My wife began leasing a Kia soul 2 years ago and has one more year on the lease. She leased with 15,000 miles/year and she currently has about 36,000 miles on the car. Since I recently got a more reliable truck, I have started driving more (I own the truck) to help out with the mileage. I recently looked at her lease agreement though, and the lease states that the charge for going over her mileage is ".20 cents per mile". The .20 is written in. From what I know, typically this should be around 20 cents instead of .20.

My question is how would you handle this? If they charge is .2 cents, we will drive the hell out of it and pay the overage. If it is 20 cents, then we will continue to use the truck more. Does anyone have any kind of experience on how the dealership would handle this if we take it back with like 60k and try to pay .2 cents/mile instead of 20 cents/mile. Thanks for the help.

1/10/2012 3:30:04 PM

http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/2006/12/verizon-doesnt-know-dollars-from-cents.html

1/10/2012 3:40:27 PM

Verizon did it

http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/2006/12/verizon-doesnt-know-dollars-from-cents.html

[Edited on January 10, 2012 at 3:42 PM. Reason : ^ FUCKER!]

1/10/2012 3:41:47 PM

They meant 20 cents.
They wrote .2 cents. It is in the signed agreement. Drive the piss out of it, then tell them to eat it if they try and charge 20. You have the signed legal document. Not much they can do.
That is my Judge Judy/ Joe Brown take on it.

1/10/2012 4:24:39 PM

Quote :

"They meant 20 cents. They wrote .2 cents. It is in the signed agreement. Drive the piss out of it, then tell them to eat it if they try and charge 20. You have the signed legal document. Not much they can do. "

except talk to their lawyer, who they keep on retainer, and take your ass to court.

this is like trying to dispute a handwritten ticket from a police officer. you can hire a lawyer, and take it to court, but you will lose (3k + whatever the lawyer's fees are).

[Edited on January 10, 2012 at 7:08 PM. Reason : plus, you'll be "that guy." don't be "that guy."]

1/10/2012 7:05:39 PM

assuming you are still a senior like your profile says - go to student legal services and get their opinion

1/11/2012 1:34:53 AM

I'm betting the dealer will fight and win. It's probably one of those errors that you should have noted and pointed out and not taken advantage of... kind of like with checks.

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[Edited on January 11, 2012 at 8:12 AM. Reason : .]

1/11/2012 8:11:46 AM

it would be a different story if you had asked the dealer to clarify after you signed, and they responded "yes, the charge is zero point two zero cents per mile" (like the verizon link above)

yeah, they should have written $0.20, but as it stands I don't think you have a good chance of winning that fight

1/11/2012 10:39:44 AM

[Edited on January 11, 2012 at 11:24 AM. Reason : damn phone]

1/11/2012 11:20:11 AM