This is true. Leasing is definitely not for everyone, and I agree that leasing in general is a bad investment. Like you said, it depends on priorities. Leasing is kind of a guilty pleasure. Some people gamble, spend tons on liquor, run up their credit cards etc. Leasing for me is my guilty pleasure as crazy as that sounds. I'm not a big drinker, don't gamble, don't really do much, so I actually enjoy reading and keeping up on new cars, and then when lease time comes around, I feel that I'm pretty well educated. Dang, I got old