Okay, so leasing is not like renting. This is important. There’s a reason we use different terms for leasing and renting: they are not the same thing.

As long as your committed to buying a new car at potentially elevated prices, this isn’t a bad idea.

You don’t see what the issue is because you do not completely understand how leasing work.

I mean, if you like wasting money, sure. But if you can afford to buy a car with cash, in 99.999999% of cases, it’s far more financially prudent to finance for the longest possible term than it is to pay cash.

The buyout at the end of the lease is like a stock option. The vesting period is the lease term and the strike price is the buyout. You are absolutely entitled to that equity, if there is any, by exercising your option. That’s the contract you signed. It’s the contract they signed.

I used to be high on life. I would seize the day! But I built up a tolerance. I had to start seizing 3-5 days at a time just to catch the same buzz.

Of course that’s what double Subie guy should do. And of course he’ll end up trading the Crosstrek in on a brand-new 4Runner because this is America goddamnit!

Here’s a pretty interesting read I found...although it’s from 2017, still pretty relevant.

Saturated....don’t know about your neck of the woods but Aquavelva is our new office hand cleaner, we don’t dare saturate anything with it...well except Sharon and her pictures of 40 cats that she keeps shoving in my face. Come on Sharon!!! Everyone knows you’re trying to replace the emptyness in your heart with cats,…

I have this dream of putting together a car charity/ministry. We’d buy old cars on Craigslist, fix them up, then connect with local organizations to get them to people who need a reliable car for a year or two. People getting out of prison, human trafficking victims, struggling single moms, recovering addicts, etc. In…

Oh for fucks sake.... Any manufacturer remotely fucking sides with Trump and you immediately have a fucking hissy fit because it might give some due credit to the moron in chief. Get your head out of Nancy Pelosi’s ass and actually give this subject some reasonable semblance of an original thought

Toyota is pushing for…

Counter-point: The company that brought us the Prius (and the textbook definitions of “reliable cars”) is now under attack for not following Musk and the Lemmings off the cliff? News Flash: Toyota is based in a country with ZERO petroleum reserves. Nobody has a greater incentive to cut carbon and reduce oil usage than…

Why would you want a big two door SUV when you can have a cool, city-friendly crossover? Allow me to tell you about the Toyota C-HR.

I also read this story as an earnest reflection of the author’s views on the subject manner and not at all a tongue-in-cheek narrative device. 

That $640,000 is before rebates. It’s more like $400,000, right?

I think you’re missing the objective here. To get an equivalent 5-year loan payment, he’d have to tie up $40k in a down payment. To have, at the end of that term, something that is worth his down payment. He lit the $50-60k on fire either way, but one way he didn’t have to tie up $40k in what was previously liquid…

Owning an RS6 outside of the warranty period? Do you also share needles?

It’s Toyota’s own damn fault for building such a long-lasting vehicle. Why would anyone buy a new LC when an used one is every bit as good after 100k miles. Hell, my 05 LX has 210k and I can’t tell the difference between it and a 20k mile example. People who buy Cruisers keep them longer than any other vehicle, so why…

The first person needs to be upfront with the local dealer, and ask what it would take money-wise to get that car to them. If it’s only the shipping cost extra, do it. Not only will you save on travel (to Illinois of all places, ugh.) but if something were to fail out of warranty your local dealer will be more willing…

Negative equity rollover