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   -=> Rob Mccart wrote to MIKE POWELL <=-   
      
    RM> Usually, at least in the past, a car loses about 1/3 of its value   
    RM> in the first 2 to 3 years so you can often find a low mileage car   
    RM> still under warranty and save a lot of money over buying new.   
      
    Off-lease cars are 3 years old, well-maintained, and like-new. I bought   
    my last 2 cars that way, and got a car with low miles and some warranty   
    left.   
      
    RM> I have also suggested to people a number of times if they don't   
    RM> have the cash to buy a fairly new car, to lease one and take good   
    RM> care of it, and then buy it when the lease is up.   
      
    A couple of years back, there was a crazy deal on leasing Chevy Bolts -   
    $99/month on a 36 month lease. My wife's boss paid the lease upfront, a   
    little over $4000 out the door, and got 3 years worth of driving for   
    that.   
      
    The 10K miles/year lease limitation was always a problem for me, but   
    she lived 10 miles from work.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
     The one time I   
    RM> got a brand new car (Thunderbird) I leased it with that intent, but   
    RM> then a job change didn't let me keep it so I ended up finding a   
    RM> way to sell it out of the lease. I suppose the dealer can block that   
    RM> but they rarely do.   
      
    RM> I also once bought a 2 year old F-150 that turned out to still be   
    RM> on lease, and when I went to the dealership to straighten that out,   
    RM> they just let me buy it for what I'd agreed to pay and they changed   
    RM> the ownership over for me which saved me a bunch of tax since I'd   
    RM> bought it for lower than the DMV said it should sell for..   
    RM> But because it was a dealership doing the 'sale' they accepted   
    RM> the figures they put in.   
      
    MP>My sister had a Neon back in the late 1990s.  IIRC, she liked it.   
     >I rode in it a few times and it was not a bad car.   
      
    RM> They had a bigger engine than many sub compact cars and they were   
    RM> much more solidly built and better finished, especially inside.   
    RM> I liked them quite a bit, plus I was buying them rebuilt by the   
    RM> wreckers for about 2/3 of what they would have normally sold for.   
      
    RM> I worried a bit about that but these guys were very thorough making   
    RM> sure everything was as perfect as possible. I had no complaints.   
    RM> One time something quite expensive did fail shortly after their   
    RM> warranty period ended but they ended up fixing it for free anyways   
    RM> without me even suggesting they should..   
      
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