In a message dated 10/5/03 11:56:05 AM Central Daylight Time, jack@xxxx writes: > If they were ALWAYS rip offs no one would ever lease and therefore auto > makers would stop offering leases. LOL, on the contrary, that's EXACTLY why they offer leases - they are in most cases a rip-off and the general public knows no better. lots of $$$$$ for them, while you are under the impression that you are saving money.... YMMV of course. Andy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]