> Sam wrote: > Leasing is throwing money away. The only advantage is you don't have > to sell your car every four years when you get a new model. It's > considered fiscally liberal to throw so much money away to look good > to your neighbors. >
I thought this was obvious, but it depends on how you use your vehicle(s). Leasing, renting, and owning can all be "considered fiscally liberal" depending on your needs/wants. In my case: 1.) I cannot afford to not have reliable transportation which means that, as a cost of doing business, I need a car under warranty. The easiest way to ensure this is to buy a new car every 2-3 years. 2.) For me cars are a hobby and luxury, as well as contain safety features which I consider necessary. Combining these 2 things means I'm going to have new higher priced cars the payment of which is a business AND entertainment cost. Since leasing allows you to have a more expensive car for a lower monthly payment, it's a no brainer for me to lease. Why would I pay, say $500/mo, for a lesser car when I can drive a MUCH better in that month for the same $500? Well, for me, I wouldn't because that would be stupid. Now, if cars don't mean anything to you, you don't have to minimize risk of not getting places, and you're not concerned about the latest safety features, then buying is the only way to go. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:227963 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
