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Why own it when it's going to cost you the same whether you buy outright in cash or lease (of course dependent on interest/money factor)? One is just a lot less riskier and if you want to take the risk of owning a depreciating asset.. do that when the lease is over, because now you have at least had 2-3 years to figure out what it's worth to the market and whether it's worth keeping. |
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Lol, yeah, why not just pay for all of the depreciation in the first 3 years and then give it back, riiiiight?
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I'll give you a good example of a BMW lease that I did a few years ago which saved me THOUSANDS.. just because I leased. I leased a Z4 35is in 2011. I leased it for $389 a month. ZERO down. 24 payments and I returned it and that was that.. Total out of pocket: $9,330 + insurance and gas Financing the same car would have cost about $1,000+ a month and that's at 72 months.. why? Because it was $72,xxx MSRP. Now do you want to know what happened after 2 years of leasing? I owed like 59k on the car because I had already gotten like 3k off MSRP. The market value was 41k with 26,000 miles. I avoided paying $17-$18,000 in value because BMW was pushing the leases so aggressively. Imagine if I had financed.. $69,000 at 72 months with zero down @ 3.89% is about $1,100.. minus the $120 in interest, you'd be left with $1,000 being taken off principal. 24 months x 1,000 = $24,000. $69,000 - $24,000= $45,000 So not only would I have been paying MUCH MUCH MUCH more a month for financing, I also get footed a "Hey, your car is worth less than what you owe after two years" So will I lease if it's FINANCIALLY SMART.. Absolutely. I don't understand people who want to own an out of warranty german vehicle anyway. It's prone to breaking and you know it. tldr; Leasing cost: $9,330 + gas/insurance Financing cost: $27,000 (interest included) + $4,000 (negative eq.) = $31,000 + gas/insurance. Worth of same said Z4 35is these days. $19k on a good day. So basically I could have been driving new cars and enjoying them immensely for pennies on the dollar relatively or buy a car, pay a LOT more than it's worth to me... get it out of warranty (let's not get into how much it'll bore you driving 50k miles in a Z4 for 5-6 years). Yeah.. no thanks. Financing a car is dumb if leasing is an open option. Finance if you truly want to keep it forever but just realize.. one day that car is a POS after 100k miles (whatever car it is). Last edited by GhostyM; 11-21-2017 at 12:49 AM.. |
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In a nutshell, I've learned: Only buy cars that you plan on keeping for a looooong time or may turn into a future project. |
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I sometimes feel like people who want to point out they "own/paid cash" for the vehicle are the same people who maybe need reassurance for their purchase or have an inferiority complex. At least to me; it's a very common thing to hear among people who purchase cheaper cars.. and then it comes back around with Ferrari/Lamborghini owners, but at this point, they are just measuring how big their e-dicks are for paying cash for a Lamborghini. Last edited by GhostyM; 11-21-2017 at 01:38 AM.. |
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Own cheap cars, lease expensive ones. It's about being financially smart, not showing off how much you "pay" a month to eventually "own" a depreciating asset. Want to hear the kicker? The guy financing it for 7 years.. won't own it for SEVEN years. I truly dislike hearing people who finance saying we don't own a car, yet neither do they! You are in the same boat as the rest of us "leasees" and yet, much worse off. You don't own ANYTHING until you have a balance of ZERO. That said; I do own my work vehicle (Ford Transit) and my cheap Japanese vehicle.. but German/Italian/High end ANYTHING.. nope.. leasing. |
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I suppose another reason I just don't do leases is I never buy brand new. I don't get the appeal unless you have to have the latest and greatest. I always save thousands buying a car that's 2 years old or older with low miles over new. I financed my 15 z06 last year with 2k miles on her for 71k. They go for what over 100k new? Why would I want to lease a new one and have to give it up in 3 years? Granted its my toy car along with my 135i so both don't see many miles. My daily sees about 20k miles a year so again leasing even if I wanted to is out of the question. 100k miles these days isn't like cars from 10yrs ago. They are still babies at that mileage. Also, being truly financially smart would be to own that depreciating asset one day and keep driving it until it finally is done for. Constantly having a payment is debt. No other way around it. Same is for financing I agree but yet one day it will be paid off and I can turn around and sell it. If you enjoy having a payment forever then more power to ya but you cant say leasing is the smarter financial move either.
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My intentions wasn't to ensue any arguments either. I couldn't care less how people spend their money but to pay out what is basically a decent mortgage every month on something that you will never own just to keep doing it every 2 or 3 years is definitely not my definition of financially smart. Now maybe these people that are doing it are making over 500k a year and couldn't care less but I sure as hell don't. Me and my wife are very fortunate to make a very good income but at the same time, financial independence is always the goal. I hate owing somebody anything. Now that doesn't mean I don't finance things but I make sure its paid off reasonable quick. Same could be said for people that choose to finance their home for 30years and instead of paying extra, they choose to bank it in stocks. Not for me. I choose sense of security over gaining money any day, especially in this day and age. To me I think its classier to say I own what I have vs having a brand new leased car in my driveway every couple years. To each his own I suppose.
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I never said leasing is not a good option. Look at my previous post here, I said I lease, finance, and own different cars I have. So, no need to get worked up over nothing. I like leasing for probably the same reason you do: 1) Slightly cheaper 2) Less financial impact if in a car accident 3) New vehicles all the time 4) Under warranty / maintenance plan |
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I completely agree with you. The people that actually pay off their cars and keep them for as long as possible including me are very much the minority. Hence why I don't agree with leasing since you are constantly in debt but again I also see what your saying as well.
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No, you wouldn't, almost no one would. The lease payments will be $2000+/month and you could sell it close to MSRP if in 2-3 years. Before you knee-jerk post, why don't you think about what you are writing. |
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But you don't have to be. That's all a personal decision. I'm 28 and my wifes 22. We just paid off our house this year and own 4 cars outwright not including the vette I bought. It CAN be done. I choose to do it this way for my family incase anything ever happened to me, her and the kids wouldn't have to worry about a thing. Its all in how you look at it. Plus if either one of us ever lost our jobs, we wouldn't have to struggle. Hence why I like the security of not oweing anyone.
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