I just traded my leased 2013 Ford C-Max Energi for a 2015 one. They
tried to hit me with $250 excessive wear because the inspection report
claimed the nose and fenders were "covered with template." Template? Its
sounds to me like the inspection company didn't even bother to fill in
the boilerplate form and that everyone gets hit with "excessive wear."
My car had 28k miles and was in immaculate shape. I talked to someone at
Ford and they agreed with me but the issue was moot because they waive
that fee if you lease another car through Ford Finance, which I had done.
Right now is an amazing time to get a C-Max Energi because Ford has some
huge rebates and incentives going on for another week or so. My lease
was supposed to end in June (3 more payments) but the salesman convinced
me to end early. I got a 2015 and said incentives reduced the price by
$11,500. Connecticut has a cash back program for PHEV and EVs right now
that gave me $1500 for the downpayment. The car is virtually identical
to the 2013 but is costing me $150 less per month AND they sent me a
check for $2000. Gotta love getting paid to take a car! I did have to
pay the last 3 payments which totaled $1300 but I'm still way ahead.
There seem to be no changes in the car from 2013 to 2016. I chose a 2015
because there was $4000 more incentives.
A PHEV is a different animal, of course, but I didn't notice any EV
range reduction over the 28k miles.
--Rick
On 03/29/2016 01:50 PM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote:
I'm returning my Leaf today. It's been great but the battery has
stopped putting out full charge. To prove this I put Leaf Spy on
it. It shows 88.5% when fully charged. When my 2013 is fully
charged it shows 97.3%. This is a significant difference. 2013 has
6k miles on the pack. 2012 has almost 39k. Another thing to watch
coming off lease is damage to your leased vehicle before you leased
it. My inspector found differences in paint on one side of my 2012.
The quarter panel was painted. He said we had the vehicle repaired
in a substandard way. We said...WHAT?..... This car has never been
in a wreck. So instead of the couple hundred dollars of usual bumps
and bruises most returns get we are getting socked with 200
additional dollars for paint that is substandard. So now we have to
fight Nissan over where this damage came from. They obviously did a
lousy job but not so lousy that we caught it. It took an expert.
Lawrence Rhodes
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