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You have to weigh up the pro’s and cons agains’t putting money in the bank and depending on the car it may or may not be worth it, but you need to work all inclusive costs of servicing to breakdown cover, to ge t a proper answer.
If you like the idea of worry free, then its worth it.
It may be in the terms of the lease that the car is regularly serviced at the correct intervals.
Especially ICE cars, usually need an oil and filter change every year. Most new cars the 1st service is free. Some not.
If yiu factor in an independent garage who could stamp the service book.
My EV first service was 24 months.
It depends on your lease terms.
Others who have leased vehicles outside the scheme should help.
Also different companies offer different levels of maintainence packages, so you need to look at whats covered for the cost.
Select car leasing offer a package for around £2o to £30 a month depending if an EV or ICE/Hybrid and includes-
https://www.selectcarleasing.co.uk/guides/personal-car-leasing/servicing-and-maintenance-packages
We recently took a lease with Select Car Leasing @kezo mentioned. It is EV, 10K pa and for 3 years.
We took no package as the vehicle under warranty for the entire duration of the lease. There should be one service only. The roadside assistance (breakdown) included as part of the EV warranty. So only the tyres remain. And I am sure any mobile tyre unit will cost less than the package.
But as eluded by others above – you may have different requirements.
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As others have said, it’s a case of doing some number crunching. It’s not just EVs with extended servicing periods, as many ICE cars don’t need annual services these days either. Even the high performed petrol car that I’m buying doesn’t need anything doing until 2 years or 12k miles (whichever comes first) and even then it’s just an oil change!
I am buying a 5 year servicing pack, but only because with the VAT knocked off, plus the discount I negotiated, I got almost 40% discount on it. The pack is also transferable to the next owner, so if I decided to sell the car before the 5 years it will improve the residual value and make it easier to sell. I’m also buying the car outright, rather than leasing, so want to ensure that it gets every required bit of attention at a main franchised dealer, which also helps resale value.
If I was leasing, I would call the service department of a franchised dealer as they can tell you which services will be required over the 3 years and how much they all are currently, but keep in mind that prices tend to go up each year. You can then weigh that up against how much extra the leasing company is charging over the lease period. I doubt that you’d need to worry about breakdown cover. I can’t think of any manufacturer that doesn’t include breakdown cover as part of the manufacturer warranty but, again, double check.
Also different companies offer different levels of maintainence packages, so you need to look at whats covered for the cost. Select car leasing offer a package for around £2o to £30 a month depending if an EV or ICE/Hybrid and includes- https://www.selectcarleasing.co.uk/guides/personal-car-leasing/servicing-and-maintenance-packages
Kezo I see they have the chr plus design when you have to could you please tell me the price deference over 3 years at 10000 miles a year with notability? I mentioned lease to the manager at my dealer and he looked gone out at me and seemed very surprised indeed ! I want the chr plus for a weekend in the summer I’ve offered him £100 cash for the weekend fully charged but he laughed and said no need for that
Also different companies offer different levels of maintainence packages, so you need to look at whats covered for the cost. Select car leasing offer a package for around £2o to £30 a month depending if an EV or ICE/Hybrid and includes- https://www.selectcarleasing.co.uk/guides/personal-car-leasing/servicing-and-maintenance-packages
Kezo I see they have the chr plus design when you have time to look could you please tell me the price deference over 3 years at 10000 miles a year with notability? I mentioned lease to the manager at my dealer and he looked gone out at me and seemed very surprised indeed ! I want the chr plus for a weekend in the summer I’ve offered him £100 cash for the weekend fully charged but he laughed and said no need for that
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