<prompt> Human: My wife got into a car lease 2 years and 9 months ago. She did not put any money down and the monthly payment is 220 dollars a month. The lease is for years, and 40,000 miles. She always told me that it was 48k miles and even though I thought is was long lease I though it was ok. Well she just talk to the dealership after I asked her about it and she just broke the news to me. The worst thing is that she is about 200 miles away to make it the miles she got 40k. They told her that she can return the car but has to pay the amount that she owes about 3300 plus a 370 return fee. What should I do? I was thinking of keeping the car parked in the garage, buy her a 3k car and just keep on making the payments. I would hate to give the car back to the dealer because they get to sell the car sooner and get more money for it, or should I go to the dealer and try to get a better deal for a new car but to buy not lease. Please any suggestions would be highly appreciated.  <response>: Whats the penalty per mile over the limit? My lease is 0.20 per mile over.If its a 48 month lease and she has 39,800 miles through 33 months, that projects to 57891 miles through the full lease. Thats an extra 3,578.20 in just mileage fees FWIW, it would be an extra 1978.20 even with the 48000 mile limit.If all the miles she is putting on the car are necessary, then you may want to take a look at a very cheap beater car for the remaining time of the lease. If the total cost of maintaining an old car non-routine maintenancerepairs, not gas or routine maintenance that would be done on either car would be under that 3578, it would make financial sense to go that route. If you buy a 3000 Civic, drive it for 15 months, make a few repairs for 1500, then sell it for 2500, you come out over 1500 ahead of continuing to drive the leased car at the same rate. 