Question about selling my S5

[GSS5]

Question for those in the know or have done this:

I want to sell my S5. It's leased (exactly one year left) and the payoff is just right around $40k. I was going to trade it in but the highest any dealer offered was $37k and I think it's worth anywhere between $42-44k private party. If a dealer were to offer me $38.5k or more then I'd just swallow the difference out of convenience but $3k+ extra out of pocket just to get out of a lease is stupid. An Audi dealer offered to make my payoff were I to buy a car from them but I don't want another Audi. So..

1. Is it even possible to sell my car to a private party without having to pay off the remainder of the lease out of pocket and getting the title on my own?

2. If so - let's say that i find a private party buyer - can this transaction be facilitated directly between said buyer and AFS so that they (or their bank) can pay off AFS directly and obtain the title without having to do anything through me?

3. If not - is such a transaction advisable where buyer pays me my asking price, I pay off AFS and keep the change, hand said buyer the keys and transfer the title when I get it in several weeks?

4. Can this be done with a dealer acting as a middleman between myself and said potential buyer?

If anyone's interested it's a 2014 S5 6MT Glacier white/Black nappa, 19.5k miles, nearly every option (Black optic, B&O, Sport diff, Side assist, Navigation, Nappa, Carbon inlays) with a $62.5K sticker. Tires and front pads replaced at ~15k miles, very well-maintained, always garaged, zero accidents and all factory paint. Only mods are AWE track exhaust, H&R street coilovers, spacers, Eurocode intake and tint. Still under factory warranty ie. no TD1. Car's in LA and has spent its entire life in SoCal.

[d1amund]

A closed end lease is nothing more than a loan with a balloon payment. I've sold and/or traded-in many closed end leases prior to the end of the lease; many were Audi and a few were out of state from me. It can be done via dealer trade, Carmax if you just want to dump it or via a private seller's bank.

[GSS5]

A closed end lease is nothing more than a loan with a balloon payment. I've sold and/or traded-in many closed end leases prior to the end of the lease; many were Audi and a few were out of state from me. It can be done via dealer trade, Carmax if you just want to dump it or via a private seller's bank.

gotcha. so it can be done through a buyer and their bank. dealer trade and carmax are out of the question because they only want to give me wholesale for my car, which leaves me a couple $k's in the hole. if i do private party i think i have a good shot at ending up with some extra cash in my pocket to put towards the next car.

[d1amund]

so it can be done through a buyer and their bank.

Absolutely. In short, the buyers bank pays off your loan (what I think really happens in the background is they pay it off on your behalf and then flip back to the buyer for financing), buyer receives car, bank receives and holds title until the new owner pays it off or sells/trades it at a later date. There's very little involvement on your part; most the work is done between the two banks.

if i do private party i think i have a good shot at ending up with some extra cash in my pocket to put towards the next car.

Nothing wrong with that !

[Chanman94]

How I bought my car was I wrote two bank drafts, one to pay off the lease to Audi, and the remainder to the seller. I went to the dealer with him, paid off the buyout on the lease. We signed a bill of sale, and I took the car right there. Then I registered the car once Audi sent us the lien release for the vehicle. But I'm fairly sure the system in Canada is different from the US, so d1amund's method is probably the most ideal, however your option 3 will work as well.

[bknewtype]

ur gonna crash that m4 before u take it out of the lot. u need a prius