This is a prime example of concept “tragedy of the commons”.

It isn’t reasonable to compare a 36 month lease to a 39 month lease! Of course the 39 month lease is less!

It isn’t reasonable to compare a 2017 model on lease to a 2018 model on lease!

Why didn’t you compare the Caddy CTS to the BMW 530i X-drive (so the feature set lines up).

I marvel at some people’s disposable income. If you are willing to spend $1500 to avoid 5 hours (my average when car-shopping) of hassle then I suspect you are in quite a comfortable financial position.

Do you have to pay ATT/Verizon a separate fee for this device to access the cell network?

This is absurd hand-wringing. Where was your condemnation of various active and passive safety features that are available on a Mercedes but absent from a Kia? Certainly, this is analogous to “multi-thousand dollar pay wall”.