I always leased cars until I started needing a 4X4 and lived on gravel roads. I paid several $100-300 charges for "dings" and such on leased cars (though one inspector from Nissan looked at where I'd knocked over a neighbor's mailbox and said "I'm not putting that down - if they catch it, then it happened between the time I inspected it and you turned it in." Having boobs is SO cool!
) and my cars here in the boondocks get abused.
Eventually I want to keep a car PAST the warranty period and drive it until the wheels fall off. Unfortunately I haven't found something I like enough and has been mechanically good enough to do that with. I take the 1 year old Explorer back next week to have the AC checked for the 3rd time that's their problem. In addition to THEIR problems, I've already had to replace and clean out the filters twice due to mice nests - I can't blame Ford for that.
I love driving different cars - even old ones. My Dad always said I should marry a car dealership owner.
