Lease a car or buy a similar model?

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Here’s some light reading:

BMW 335i 8 Year Analysis of True Ownership Cost

I thought this was interesting thing to share. I bought my 335i CPO about 8 years ago with about 30K miles for around $32.4K with tax and still enjoy the car today. This is when BMW CPO included more maintenance and 2 years of warranty after the original one expires. So I got 5 years of the car under warranty. Keep in mind very few things have broken and all repairs and maintenance have been done at a BMW independent shop that specializes in BMWs. I have been more aggressive about oil changes …