Financial Football

The true cost of buying a car

My monthly payment with a 60 month loan is $917 and with a 36 month lease it is $731. My total cost after leasing is $73,714. If I paid off the car it would cost $55,020. Paying off the car would cost $18,721 less than leasing it.

foundations

A. Find three examples of the following:

1. job
nurse, police officer, teacher
2. occupation
florist, musician, gardener
3. career
interior designers, library technicians, music directors

B. Answer the following questions:

1. What changes have you noticed recently at school? What changes have you noticed in your neighborhood?
In school we have been using a lot more technology. Around the neighborhood, recently things have been replaced. Like our bridges.
2. What useful things have you learned outside of school? How?
I've learned about working from my grandparents and helping them around the house.
3. What surprises have you experienced that turned your life in a direction you weren't expecting?
The economy has been really bad and made us make changes that we didn't necessarily want to make and changes our way of life. But my life is still mostly in the same direction.
4. Who has helped you make an important decision?
My parents help me make important decisions along with my grandparents and some of my friends.