Car Leasing

[passat]

A friend of mine has started work as a self employed taxi driver using her own car, however she wishes to change to a new car within the next 2/3 months and is wondering if she should lease or buy a new vehicle. she is not very familiar with which would be the best procedure as she is very new to the buisness, any help here would be greatly appreciated, Thank you.

 

[Stephenchief]

Maybe she could try www.taxitaxi.ie he hires out taxis. This is probably the best option if she just wants to try out the business. Alternatively if she is pretty confident that this is what she wants to do she could just organise her own plate and pick up a cheap car on the likes of

 

[heather]

Wouldn't leasing a new car & putting on high mileage, then being able to hand it back make more sense in this case?

 

[CCOVICH]

Wouldn't leasing a new car & putting on high mileage, then being able to hand it back make more sense in this case?

Some lease agreements have mileage restrictions and you may be heavily penalised if you are in breach of the agreement.