<prompt> Human: Not sure if this is the right sub or not.Something is telling me that this isnt a good idea since its normally advised to not put large down payments on a lease but I dont know enough about auto leasing to have a valid opinion on the matter.The car she currently owns is paid for. She had the idea of trading this car in to a dealer and then using the value to put towards the lease of a new car. The trade in value of her current car is about 12-13k and the car she wants would end up costing close to 30k after taxes.Should she just trade it and buy the car or is it ok to trade in and lease? We arent really concerned about a monthly payment so I know thats not an issue. Any advice or proscons would be appreciated on how to handle this.  <response>: Is there something wrong with her current car that she wants a new car? To be honest, Id run over a clown to have a paid off car and save the extra monthly to both my sons account. 