[Sylvanfan]

When it comes to cars, the way to go is buy a $500 beater and hope that you can get a year out of it without having to sink a nickle into it. If you're going to drive, and have a vehicle there is no way around having expenses of some kind.

My advice for leasing is to make sure you get the car with nothing down. If you tell them you don't want to lease another vehicle from that manufacturer and return at the end and they have any of your money they'll find a way to devalue your vehicle so that you never see that money again.

I should have done that when I leased my 2006 vehicle because than I could have just given it back. Instead they had some of my money which I gave them to get a better lease rate and they tried fudging the value of the vehicle to the point where I could have miraculously returned it and get nothing back. When I asked to see their calculation sheet and pointed out a $3500 void....they might as well have started chanting "LOUD NOISES" because they went off in circular patterns to justify where the money went.