Leasing
VS Buying - What's the Difference?
Only
you can decide which auto financing solution is best for you, but we're here to
give you all the information we can so you can make a well-informed decision.
There are some pretty significant differences between leasing and buying a
vehicle, and there are advantages and drawbacks to both. Below you'll find a
quick rundown of some of the advantages and disadvantages of each, so you can
make the choice that best fits with your lifestyle. A great place to start is
with our online
financing prequalification app, to get pre-qualified
for financing, or try the online financing
application, where you can get the ball rolling before you
even step through our doors!
- Benefits
of Buying:
- When you buy your vehicle, you own it,
so you can drive it as far and wide as you'd like, which is different than
driving on lease terms.
- You can choose to customize the
vehicle. Since you own the vehicle, if you really really
want racing stripes, you can have them! Just bear in mind, it might affect your
car's resale value if you even want or need to sell it.
- Which
brings us to another benefit of buying: if you ever do need
or want to sell your vehicle, you can! Not so when you
lease.
- One thing to be aware of when you buy: even once
your warranty is up, the car still belongs to you, so any service or
maintenance it may need falls entirely to you.
Benefits
of Leasing:- Leases are quite different from
buying, most notably because when you lease, you're not purchasing the vehicle
outright, so there are some limitations to how you can use it.
- With
a lease, you'll agree to lease terms, which set out the
details for how long you'll keep the vehicle and how many miles you intend to
drive it. This can save you some money if you're a low-frequency driver,
because low-mileage leases are often less expensive than a normal-mileage
lease. On the other hand, however, if you drive over the specified amount of
miles, you can end up paying a fee for the number of miles over you are.
- One advantage of leasing: because lease terms are often on
the shorter side, it's likely that your vehicle will remain under
manufacturer's warranty for the entirety of your lease, so much of the
service and maintenance
it will require could easily be covered by the original warranty!