It's all about how the residual (which is agreed to when the lease is signed) compares to the actual value of the car. You could actually come out "ahead" as opposed to if you had just borrowed, but most likely you'll be worse off as the dealer will often over-state residuals.

It's your money... but that strikes me as foolish! I default to 20%, and even if the server is just okay, I'll tip that, but when someone is genuinely bad you betcha I'm not tipping a full 20%.

You could recreate feel by using a feedback motor in the steering wheel. Then you could variably eliminate, or even amplify feel. Also, you could change the steering ratio, for example under 5 mph you could jack it up to make parking "easier."

well, indeed they are, but you could say that about any two economic groups. That is, maybe the middle class is "too rich," presumably if we redistributed more of their wealth we could elevate the lowest class. Of course, I don't actually think that poverty in the US is a money problem. Or, it can't be simply fixed…

It's not about what you need or deserve, it's about what you earn. And I don't mean what you "work for" or "sweat for" or whatever, just literally what you can manage to accumulate.