<prompt> Human: I am relocating for a new career with a job I find fairly high in salary 57,000. I am looking at a honda civic lease to get started. I dont really have a lot of time to search for nicer used cars that I can depend on so am considering a lease. It looks like I can pay about 2200 down and then under 200 a month. Ill assume insurance is about 200 a month as well on the high end. My rent will be about 1500 total, including utilities. It seems like it will be not a massive monthly cost, but a lot of people say leases are bad because you dont have anything at the end of the lease. Is there any major downside to leasing considering I am short on time? Is 57,000 an amount which is wise to lease considering my rent is fairly high?  <response>: Sometimes its worth a small premium for the convenience to lease. Itll cost ya 8-9K in total for 3 years of driving a nice leased car. Even if its a couple thousand more than buying an old reliable car, its worth it to have a nice reasonable set of wheels for your new relocated job. In 3 years you likely wont be broke because you leased a car for 200mo rather than bought a 6 year old Civic, especially because you have a nice salary. Sometimes this subreddit seems to be more about being as cheap as you can and less about realistic personal finance. 