FSD refund on a lease?

[ebwb]

FSD became an option ($3,000 originally, later $5,000) beginning in October 2016. Has anyone had luck asking Tesla for a refund of FSD upon maturity of their 24- or 36-month lease? If so, how is it calculated? I would imagine it would be a prorated/residualized amount since, on a lease, you pay for about 40 to 50 percent of the cost of an option, plus a finance charge and tax. While I wouldn't expect a FSD refund on a purchased car, it doesn't seem fair to pay for an option that didn't exist over the course of the lease.

Thanks,
Michael

 

[whitex]

I think the Tesla fine print covers them, since it was stated from the get-go that you may never get it. At least on a lease, you only paid $1500 or less (by increasing your purchase price by $3K, you increased the residual by whatever percentage of the $3K, ~50% for 2 year lease) - the leasing company paid for the other half. Unless of course you purchased it as an upgrade after you already leased the car, they you're out the entire amount.

 

[ucmndd]

Good luck with that. It's an option that ostensibly has value that was calculated into the lease terms.

 

[ewoodrick]

You seem to think that a leased car is something special. In reality, it's a car that is sold to a leasing agency and then you rent it for a specified term and it is then sent to auction.

If anything, you could maybe use it as an excuse to lower the cost on a new lease/car