When I leased my bug, the way I handled the balloon payment was to finance it through the same bank that handled the lease. That's probably a standard way to handle the buy-out of a lease.
It's entirely possible/probable that SNB can change the fluids just as well as the service place, and for a much lower labor charge. The garage doesn't have any special magic. But the time to bring that up is not after you've taken him to the garage, asked in his presence for the work to be done, had the work done, received the invoice, and paid the bill. If he was concerned about it, he should have mentioned it when it was possible to tell the garage to not change the fluids.
I'd point out to him that the car is leased, and you are responsible for any damage that may be discovered upon surrendering the car at the end of the lease. As such, you want to be damn sure you have records that the car received proper scheduled maintenance. The garage can provide such records, he cannot.
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Date: 2013-01-17 07:57 pm (UTC)It's entirely possible/probable that SNB can change the fluids just as well as the service place, and for a much lower labor charge. The garage doesn't have any special magic. But the time to bring that up is not after you've taken him to the garage, asked in his presence for the work to be done, had the work done, received the invoice, and paid the bill. If he was concerned about it, he should have mentioned it when it was possible to tell the garage to not change the fluids.
I'd point out to him that the car is leased, and you are responsible for any damage that may be discovered upon surrendering the car at the end of the lease. As such, you want to be damn sure you have records that the car received proper scheduled maintenance. The garage can provide such records, he cannot.