The 3 year battery lease on my ZE40 comes up in about a month's time. I asked Renault finance and my local dealer about the price to buyout the battery, both confirmed it would be £4,500, though the answers were two months apart. Does the figure only change on the anniversary? In which case I assume should wait a month and then get a new quote for it if it is likely to drop.
Either way, is there a generally accepted wisdom on whether it is worthwhile or not? I always slightly regretted going for the lease initially rather than just buying the battery, though it is also nice knowing I don't have to worry about it. I have only done 10,000 miles in 3 years, and Renault did not ask for this figure, so presumably the price is fixed regardless of mileage. Does this low mileage push more in favour of buying rather than continuing to lease? I am clueless on these things so I do not know whether batteries tend to degrade based mainly on age as opposed to mileage or whether mileage is also a key factor.
If I did buy it, is it advisable to keep extending the warranty? But at that point maybe I could just use the money to keep leasing?
I go back and forth on this, so interested in opinions/experiences.
Either way, is there a generally accepted wisdom on whether it is worthwhile or not? I always slightly regretted going for the lease initially rather than just buying the battery, though it is also nice knowing I don't have to worry about it. I have only done 10,000 miles in 3 years, and Renault did not ask for this figure, so presumably the price is fixed regardless of mileage. Does this low mileage push more in favour of buying rather than continuing to lease? I am clueless on these things so I do not know whether batteries tend to degrade based mainly on age as opposed to mileage or whether mileage is also a key factor.
If I did buy it, is it advisable to keep extending the warranty? But at that point maybe I could just use the money to keep leasing?
I go back and forth on this, so interested in opinions/experiences.