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Why should I drive my car any differently because of what is going to happen to it years after I sell it? As a leaser I am paying for the privilege of a walk-away car ownership experience. As a used car buyer you are paying less for my car than I did. Fair trade.
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You have the right to dispose of your car whether you lease or not. The procedures are just different. It is true, though, that part of the attractiveness of leasing is being able to dispose of an "invisibly" mistreated car easily. But, it doesn't seem to me that this attractiveness would have an affect on how you care for a car--because one should be able to dispose of an "invisibly" mistreated owned car eaily too.