Hi, looking to buy or lease whichever makes the most sense. Main thing is I want MAXIMUM value as most likely will buy the car out 2-3 years down the road even if i lease it. Was looking into a sport 2nd car 2020-2021 lotus evora GT,or new lotus emira, mazda mx-5 miata manual, gr supra manual, le…

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[image] aeocs0510: Main thing is I want MAXIMUM value Genuine question: how do you define this? The car that has the best lease relative to MSRP might be the one that is most unappealing as a buy out target. Are you looking at real world resale value or total cost of ownership (incl mainte…

low enough depreciation to not be terrible to keep ~4-5 years post lease end. low to medium at most maintenance costs, not shit reliability.

[image] aeocs0510: low to medium at most maintenance costs I’m not sure what you consider “low to medium,” but, if you want that and reliability, I think that would pretty much limit you to the Mazda (I’m sure the Lexus would be reliable, the Porsche possibly so, but I doubt either would be r…

in your opinion , what do you say are absolute best buys for my criteria ? meaning hold value extremely well while having decent to very good reliability ? Budget is up to 60k usd , new or used, lease or financing. Probably planning on keeping the car for AT LEAST 120k miles in other words 9-10 year…

I don’t know much about that class(es) of cars, but perhaps others here who have more knowledge might chime in.

[image] aeocs0510: Main thing is I want MAXIMUM value as most likely will buy the car out 2-3 years down the road even if i lease it. these requirements might be contradictory: even with an incentive stack and decent MF your goal in a lease is to take on as little depreciation as possible a…

thanks for your answer, I can register the vehicle in Texas or MA based on whatever makes the most sense. Assuming you took note of all the potential cars I was considering, do you see as buying as the most likely ‘‘better’’ value ? i’m open to it not just leasing and now that you explained it i’m t…

[image] aeocs0510: porsche cayman/boxter Please stop.

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gohawks23 February 22, 2026, 5:42pm 2

Those are all pretty horrible leases. Write a check or finance.

Before doing anything tho learn how to use the below to put together educated lease target payment/DAS which you can use to make offers.