In article <Xns97C06BEAFF21menowherecom@208.49.80.253>,
Jeff Spicoli <me@nowhere.com> wrote:

> Our Lease is up in July on the following.
>
> 2004 Oddysey EX Leather w/ DVD, heat seats, power everything.
>
> Always garages w/ 23k miles.
>
> Residual is $19,8k
>
>
> According to KBB, we would be crazy not to buy it. If we don't buy it, we
> will most likely roll into another Oddyssey.
>
>
> I may have answered my own question, but am curious what others would do.

Why would you continue to pay every month on leasing a car?

You have a GREAT van, one you don't have to worry about. Just buy it.
Unless your needs have drastically changed...

I'm looking at giving up our 02 Odyssey and moving to a Scion xB,
because I can't justify the 15-18mpg we get in the city (my wife uses it
as a tool to drive the kids around, and she drives it only 10K
miles/year). It's a great tool; we can drive ourselves and the kids
*and* have room for plenty of stuff, like impromptu garden shop
purchases; the xB will carry *either* people *or* stuff, which is the
tradeoff. But it gets twice the gas mileage.

I haven't run the numbers yet, so who knows.