OverVolt
Lifer
- Aug 31, 2002
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Because leasing is cheaper if you don't keep cars for a long time. I consider two and half to three years a long time to a car. Take my Outback for example: $535/month to purchase or $345 to lease. To me, it makes no sense to purchase unless you drive 20-30k miles annually.
If you don't put many miles on your cars you are WAY better off owning your own car because you will have alot less wear and tear maintenance to worry about.
They love it when you are easy on the car because they own the car and not you, lol.
After you work out all the manufacturer defects that hit you right after the warranty, up to around 100k miles is clear sailing and then sometimes stuff goes wrong at 100k miles. The car gets really broken in after the first 3 years. 3-8 years or so is when the maintenance costs are lowest IMO.
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