<prompt> Human: Apologies if this is not the best post, my first time asking about this kind of thing.Here is the rundown:Car payment is 440 a month.Its fine, but we want it to be lower since we need to get a different vehicle anyhow, it would be nice to add a bit more to the pot as it were by spending less on our vehicle payment as a bonus to getting a new one. I realize I could end up with the same payment here. We are from California and the sedan we have doesnt cut it here in Pennsylvania where we currently reside for career reasons. It doesnt handle well in the snow, so were looking for something better for that.We have a 4 year lease, and hit 2 years on it in December. Now in March, our buyout to own is about 25,500, the lease if we turned it in would be about 9200 dollars.What I am thinking is, and it might all be fantasy and need an entirely different strategy:1: pick replacement vehicle. Settle on a price. Lets say the new vehicle is 30,000.2: Have new dealer pay off lease to Chase and turn vehicle back in to dealer, and sell me 30,000 car for 39,200.My reasoning is I dont mind the 9200 being in one car or the other, its going to be there regardless, I dont mind rolling it in to a better winter handling vehicle. Is this a good idea? Is there something better to do?I want to come out with a lower payment, which I imagine will take a better downpayment than most, or does anyone think I could end up better off here? The 30k figure was just an example, the vehicle models Im looking at are between 24k and 28k.  <response>: Winter is almost over.You have one winter left on the leased vehicle. Get snow tires.Keep the car until the end of the lease. Dump it on the dealer. Never lease a car again.Good luck. 