ALR

in a few months, can I just turn in my old car and get into a new lease with no penalty or is the dealer or AOA going to start playing games with my old lease?

mad haTTer

How many miles did you put on the car? What I did with my 15 month old A4 was find out what the buyout is on the lease. Then I found a dealer that would take the car in on a trade for the same amount. I will warn you now most dealers will give you almost $5000 less than what the buyout is worth. Once I found a dealer to take my car in on a trade in they basically bought the car and paid of the lease and it was pretty simple. hope this helps

Quattrings

and traded my 2000 A4 1.8 for a 2001 225TT. I was upside down on my lease by 4000.00 Luckily Audi has some very aggresive incentives and the dealer was willing to work with me.

Dan-d-man

48 month lease with only 4 months in. I'm not a genius, but your basically screwed. Just drive the car for at least another year and you will be a little better off. You will be stuck with all of the interest and taxes, that you did not even make a dent on. You never mentioned how much you put down, because that definately plays a factor. I don't know if Audi dealerships are individualy owned or are run by one big thing like Mercedes. Independant dealers like BMW's are probably much more willing to deal. A company like Mercedes or say GM will tell you that you own this much and if you don't like it, too bad!
Its because of this, I only deal with brokers, your payments will be pretty much the same as a dealer, but because it is a open-end lease the buy out is much lower, and so it is easier to get out of. 4 year leases from dealers IMO are retarted, I can't believe these salespeople can do this to someone. 4 year leases through a good broker aren't bad, because at around 15-20 payments in, you are usually OK to trade in. And they'll get you a LOT more off the car than what you think is possible. I was looking at the 225 TT coupe($59,800 Canadian) and he will give it to me for $54 and some change. I know for a fact that the Audi guy will give me next to nothing off the car. Maybe he would give me a free key chain and cap!
Not that I'm saying it is all gravey through a broker, but it is better overall. Sorry for rambling on and on, but like I said to answer your question, your best off driving the A4 for a little while longer and then take it from there. Or you could try selling the lease to someone. Or if you got money and you just don't give a damn trade in and take the loss. Good luck!