Car advice

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Originally Posted by dave

I've never leased, so my thoughts here are basically worthless...(not to mention most everywhere else, I suppose)..... But I never will, because I like to put serious miles when I want, and don't ever want to worry about it. My father leased a van a few years ago and anally logged every mile and calculated miles remaining weekly....would have driven me insane. I also 'abuse' my cars - smoke in them, and drive them hard in less than ideal conditions. I won't baby them, but I'm afraid I would if I knew I had to turn them over in a couple/few years.


This is the part that sends red lights flashing in my head. In my life, it has been a very rare occurrence when a company that I considered to have 'screwed me', ever made me feel whole again through their attempts to make it right. Lots that have gone above and beyond when there was a 'mistake' or unforeseen problem, but in those instances where I felt wronged, any make-up offer I accepted turned out to be (almost always) regrettable. Walk away and don't look back.

I have been playing the game so far. I have driven 3 different cars and burned their gas in all of them. I just went back this morning and got my car back. Told the guy a lease wasn't an option and he says (now) that my friend was right and it just wouldn't be right for me to lease. I told him I talked to another friend of a friend and he is working on selling me a car (which is true) for about $330 to $340 a month exactly like the one I just drove. I also told him that if this guy comes through then I am done. They lied to me about a car I bought and then try to talk me into an inferior deal, and this guy gets me the deal I was asking for with the negative equity in the car I bought from you? Really? You are exactly right.