So, in late-2000 (yep, the gold Stratus was my second car to have only owned one year), I got into my first brand-new car—a 2001 Dodge Stratus. To afford it, I chose to lease it instead of buy it. That probably wouldn't have been so bad except that, before two years was up, I noticed I averaged more miles than I should've been doing with a lease and it was turning into an icky negative equity situation. I only kept this car one more year after that.
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