If anybody? has watched US tv, the ads there for leasing make us here in Canada look like dummies. Most are available with nothing down and payments near half of payments quoted here.. I buy our vehicles used with low kms and let someone else take the initial depreciation, I keep them as long as I can, our summer toy is an `01 our daily driver is an `09. I have a couple of parts sources that let me buy wholesale and an indie mechanic that is amazing and reasonable for the jobs I can't do myself.  Both vehicles are long paid for so we're good for a few more years on the D/D and the winter stored `vert is a lifetime keeper. Happy motoring.