This is the other way you get boned on a lease; they undervalue the residuals. The fact remains that leases are the most expensive way to roll. Dealers love them because they make more money and lessees like the lower payments, the convenience of not having to sell a vehicle, and they get new cars potentially sooner. You pay a premium for those benefits. IMO, there is a spectrum of how good or bad a lease deal is, but you are guaranteed to be on the losing side of the equation. Full disclosure: I have never chosen to lease. If the manufacturer is offering subsidized lease terms, they are generally subsidizing loan rates and every time I crunch numbers, leases never make financial sense.Unfortunately, the used car market blows. People are selling trucks, that are a few years old, for virtually what the paid originally.
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