<prompt> Human: My wife and I are planning on purchasing a new vehicle. We have plenty of money saved up to comfortably afford this new vehicle. However, we know that we can lease the same vehicle for three years and then purchase it afterwards. This sounds like a good idea with no drawbacks, since at the end of the three years, we can assess if we liked the vehicle and want to keep it. Worst comes to worst, we finish the lease with no equity but are not tied into a car we dont want. Best case scenario, we buy the car and it would basically be the same as buying it new but with a free trial period. Are there drawbacks that I am missing in terms of leasing to own vs just buying it new? For example, am I incorrectly assuming that leasing to own vs buying it new would be the same price at the end?Thanks for any help you can offer.Post note: I have bought many used cars in my life, and completely understand that buying used is often a better financial decision. I fully understand and I am deciding that I would like to purchase a new vehicle this time.  <response>: My train of thought. I recently leased the first time in my life and I bought 10 cars before. The decision to lease was the following: 1. Cars technology advances really fast last several years. So there is a big chance that I will want a car with new bells and whistles in 3 years. This is pretty different than it was before imho2. Selling cars is hustle. At least for me. It takes a lot of time and I hate to spend time on it. 3. Fixings car is hustle. I do not have good known mechanic , so usually just use dealership as in general i trust them more. Benefits: easy to be fixed on time, warranty of the fix, cons: enormous price sometime.So I decided to try the lease to handle these three points. 