<prompt> Human: Hello, I have read through the interwebs, but am still a little unclear on the answer to this. Scenario: I can easily afford to buy a car outright used or new, but drive very infrequently and my needs could change in a few years. I have three children that I have to haul around, so my options on the type of car are limited ughhh I need a 3rd row ughhh. Is it even a reasonable consideration to lease a new car instead of purchasing one? My reasoning behind this is if we decide to change the sizetype of car we have in 3 years we would have to deal with selling or trading at that time. My credit score is 800 if this matters for lease details.Do I just buy a late model used car and deal with it when and if we can get into a smaller car again? I suck at cars. Thank you!  <response>: To answer the title: from a strictly financial sense, rarely. 