Originally Posted By: Bottom_Feeder
I really don't think #2 is possible. You can't trade in a car that you don't own and I don't think the new/different car dealer is going to do your lease return processing.
Yes it is possible. My wife traded in her leased car early and we bought the Subaru. The car was worth about $13k, the lease buy-out amount was $15k, so we were about $2k upside down on the leased car. That $2k was rolled into the new car loan. The dealer just buys out the lease and pays it off. It's the same process if you were to trade in a car you bought, but were still making payments on.
I really don't think #2 is possible. You can't trade in a car that you don't own and I don't think the new/different car dealer is going to do your lease return processing.
Yes it is possible. My wife traded in her leased car early and we bought the Subaru. The car was worth about $13k, the lease buy-out amount was $15k, so we were about $2k upside down on the leased car. That $2k was rolled into the new car loan. The dealer just buys out the lease and pays it off. It's the same process if you were to trade in a car you bought, but were still making payments on.