Your experience with car leasing
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I have never done it. It never made sense. I pay for gas, insurance, maintenance, repairs, I gain no equity, and am limited in the amount of miles I can put on the thing, and they charge me for damage. At the end of the term it's gone with your money, like it never happened. I have never understood the benefit to the consumer.
Leasing is nice if you're are renting one of the current crap-cars anyways which are lemons as they roll off the assembly line. Well, I've leased and I bought the extra miles right at the outset. I remember the sales person saying, "Now we don't want you to waste money on this. You don't have to buy those miles, now. Now you don't have to." :cool: Me: "I've calculated it out and I know exactly how much I drive. We'll drive our other car for trips." 3 years later at the turn in. Car guy with wild look in his eyes: "Let's calculate your total mileage!! Oh, yes. Yes! Yes!!!" Me: "Okay" Car guy: "Uh, you don't owe any extra miles." Deflated :(( Yep! Make sure you know what you're signing. They hide so much crap. If they offer the extra miles, buy them early for cheap. Good luck.
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I am ready to read anyone's (short) story about your personal experience with leasing a car. Advice, warnings, heads-up; all are welcome. Suggestions on successful navigation are equally welcome.
I always used to buy until an accountant told me that it makes more sense to lease. Plus you get a new car every 2-3 years. I've leased from VW, Lexus, Honda and Ford and had no problems to speak of. I am thinking about giving mine back soon and buying an older car outright simply because I walk to work so don't really need a car most of the time any more. I believe that you can claim some of the tax back on your tax return (but not in California, of course!). Check with an accountant. The really unpleasant part of the car leasing.buying experience is dealing with the scum bag parasites in the dealerships.
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I always used to buy until an accountant told me that it makes more sense to lease. Plus you get a new car every 2-3 years. I've leased from VW, Lexus, Honda and Ford and had no problems to speak of. I am thinking about giving mine back soon and buying an older car outright simply because I walk to work so don't really need a car most of the time any more. I believe that you can claim some of the tax back on your tax return (but not in California, of course!). Check with an accountant. The really unpleasant part of the car leasing.buying experience is dealing with the scum bag parasites in the dealerships.
R. Giskard Reventlov wrote:
scum bag parasites in the dealerships
Now, I don't think we need to use that kind of harsh language when talking about ...the scum-sucking bottom-feeding parasitic diseases who work at the dealerships... So, let's just ease up. :laugh:
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I am ready to read anyone's (short) story about your personal experience with leasing a car. Advice, warnings, heads-up; all are welcome. Suggestions on successful navigation are equally welcome.
My neighbour does it - she works as a Care Worker, visiting the elderly three times a day. As this is a very rural area, the council she works for arranges a lease car for her - and pays most of it - and she's on about her third or fourth. The only hassle she's had is when it's returned they go over the bodywork with a fine tooth comb and try to charge her a fortune for any scratches. Even if they weren't there when she handed it back...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I am ready to read anyone's (short) story about your personal experience with leasing a car. Advice, warnings, heads-up; all are welcome. Suggestions on successful navigation are equally welcome.
My son and his wife have been leasing for at least 10 years. They get a new car every three years, and often pay less for the new one than the old. However, this is specific to a certain manufaturer and dealership in the UK, so is probably not representative, nor relevant to the US.
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I am ready to read anyone's (short) story about your personal experience with leasing a car. Advice, warnings, heads-up; all are welcome. Suggestions on successful navigation are equally welcome.
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My wife still drives her 1987 Camry. I was driving a 2003 Jaguar most of the time, but since the stroke, I don't drive, but we did buy a new 2015 KIA to carry around my 350 lb power wheelchair. The KIA Sedona miniVan has a hydraulic lift installed. I'm dangerous when I start going in the power wheelchair! Once I stop runningf into things with the char, I'll give some thought to drivving a car!!
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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My wife still drives her 1987 Camry. I was driving a 2003 Jaguar most of the time, but since the stroke, I don't drive, but we did buy a new 2015 KIA to carry around my 350 lb power wheelchair. The KIA Sedona miniVan has a hydraulic lift installed. I'm dangerous when I start going in the power wheelchair! Once I stop runningf into things with the char, I'll give some thought to drivving a car!!
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
That's awesome about the Camry! Wish you a swift and complete recovery, Walt! :thumbsup: /ravi
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My neighbour does it - she works as a Care Worker, visiting the elderly three times a day. As this is a very rural area, the council she works for arranges a lease car for her - and pays most of it - and she's on about her third or fourth. The only hassle she's had is when it's returned they go over the bodywork with a fine tooth comb and try to charge her a fortune for any scratches. Even if they weren't there when she handed it back...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I am ready to read anyone's (short) story about your personal experience with leasing a car. Advice, warnings, heads-up; all are welcome. Suggestions on successful navigation are equally welcome.
I need to hire a van next week to move some furniture around, so hunted for my driving licence yesterday. Couldn't find it, so picked up a renewal form at the local Post Office and duly filled in the details. Gave the DVLA a ring before posting the form to ensure I'd got the details right, only to be told they had revoked my licence in 1994! They have no record of why, and I have had no problems hiring (or insuring, or driving my own) cars in the years since. But according to them I haven't had a driving licence for 21 years.... So I've sent the form off anyway, let's see if I get a licence back :confused:
