<prompt> Human: As the title says my SO and I leased a new vehicle in August 2015. Our agreement is 3 years 36000 miles. It has been a year and 3 months and we are already at 32000 miles due to some unfortunate life circumstances that have forced me to drive the car much further and much more often than we anticipated.We were planning on purchasing the car at the end of the lease term, but I am worried we will still owe the penalty fee of 0.15 per mile over 36000, which could add up to a few thousand dollars... yikes.I have reached out to our dealer who sold us the car with a few questions concerning the purchasing process, but am scared that he will see this as an opportunity to capitalize on our poor fortune poor decision making.My question is this, can I opt to purchase the car before the 36000 mile mark and avoid any overage penalties? If we purchased it we would finance it hopefully through our local bank and not the dealership finance company in this case NMAC which is Nissan. The other option would be to hang onto the car until the end of the lease and just be way over our 36000 mile agreement and see if buying it out will waive the fee since we are not returning it. Im not exactly sure how any of this works, which is why I landed here, and why I should have spent more time here before leasing in the first place! Has anyone here dealt with this scenario before? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance! And Happy Holidays!  <response>: If you plan to buy the car you shouldnt have to worry about the mileage fees. Check the online portal where you pay your bills and you can likely see a buyout amount and you could probably decide to finance even before your lease is up! 