I’ve never heard of that, I was given The offer last night and $2200 from another dealer. I know both salesman very well, I plan on turning it in this week. My new truck was supposed to be delivered 3/31 but hasn’t shown up yet...
It’s getting a lot more common. Obviously when you lease a car you don’t own it, the bank does. More and more are not allowing a third party car dealerships buy out your lease, because they know they’re going to sell it for more than your buyout price and make a profit.
You should actually call whoever it is you financed through and see if you can even do it. I tried to do it, dealers assured me they could, and it turned out i wasn’t able to.
If that’s the case they’ll just tell you - well you can still “trade your car in” to get a new car today - usually they’ll offer to pay your remaining lease payments and then return the vehicle on your behalf. An issue there could be if you have excess wear and tear you’re still on the hook - and since you won’t be there when the car is turned in you can’t be there to say well XYZ wasn’t there when I gave you guys the keys.
You may want to see what your car is worth if you were to sell it through Carvana or Carfax. And if it makes sense, buy your lease out and then sell it for a profit (just make sure you take into account the taxes you’ll also have to pay to buy it out)