I respect your opinion. Thats all we have here right?
And personally, I would never had modded anything on the car unless I checked first. That would be pretty irresponsible, but I realize some people don't actually use the lump of meat between their ears.
And not to split hairs, but unless you live in California, you are not in the largest county in the US.. Los Angeles County is the largest... followed by Cook County where I grew up in Illinois.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_(United_States) or
http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa010102a.htm (based on 2000 census).
Regardless, the 41mi/day includes weekends and is just an average... I probably do 20-25 a weekday and 40-50 weekend.
Again my point was never do a lease through a dealership. Private leasing companies have more wiggle room and more options than a dealership. Dealerships have to offer the lease programs provided by the manufacturer and maybe 1 or 2 local banks. A national leasing company can use any program they want, and restrictions are not as stiff because (a) they buy the cars at cost from local dealerships and in volume, (b) they don't intend to resell, but rather take them to auction.
also, if 15k isn't enough mileage, you can always structure the lease for more. If you are getting $250 a month for 5 years thats a damn good deal. The national average for a car payment is somewhere around 400-450. Check around and see if you can find a lease for 20k a year mileage and 4 years... even through a bank / credit union, if you have a firm sales price on the car ( stats for average car price
http://www.edmunds.com/help/about/pr...6/article.html)
just my 2 cents.
