Working out a lease deal...

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But don't you only have it for 39 months? (480*39)+6000+500=25220 + whatever other fees such as tax etc etc. For simplicity's sake lets say $25220 otd.

in just over 3 yrs you've spent over half the price of the car (assuming 43k OTD: this is based on the invoice price for sport touring + nav and INCLUDES california TTL)

If you take the same car purchased and resold it after 39 months. Just speculating from what people have been asking for on 2009 touring nav models and from what I can find on autotrader really quick people are TRYING to sell at an average of $32,000. Lowest I could find was $23,000. Now call me crazy but that means, for these owners anyway they've lost between 11,000-20,000 respectively (keep in mind the '09 models cost less than the current models). The math just doesn't add up to me.

Now you might argue that 20k vs. 25k over a three year period isn't a big difference but what you can DO with the car makes a difference. Because you own the car you have the freedom to drive it as much as you bloody well want and modify it in any way you see fit.

Now I'll admit I've taken a lot of liberties with the math here, if you see some kink somewhere in the reasoning let me know. Also I'm not here to belittle anyone's decision, this conversation is meant for my knowledge only. I know you just got the car and the LAST thing I want to do is ruin that wonderful experience.