terms of maturity. Leaseplan is communicating here, for example, is very open about it. If you have a contract for 5 years have ended, the monthly leasetarief € 149,- at 10,000 km per year. If you are after 3 years want to stop, applies a rate of € 179,- per month. That difference of € 1.080 (€ 30 x 36 months) you must of course pay. Vice versa is also true that if you want to continue, the lower rate will be deducted. More examples of calculation can be found on leaseplan.nl/privatelease.