bimmergirl23

Airencracken

Few questions, where do you live (state/local laws can vary on this sort of thing)

Where did you get it (local dealers laws can vary)

Is there anything mechanically wrong with the car?

Also this should probably be in auto.

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bimmergirl23

Airencracken

Don't worry about deleting it, it will be moved or not. Not a huge issue.

quick google search,

http://www.carbuyingtips.com/lease4.htm

this may have some info you need, it may not.

psycho-

What you can do is try to have someone legally take over your lease.

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bimmergirl23

psycho-

Craigslist?

brain

Jihforce

yup swaplease is not a bad deal. however, you probably will have to wait until someone decides to pickup the rest of your lease.
Typically, trading a lease is the same as selling a car to the dealership. They rip you off. You will always get negative equity because of that. I traded in a 325i for a A4 and ended up with 1k of negative equity. That was the best deal i could get (besides swapping leases) The best advice i can give you is that if you want to make sure you don't have any negative equity, you have to use something like swaplease or actually go out and find someone that is qualified to take over your lease, BMW financial will have to approve that person, and that's assuming the are willing to let someone else take over. Otherwise, i would try different dealerships to see which one is willing to give you the most for your X3. Not all dealers offer the same amount. Cerritos Acura lowballed me, Circle Audi gave me 1k more than Acura did. So I went with them. So shop around and look around, it could save you a few thousand if you REALLY want to get rid of that X3. I don't blame you for wanting to do that, X3 is one yucky car.

Oh another way to do it is to actually BUY the car (you can do it at any time) and the resell it. You will have to pay it in full, though. I'm guessing since you're leasing it, you may or may not have 20-30k laying around to buy BMW.
Anyway, good luck. Hope it works out.

SmokeyDP

Anyone have any experiences with this? I imagine the one thing to worry about would be damage that the previous owner did to the car that you have to pay for at the end of the lease. How do they treat for dings and scratches when you turn in a lease?

It looks like a good deal if you want to pick up a lease with around a year left. I am the kind of person who can't stick with a car more than a year or two so maybe this would be good for me to look into.

bimmergirl23

bimmergirl23

Good news everyone! I was able to trade in my car and get a 2005 325Ci!
I will post the pic soon!

Houdini

Sounds good. I still prefer the e46 to the e90. I would like to say, though, that your posts in this thread are kinda difficult to read. Why not stick to the standard font?

bachviet

I also like the E46 look better than the E90 but the hp comes with the E90 325 is more appealing.

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Houdini

Heh...true. The "active steering" that can override steering input as well as the lack of temperature gauge really annoy me. Adding rear AC and cupholders was a good move, though. I'm just glad they didn't Bangle (or vanHooeydonk) the e90 as much as the 5's and 7's.