首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Planning to lease a car because you don’t think you can afford to buy? Think again. Leasing can end up being just as expensive a
Planning to lease a car because you don’t think you can afford to buy? Think again. Leasing can end up being just as expensive a
admin
2018-06-06
37
问题
Planning to lease a car because you don’t think you can afford to buy? Think again. Leasing can end up being just as expensive as buying—and you don’t even get to keep the car. Most people who are thinking about leasing are attracted to this option because they believe it will cost them less money. And they’re right—it is cheaper, but only in the short term. For example, if you were to lease a brand-new Subaru Forester with $4,000 down, you might pay $300 per month for the car. If you were to buy the same car with $3,000 down, you would pay closer to $400 per month. Over a three-year lease, that’s $3,600—a big savings. But after your lease is over, you have to give the car back. If you want to keep driving, you’ll either have to put another down-payment on another lease, or, if you have the option to buy the car, you’ll have to pay thousands of dollars to purchase the vehicle—dollars that won’t be spread out in more manageable monthly payments.
Many people want to lease because they can drive a more up-market car than they might otherwise be able to afford. For example, if your monthly budget allowed you to spend $300 on a car, you might be able to lease a brand new Ford Explorer. For the same price, you might have to buy an Explorer that was two or three years old with 50,000 miles, or buy a new but considerably less expensive make and model. A lease, therefore, allows you to drive the latest models of more expensive cars. But when your lease is over, you will have to return that Explorer. Whatever car you can afford to buy, you get to keep it, and it will always have a resell or trade-in value if you want to later upgrade to a newer car.
Furthermore, people who lease cars are often shocked and appalled by how much they must pay when the lease is over. Most leases limit you to a certain number of miles, and if you go over that allotment, you must pay for each mile. As a result, at the end of a lease, you may end up paying thousands of dollars in mileage fees. For example, if your lease covers you for 25,000 miles over three years, but you drive 40,000, that’s an extra 15,000 miles. At $11 per mile, that’s $1,650 you’ll have to pay. And you still won’t have a car.
In addition, when you lease, you still have to pay for regular maintenance and repairs to the vehicle. Since you must return the car when your lease expires, you are paying to repair someone else’s car. If you own the car, however, you would know that every dollar you spend maintaining or repairing the car is an investment in a real piece of property—your property, not someone else’s.
By now, the benefits of buying over leasing should be clear. But if you’re still not convinced, remember this fundamental fact: If you lease, when your lease is up, and after you’ve made all of your monthly payments, paid for extra mileage, and paid for repairs, you must give the car back. It isn’t yours to keep, no matter how much the lease cost you. Whatever make or model you can afford to buy, it is yours to keep after you make the payments. There’s no giving it back, and that makes all the difference.
From the context, it can be determined that the word "up-market" in the second paragraph means______.
选项
A、safer
B、bigger
C、more expensive
D、dependable
答案
C
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/TmSO777K
本试题收录于:
NAETI中级口译笔试题库外语翻译证书(NAETI)分类
0
NAETI中级口译笔试
外语翻译证书(NAETI)
相关试题推荐
Everyautumn,retailershirelargenumbersofseasonalworkerstohandletherushofholidaybusiness.Then,afterthenewyear
Allaroundherthroughthedaypeoplespokequietlyandwept.Andsomeoftherefugeeshavemedicalbackgroundstendedtothewo
AlthoughothernationscontributedtoNorthSeapollution,muchofthecontaminationwastracedbacktoBritain.
Inhisbook,theauthorpresentssomestrategiesonMarketingfortheenterprisesto______thefinancialrisksandstriveforth
Theschooldecidedtotrimtheirteachingmethodsaccordingtothestudents’______.
White-andblue-collarworkersventilatedtheirdiscontentwiththemonotonyoftheirjobsandthenarrowsatisfactionstheyoffe
到1999年春季,美国环境保护署和中国国家环境保护总局(SEPA)的官员签订了一个协议备忘录,建立了两国在排污权交易和酸雨控制方面的双边示范项目。在签字仪式上召开的国际研讨会上,与会者通过介绍了解了美国环境保护协会与中国地方城市之间的合作项目,这也是到目前
女士们,先生们:早上好!很荣幸参加此次论坛,与各位共同探讨环保与发展方面的问题。气候变化是环境问题,但归根到底是发展问题。这个问题是在发展进程中出现的,应该在可持续发展框架下解决。只有各方在促进自身发展过程中不断提高技术水平,积极建立适应可持续
InterpretthefollowingpassagesfromChineseintoEnglish.Startinterpretingatthesignalandstopatthesignal.Youmaytak
A、Theyarecheaper.B、Theydonotpolluteasmuch.C、Theyaresimplertodrive.D、Theyarefaster.B
随机试题
阅读《麦琪的礼物》结尾一段文字,回答问题:德拉哭了之后,在脸颊上扑了些粉。她站在窗子跟前,呆呆地瞅着外面灰蒙蒙的后院里……明天就是圣诞节了,她只有一块八毛钱来给杰姆买一件礼物。好几个月来,她省吃俭用,能攒起来的都攒了,可结果只有这一点儿。……
Ⅰ型肾小管性酸中毒是指
肺主一身之气,取决于
颅内肿瘤中最多见的是
关于小儿维生素D缺乏性佝偻病的预防措施,不正确的是
《招标投标法》中关于“招标人不得以任何方式限制或者排斥本地区、本系统以外的法人或者其他组织参加投标”的规定体现了招标投标活动的()。
“进口口岸”栏应填报()。“件数”栏应填报()。
某公司购买了一栋写字楼用于出租经营,该项目所需的投资和经营期间的年净收人情况如下表所示。如果当前房地产市场上写字楼物业的投资收益率为18%,则该投资项目的财务内部收益率为()。
A.胸腔漏出液B.胸腔渗出液C.两者都有D.两者都无胸膜炎症可产生
简述《壬戌学制》相对于“壬子癸丑学制”的明显特点是什么?
最新回复
(
0
)