If you talk to someone that buys a $60,000(plus sales tax) vehicle with say $10,000 down and finances the remainder for 6 years and after 3 years they decide for one reason or another, that they don't like the rig, they are so upside down they can't afford to make a change.
Your lease payment is paying off the depreciation. In all of the years I've leased, there was only one time where the residual was way different than the blue book value. On that one, we just turned it in to the dealer and leased a new one.
To each their own; leasing has been really good to me and my 2008 F-250 and the wife's 2007 Lincoln LT were both the result of leasing and then buying at the residual price at the end of the lease. You have a lot more options over the years with a lease vs buying a brand new rig. Check the value of a 3 year old vehicle with 40,000 miles vs the residual of a leased vehicle of the same value.
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2008 F-250 4X4 Lariat V-10
2002 Airstream Classic 30' w/SO #2074
2007 Kubota 900 RTV
1996 Ford Bronco
2007 Lincoln LT
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