Unless you are buying a new car every 2-3 years, (which I doubt many people can do - unless they're using it as a business expense) leasing a car is such a waste of money, IMO.

You have nothing to show at the end of your lease, you're basically 'renting' the car. And if you drive quite a bit, forget about it.

My husband leased his first truck and ended up going over the mileage by something like 10,000 miles in the 3 years he had it. It cost him SO much extra.

And they tried to get him to buy it when his lease ran out, but he would've still had to put a down payment on it, even after he did 3 years prior when he first got it