My posts are unbiased and I do not favor any one manufacturer. I tell the truth. Your User ID tells everyone that you are biased and will defend Toyota regardless if you know the truth or not.

Here are FACTS:

1. Not all lease documents are worded the same. Lease end conditions vary and can be customized by the dealer, OEM or bank whoever holds the paper on that particular lease.

2. Regardless of wording not all dealers will hold the user liable and it is up to the lessor (bank, etc.) how to charge the customer at the end of the lease.

3. Toyota does own their own finance company but the finance arm has absolutely nothing to do with the material handling arm of the business, therefore they want to make money. The material handling division of Toyota must subsidize the lease. The finance division is not going to lose money to help sell forklifts. That is not the way big business works. In the end it is Toyota Material Handling that owns the equipment and must purchase said equipment from the finance division.

4. I have been in this business a long time but will be the first one to say I don't know everything. I am relaying what I see in the field. All of my posts are from first hand knowledge, never third hand information. Of course the dealer in your area may conduct business differently, as long as they keep selling lots of forklifts Toyota will keep them no matter if their business ethics differ.

5. The "shear" you spelled should be spelled "sheer". Shear is to cut something. Call me if you want to talk about it: Phone # 1-800-TOYOTAS-ARE-JUNK
That was for the fool quote.