Re: Newbie Questions

[TFP <tfp@tsil.net>]

I looked at the deals when I bought my 97 GLX. I looked at leasing... I
looked at borrowing... and in the end, I violated my "safety-emergency"
money and just wrote the big check out. Most folks say: "I got my car for
XXX amount of dollars." Do they realize how much more that car actually
costs when you include the interest? And I agree with Jeremy... leasing is a
LAST resort! Before I'd do that, I'd find a nice used ride. Would you like
to buy my 1987 Honda Prelude?

Thom



At 04:37 PM 8/22/97 -0400, you wrote:
> A lease is almost always the most expensive way to pay for a car.  Be sure
>and add up all the items in the fine print.  I'm sure in some instances
>(When a manufacturer can't sell a certain line of cars) the lease may make
>sense but overall, they are a rip-off.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeremy Brandow <jeremy.brandow@ilsinc.com>
>To: jettaglx@igtc.COM <jettaglx@igtc.COM>
>Date: Friday, August 22, 1997 12:17 PM
>Subject: Newbie Questions
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>>  I am also a little scared about a lease.  This will be my first one.
>>I am axcited with the fact that I can afford a nicer car for the same
>>payment I have now.  That a lease gives me the option of getting into a
>>new car when the lease is up, but there has got to be somthing that the
>>dealer isn't telling me.  Could someone with a lease tell me the
>>good/bad points of a lease?
>>  Thanks for any and all help.  I am going to go to the dealer today and
>>check this Jetta GLX out a little more.
>>  L8R, Jeremy Brandow
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