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    From August Abolins@618:400/23.10 to Rob Mccart on Tue Oct 7 18:45:00 2025
    Hello Rob!

    ** On Tuesday 07.10.25 - 08:02, Rob Mccart wrote to MIKE POWELL:

    ... In the long
    run, if you just keep getting a new 3 year lease afer the
    last expired, it costs you more than buying a car

    But.. with leasing, you also get the convenience of just
    "walking away" from the car and avoid the hassles and proper
    timing of resale under ownership.

    Leasing can also make better sense for businesses since the
    monthly cost can be recorded as an expense. Plus, the business
    gets the HST credit.


    but,
    again, new car every 3 years and selling a car you bought
    every 3 years would probably cost you more since they drop
    so much in price those first few years..

    But.. maybe it's cost effective if you actually take care of
    the car during those first few years so that you can ask a good
    resale price?

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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to AUGUST ABOLINS on Wed Oct 8 08:46:23 2025
    but,
    again, new car every 3 years and selling a car you bought
    every 3 years would probably cost you more since they drop
    so much in price those first few years..

    But.. maybe it's cost effective if you actually take care of
    the car during those first few years so that you can ask a good
    resale price?

    In my case, I didn't drive it as much as "the average" so, when the three
    years was up on the last one, I was able to buy it at a price (i.e. the
    price determined 3 years earlier) that was well below what similar cars
    (with more miles) were selling for 3 years later.


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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to AUGUST ABOLINS on Thu Oct 9 08:21:14 2025
    ... In the long
    run, if you just keep getting a new 3 year lease afer the
    last expired, it costs you more than buying a car

    But.. with leasing, you also get the convenience of just
    >"walking away" from the car and avoid the hassles and proper
    >timing of resale under ownership.

    It is less hassle, but there's usually a cost for convenience.

    Generally speaking if a car that age and condition would sell
    for $16,000, you can often buy out the lease for $12,000 or so
    making it a bargain if you buy it out and keep it for a while.

    but again, new car every 3 years and selling a car you bought
    every 3 years would probably cost you more since they drop
    so much in price those first few years..

    But.. maybe it's cost effective if you actually take care of
    >the car during those first few years so that you can ask a good
    >resale price?

    You usually do well if you take good care of the car and then
    buy out the lease and keep it for some time, with a leased car.

    With a purchase, one in good shape will definitely bring a better
    price but generally speaking a car that is 3 years old has dropped
    by probably 40% of what you paid for it.

    I just watched my brother sell a car he only had for a little over
    a year. He bought it and paid cash for it when some money came in.
    In the end, the car he got at a very good price for about $27,000
    and kept in perfect condition, he sold for $19,000 last month.

    Bad planning/luck overall on his part. He intended to keep it for
    a long time but his money situation changed.

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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to DR. WHAT on Thu Oct 9 08:21:14 2025
    Moved from MIN_DEBATE as requested..

    Could be semantics.. Maybe a Courtesy Car is not thought of as
    the same thing as a 'Loaner', something to drive while waiting for
    your car to be repaired or whatever.. I don't imagine they'd want

    The dealerships that I've dealt with defined "Courtesy Car" as a car that's o
    >d by the dealership and is used for "gopher" tasks. ex: Picking up small par
    > chaufering customers to work/home and back, etc.

    Since the dealership never sold the car, it's considered "new", but it has ma
    >more miles on it than a normal new car. It's also been driven only by dealer
    >p personnel and maintained by the dealership.

    Yes, I've seen that at times too. I think it depends a little on
    the size and 'wealth' of the dealership too though. As I mentioned
    earlier, I traded in a good condition, low mileage car that was
    16 years old, and the dealership decided to keep it to use for
    running around and occasionally as a loaner car..

    They'd have to drop the price on a new car with a fair number of
    miles on it quite a bit I'd imagine. For what they might lose,
    they could pick up 3 or 4 cars like my old one.

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