12-18-2006, 12:43 AM
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Why lease when you can buy? Leasing is not a good long-term option.
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12-18-2006, 12:44 AM
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yeah i guess leasing is better when u dont have the money for a big down payment, which i will. ok forget i asked lol
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12-18-2006, 12:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Mattk
Why lease when you can buy? Leasing is not a good long-term option.
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Why buy when you don't need to?
If you buy new - you take the hit on depreciation
If you lease you are only paying for the poriton of the car you use.
In other words... if you only use $15,000 of the $40,000 car why not only pay $15,000 and give the car back at the end of the 2 year term?
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12-18-2006, 01:17 AM
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It probably depends on how much that particular car depreciates.
Lets say you bought the car and sold it 2 years later, what would it be worth then, like 25k? So either way you lose 15k over those 2 years.
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12-18-2006, 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by mit5005
It probably depends on how much that particular car depreciates.
Lets say you bought the car and sold it 2 years later, what would it be worth then, like 25k? So either way you lose 15k over those 2 years.
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http://www.leaseguide.com/lease03.htm
Buy vs lease example
As an example, if you lease a $20,000 car that will have, say, an estimated resale value of $13,000 after 24 months, you pay for the $7000 difference (this is called depreciation), plus finance charges, plus fees.
When you buy, you pay the entire $20,000, plus finance charges, plus fees.
This is fundamentally why leasing offers significantly lower monthly payments than buying
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12-18-2006, 01:28 AM
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So they are pretty much the same thing, except insurance is usually higher on leases and you can't drive over a certain amount of miles.
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12-18-2006, 01:36 AM
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Originally Posted by mit5005
So they are pretty much the same thing, except insurance is usually higher on leases and you can't drive over a certain amount of miles.
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No they are not the same thing - did you read the link I posted?
You need to make the educated decision
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12-18-2006, 01:41 AM
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Well it probably doesnt make a difference, but in my case I am goin to have a 15-16k down payment.
And from what I understood from that link, if you lease you pay the 7k difference, and if you buy you pay 7k difference if you decide to sell the car after the same time period.
I'll want the car for a longer than 3 years probably. Yeah you pay lower payments if you lease, but then you also have no car once you return it. So I'll pretty much be in the same ballpark.
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12-18-2006, 01:49 AM
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yea, it is basically how long you plan on keeping the car. We leased one of our cars, but my dad bought it after the lease ran up, so idk how that works but whatever.
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12-18-2006, 02:22 AM
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Originally Posted by ViperASR
yea, it is basically how long you plan on keeping the car. We leased one of our cars, but my dad bought it after the lease ran up, so idk how that works but whatever.
Oh and for the milage, we got close to the milage limit on a 3 year lease in the 2nd year, so we disconnected the speedometer (very legal), we put a piece of paper over the speedo with how fast the car is going in a certain gear at a certain RPM, it worked rather well, and it made a good conversation piece whenever someone got into the car.
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There is nothing legal about tampering with your cars speedo.
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12-18-2006, 02:29 AM
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so we disconnected the speedometer (very legal)
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:shock: I don't think that's legal in Australia, either.
we put a piece of paper over the speedo with how fast the car is going in a certain gear at a certain RPM, it worked rather well
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What if you weren't accelerating? Like going down a steep hill? A bit unsafe.
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12-18-2006, 03:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Mattk
What if you weren't accelerating? Like going down a steep hill? A bit unsafe.
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the speed will always be the same at the same rpm in the same gear..
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12-18-2006, 12:52 PM
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Any by us I was of course referring to a friend....
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12-18-2006, 02:01 PM
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Leasing could be an option, but only if you benefit of it...
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12-18-2006, 09:04 PM
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Ok guys, I'm making some progress.
It's between 3 different cars now.
-06 IS350 which I might be able to get for 30k or even less with low miles.
-06 330i which i could probably get for 30-33k used with low miles.
-04-05 330i which could cost me as low as 25k for one with around 20k miles.
The only one I havent driven is the 06 330i which I would expect to be better than the older one.
I've had a lots of interest for my car too, so I might get more than I expected.
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