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?!?!?!?Lease...or....buy poll?!?!?!?(I want ur OPINION+Experience)?

How do you feel about leasing a car vs buying a car. All opinions count Thanx!!!!!!!!!

Public Comments

1. leasing the car isn't yours and your wasting money paying the car if you dint intend to buy it after the lease buying it is yours but it loses value quickly so be warned
2. I am so glad I have a car's salesman as an uncle...=] Buy?
3. i dont feel anything.
4. Buy, I want to keep it after years of paying, and I dont want to be limited to the amount of miles i can put on it or cleaning it enough.
5. me personally i buy used cars.. cause im not made out of money. but if you have a very good income and would like to always drive the best and newest car then i would say lease
6. I would never invest into anything where I don't get something out of the deal. Leasing you get nothing at the end, except maybe having to pay more money.
7. Buy! I leased once and was really pissed when I was done with my lease, that I had to give back MY car! Buying is a better option for most people!
8. really depends on if you how you drive your cars. if you like to change cars every couple years, leasing is probably your best option. but if you like to keep your car for at least 120k miles then buying would be best. if you are gonna buy look at a used car you will save a good amount by buying used, especially if the car is 6 months to 1yr old. prob save close to $5000.
9. Right now you can actually get really low payments on cars to buy. My sister got one of my nieces a brand new car (2009 Dodge something or the other) with zero down and like $300/mo....plus insurance which was low because she added it to her existing one. Leased cars are running at about the same monthly and you have to watch you don't go over the mileage. I couldn't do it, I drive a lot.
10. I'd say you should buy a car instead of leasing. At least you actually own the car and don't have to waste a lot of money on a car you don't own if you lease. Plus the payments are higher!
11. I have always leased. I lease for 27months, andd at the end of the 2 years I get something brand new, again. I have financed and bought a car before, and in order for me to get a payment I was comfortable with I had to get in a 5 year finance. At the end, my car was 5 years old, had depreciated mucho, and required maintenance (besides the normal oil change) I hated having to take it when I heard a noise, or needed an alignment/tune up, whatever. I don't drive a large amount of miles so for me, leasing haas been the best. I have peace of mind that Im driving in something thats new and safe for myself and my son. And god forbid something DID happen, I am always covered under warranty.
12. Buy a used car-----buying a new car is the worse investment anyone could do with their money. They depreciate the minute you drive it from the lot---so you're losing money the more you drive it. I can see though why people would want to buy/lease a new car because it's has less wear and tear of the vehicle. It's brand new, so you don't have to worry about fixing anything major for a long time. Personally, I wouldn't throw my money down the drain like that. I'm more of a saver, then a waster of money. I'm glad I never had to worry about that. When I was 19, my parents gave me my first car. It was my grandmother's 95 Buick (I loved it) which my 20-year-old sister totaled. When I was 20, my parents bought me a 2005 Mercury Sable with 75,000 miles on it as a graduation present from college----which I really appreciated, but the car insurance is high because it's a newer vehicle and because of my age (22-years-old). The car now has around 109,000 miles on it, and is still running really well for the most part. :)