Are you leasing or buying?

[m.box.design]

From the standpoint of someone who's gone through college, I'd say if this car is anywhere close to being your top priority as a college student, then you've probably gotta rethink what your goals are. Unless you're filthy rich or have filthy rich parents, or have hoards of grants and scholarships. I don't factor in student loans cause you'll have to pay those back eventually.

Cars can always wait. They'll always be there. I've gone through all these years lumbering around in my beat up 4runner, but it's served its purpose and got the job done, and it wasn't an extra bill for me to pay in terms of monthly payments and high insurance.

[NikostC]

Leasing is stupid. You pay all that money and the car isn't even yours.

[blacknbean]

definately buying. sports cars dont usually have good lease rates anyways. but ya this car seems like a keeper.

[Hawx]

correction: I'll be buying, possibly the last year of or the year after uni lol

[poormans_LFA]

Originally Posted by NikostC

Leasing is stupid. You pay all that money and the car isn't even yours.

agreed. i know people who lease to avoid "paying on a depreciating asset", which is stupid because you're still paying a portion of the depreciation just not as much as someone who buys.

[Zgrinch]

Purchase given the number of miles I drive each year.

[r4m3n]

Originally Posted by NikostC

Leasing is stupid. You pay all that money and the car isn't even yours.

Not if you like to change cars every 3 or so years.

I have a 2 year lease on a Civic I use as my daily commuter to work. and I only pay $50/mo with 24k miles. I timed it almost right in time for the FRS release.

I plan on buying the FRS/BRz and keeping it long term.

[MRZ415]

Buy for sure... when you lease you own nothing... nothing to trade..
Its like renting a car for a long time.

[WingsofWar]

Ill be leasing the BRZ until a STI model surfaces this way i wont be loosing money from depreciation and ill be well versed in the car before my final purchase. This is the only time ill be leasing because it makes sense to in my situation. I dont plan on owning and keeping the first AS1 until im satisfied with the model i get.

[Longhorn248]

Some of the posts in this thread help illustrate what is fundamentally wrong with the way people view money in America.

[VenomRush]

buying... i want it to be mine

[Zaku]

Originally Posted by WingsofWar

Ill be leasing the BRZ until a STI model surfaces this way i wont be loosing money from depreciation and ill be well versed in the car before my final purchase. This is the only time ill be leasing because it makes sense to in my situation. I dont plan on owning and keeping the first AS1 until im satisfied with the model i get.

that's a pretty sound thought process... but to op I really think you need to get you're priorities straight Kid.

[Kids Heart]

Originally Posted by Zaku

that's a pretty sound thought process... but to op I really think you need to get you're priorities straight Kid.

Is it really? What if they never do or it takes years?

[Zaku]

Originally Posted by Kids Heart

Is it really? What if they never do or it takes years?

Shrug, I don't know about other people but I barely drive, and know that I won't be the next two years because I'm working out of states over seas its a leisure car. Most of my money will go toward grad school,when Im done If theyre a special edition out or sti then ill make the purchase if not ill just buy the newst version of the normal one. I'm not in a hurry and I know where my priorities is, I want my doctorate car can wait, and I already have this subaru they gave me for work as well.