Diminished value on a leased vehicle?

It's not someone's job to read your lease lol. Be a little self-sufficient here.

You should probably read legally binding contracts before you sign them.

 

It is unfortunate but car dealers for the most part are scum bags. Military/ Public Safety should get a break/better deal.

 

Apologize, didn’t mean to offend. I have leased in the past. It’s just cheaper in the long run to buy. Not always possible, I get it. Thank you for your public service.

 

See above. Everything is negotiable. Your leverage is not exercising the contract as written, if they want the sale they will come back to the table. Worst they can say is no.

 

I am a Sagittarius .


Actually leasing and then buying out your Tacoma is a good option since they hold their value so high.
At lease end your buyout price might be decently amount lower than current market value. You will have actual equity at the end.

But yes fight like hell to get diminished value!

 

I had lease a Tacoma a few years back. The ruck was stolen from my yard in the middle of the night and was found 4 days later burnt to a crisp. No reason why it was stolen and destroyed other than whoever did it made a mistake and stole the wrong model that is what the cops thought. Anyways make it shorter I had a policy that replaces the full value of the vehicles in a 3 year limit. My lease was 2 years old so they gave me full original price of the vehicle + I had the windows etched so got another 5,000.00 from another insurance. After all this walked into the Toyota dealer and made the deal that I pay off the lease with the insurance money and ended up buying a new Tacoma for the difference which was a hell of deal for me. just saying

 

Far from, their insurance company offered it. Plus I bought it at end of lease. Also if I would of had to pay any additional cost, from what accident cause at lease termination, that would of covered the cost. This was how my insurance company handled it. I'm sure one of the top insurance companies know how to handle it this situation. Get your facts straight. Before assume thing have no clue about. Added this was a business/equipment lease through a bank, where buyout is a $1. Which I'm sure you have no clue about.

 

there are several different types of diminished value. filing a dv claim can vary on the state, your insurance contract and how the accident happened. your best resource is your insurance company.

 

You’re the example I used to use when selling cars and we pre-loaded etch on all cars. For the 1% of the time a car is stolen it’s beneficial. I hated selling the product though.

 

I was a bit leery at first to buying the etching insurance cause they guaranteed that if the vehicle was stolen they would have to replace all the windows as they were etched and this made it a turn off for thieves. I was lucky to have them done cause it paid off in the end. Not sure if you can get etching insurance these days cause this was back in 2003. just saying

 

sometimes you can get a discount with your insurance company for vin etching.