Definitely you get more flexibility when financing, which is good if you like to keep cars a long time, or a short time. The latter being a surprisingly common

Definitely you get more flexibility when financing, which is good if you like to keep cars a long time, or a short time. The latter being a surprisingly common situation. Some people figure a lease is a good way to have new cars pretty often, but don't realize that 3 years is still a fairly long time if you are a car spaz. It's nice, though, to pre-negotiate the end of the ownership experience, selling cars to private individuals is frequently a great big hassle and trading in is a great way to spend several thousand extra dollars just to avoid that hassle.