Yopu have just contradicted your self there saying cars are a poor investment and then raving on that after looking at MINI's second hand market, you are confident in getting all or majority of your deposit back?
Either way of paying isn't really classed as a good investment, market trends change (Launch of Traveller) Fuel prices rise/Insurance prices rise, interest rates rise, more people in debt, less people will buy new cars or more people will buy new cars (with companies stupid enough to lend them money) and the newish second hand car market gets over flooded.
Other companies launch new models which may be more appealing to them than a MINI.
Whatever way you buy a new car, plough 17k in to it and you will lose money on depreciation, pay to lease the car, the car is never in fact yours and that is 'dead money' but you don't have to worry about maintenance, taxing the car or worry about depreciation either! |