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Anonymous

08/11/2020 06:36 Subject: Re:If you do not know car you want would you lease?

Anonymous wrote:I actually had a Scamp 19. I used it just last week with my family. I rented a car and hooked it up to my Scamp 19 and we're off into the wilderness. In case you wanted to know luxury car rental Baltimore MD is where I rented my car from. Some financial choices, however, aren’t so clear cut. After all, we can’t make spending decisions based on preference alone. If we did, we might all be living in luxury for a brief period before landing in bankruptcy. Renting a car is never a bad idea.

The scamp 19 is pretty ugly. Have you seen the Taxa line?

Anonymous

08/11/2020 03:26 Subject: If you do not know car you want would you lease?

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Anonymous

09/24/2019 19:56 Subject: Re:If you do not know car you want would you lease?

As someone mentioned usually the people i know lease because they want to drive something more expensive than they can afford to buy. I’m not sure how old your kids are but consider, do you want an extra car when your oldest starts driving? Or does it make sense to keep leasing until your kids are old enough that you could buy the less family friendly car? You want to time the purchase so you aren’t year 7 of driving a Minivan/huge car when your kids are already out the house if that’s not the car you want to be driving.

Anonymous

09/24/2019 10:50 Subject: If you do not know car you want would you lease?

Actually, if you want to drive a car until it dies, buying a used car and driving that to the ground makes the most sense financially. But most people prefer to start with a new car so they can at least start off with the newest safety features and technology and have the reassurance of knowing the car’s history. But that’s not the most economical thing to do.

Anonymous

09/20/2019 18:15 Subject: If you do not know car you want would you lease?

If you like to get a new car every few years, leasing makes sense.
If you like to keep cars until they die, buying makes sense.

Simple.

Anonymous

09/20/2019 15:36 Subject: If you do not know car you want would you lease?

We leased for the first time when I said I never would. I usually keep my cars for 10-12 years. I wasn’t sold on the minivan but have a bad back and just had second child. The doors are great yes, but that’s about it. I’m glad I leased it and didn’t buy. It’s bulky, doesn’t have great pickup, and I wouldn’t want to own this for the next 15 years. It’s a 2019 Honda Odyssey. My son will be three when lease is up.

Anonymous

09/12/2019 22:09 Subject: Re:If you do not know car you want would you lease?

This thread makes me laugh. Of course leasing is not always a poor financial decision. Neither is buying. As they say, YMMV.

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a CPA

Anonymous

09/12/2019 19:45 Subject: If you do not know car you want would you lease?

I think both sides are correct. They’re just looking at it different ways.

Anonymous

09/12/2019 19:37 Subject: If you do not know car you want would you lease?

Anonymous wrote:It’s more complicated than always this or always that.

Suppose you had a choice to buy a 40k car in 2010 or lease (no money down; good mo eu factor and residual). 300 a month. So at lease inception you had 39700 that you invested in an index fund. You pay the lease out of cash flow (salary) and release every 4 or 5 years. 3600 for 9 years is 32000 and change. Less than what you put in the index fund. And if the fund returned 5%, you’d have 65,000. The 300 a month invested only yields 47000. Plus, if you own you maintain.

Except most cars would last 15-18 years. Paying 40k one time allows you to save a lot more than paying 100k on leases over 18 years.

Anonymous

09/12/2019 17:10 Subject: If you do not know car you want would you lease?

It’s more complicated than always this or always that.

Suppose you had a choice to buy a 40k car in 2010 or lease (no money down; good mo eu factor and residual). 300 a month. So at lease inception you had 39700 that you invested in an index fund. You pay the lease out of cash flow (salary) and release every 4 or 5 years. 3600 for 9 years is 32000 and change. Less than what you put in the index fund. And if the fund returned 5%, you’d have 65,000. The 300 a month invested only yields 47000. Plus, if you own you maintain.

Anonymous

09/12/2019 13:44 Subject: If you do not know car you want would you lease?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At then end of the lease the dealership has the car and they have your money. Epic fail.

I guess you feel the same for all who rent? Epic fail is you. If you don't understand leasing, just don't try to give advice.

Leasing is ALWAYS a poor financial decision. If you have money to blow, go ahead. Financially it is a poor decision

That’s because buying a new car every 3 years is a poor financial decision, which is what leasing is forcing you to do. The math works out in favor of buying when you hold cars for longer.

I think it’s important to note that you can keep most modern for 15-18 years if you’re driving the 12k/yr average. During that time, you’d have 5-6 leased cars and pay for a couple full cars and own no cars.

Anonymous

09/12/2019 10:50 Subject: If you do not know car you want would you lease?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At then end of the lease the dealership has the car and they have your money. Epic fail.

I guess you feel the same for all who rent? Epic fail is you. If you don't understand leasing, just don't try to give advice.

Leasing is ALWAYS a poor financial decision. If you have money to blow, go ahead. Financially it is a poor decision

That’s because buying a new car every 3 years is a poor financial decision, which is what leasing is forcing you to do. The math works out in favor of buying when you hold cars for longer.

Anonymous

09/12/2019 08:26 Subject: If you do not know car you want would you lease?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At then end of the lease the dealership has the car and they have your money. Epic fail.

Not really. Depends on how much you drive and whether you place value in having a new car. Also, you can always buy your car at the end of the lease.

Not everything is black and white.

Dealership doesn’t have the car, dunce. The leasing company does.

+1 the fact that so many people talk about the dealership owning the car every single time a discussion on leases pops up on this site only goes to show that most of the people on this site getting a lease don't understand the lease. One truism about this site is that every person taking a lease has the very best deal with a $100 a month payment for a BMW when in fact, they're all getting a much worse deal than they claim online.

Anonymous

09/12/2019 08:18 Subject: If you do not know car you want would you lease?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At then end of the lease the dealership has the car and they have your money. Epic fail.

Not really. Depends on how much you drive and whether you place value in having a new car. Also, you can always buy your car at the end of the lease.

Not everything is black and white.

Dealership doesn’t have the car, dunce. The leasing company does.

Anonymous

09/12/2019 08:16 Subject: If you do not know car you want would you lease?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At then end of the lease the dealership has the car and they have your money. Epic fail.

I guess you feel the same for all who rent? Epic fail is you. If you don't understand leasing, just don't try to give advice.

Leasing is ALWAYS a poor financial decision. If you have money to blow, go ahead. Financially it is a poor decision

No, not always, despite what you hear or read and are now parroting. You can sometimes even have “equity” in a leased car if the leasing company messed up it’s residual value estimate. Once, I got $2500 applied to my next car.