Forgive me if i say something incorrect, it's not that i don't beleive you, it's just that I am trying to get my facts straight and right now they are differant then yours vi. So you are saying you get equity from a 9,000.00 dollar car because when it's done and paid for you still have a car worth 4,000.00 to do whatever with. But you had to pay 9,000.00 for it. So you paid 9,000.00 and in the end got a car worth 4,000.00. Where as with leasing I will in essence only be paying for the 5,000.00 worth of time i used the car. Sure I wouldn't have that extra 4,000.00 dollars to deal with at the end, but I also didn't have to pay for 9,000.00 dollars like you did. Like i said, don't get mad, I need to get this straight. Your saying that someone that pays 9,000.00 for a car for 4 years and then at the end of the 4 years has a car that is worth 4,000.00 that you can either keep or use as trade in or sell or whatever is better off then some who leases a 18,000.00 car for 3 years meaning say they have to pay for 5,000.00 worth of the car since at the end of the 3 years it's worth 13,000.00, but at the end of that 3 years or 4 years or whatever you like that person still has an extra 4,000.00 dollars that he didn't have to put into the car. Sorry i know that was a long sentance that prolly should have been split up. But your saying that paying 9,000.00 for a car and then having 4,000.00 dollars in equity in that car is better off then someone who leases a car in which they pay for 5,000.00 dollars worth of the cars use and yet still have 4,000.00 dollars in the bank at the end of the deal?
I know all that i just said is confusing, so let me try to simplify it again.
Okay you have 2 people, lets just say one is me the other is you. We both have 9,000.00 dollars to spend on a car. You spend all your money on a car and once you own it, it's worth 4,000.00 dollars. So you basically spent 5000.00 dollars at the end of the deal. Where as I lease a car during which i pay for use of the car which totals 5,000.00 dollars, then at the end of my lease i still have 4,000.00 dollars in the bank, so wouldn't they both be equal? Sure my numbers prolly aren't totally acurate, but I also didn't figure in that you may have to pay for repairs where as I wouldn't. So let me know what part of what i am saying is wrong.
I guess i didn't exactly mean the altima is too big, i would just prefer a 2 door coupe. I am just afraid to buy a used car, cause then I have to pay out even more money if it breaks down. if i could find a good deal on a car I would happliy buy rather then lease. But looking at the civics unless you find a real good deal, then buying used is stupid since they hold there resale value so well.