I wish more bigots would flag themselves like this . It makes it easier to avoid doing business with them . <| sep |> At 16 , you ' re a genius . <| sep |> i wish every teenage girl understood that , life would ' ve been so much easier <| sep |> there doesnt seem to be anything here <| sep |> The moment you buy a car , the value drops . Every hour it becomes worth less money , every mile you put on it , it becomes worth less money . So the idea is if you lease it , you 100 % know what you are getting and what you are paying for it . If you lease a car for 36 months 300 mo with one time payment of 5 , 000 and up to 100 , 000 miles . You know you will be paying 15 , 800 for the car , not counting gas and ins which will be higher since you must carry full coverage . This also is if you do not go over the mileage limit . Now you get to to that ever 3 years for the next 30 years . you now have spent 158 , 000 to drive around for 30 years . Or . You can buy a used new car with like 20 , 000 miles on it . Spend 15 , 000 $ and pay it off over 3 years . and you can drive the car until it breaks down at maybe 200 , 000 miles , or maybe at that point you spend 2 , 000 for a new engine and get another 100 , 000 miles . And drive the same one for 10 years . If you do this just 3 times , you only spend 75 , 000 $ on a car over 30 years . So money speaking , in almost all cases , buying your own car is better than leasing , unless you really plan on upgrading every few years or really want the peace of mind of having a working car . Which is a very very pricey thing to do . There is a reason why dealers LOVE to lease cars , if someone is selling you something , it is because they are making money . Any car dealer loves to lease cars more than sell them