Or if you do a good amount of driving. I know people that got something new every few years, but didn't lease because of the milage costs involved. They would easily put 20k miles on in a year just driving back and forth to work on a long commute.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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:227966 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
