I've never been a candidate for leasing since I put around 30k worth of miles on my vehicles in a year.

With my E70, I was nervous buying a CPO with almost every option offered since I just figured that that would be more to break.

My car spent a good amount of time at the dealer when I first got it, because I went through it with a fine tooth comb. I also read almost every thread on this forum. I got rear bumper and entertainment system replaced, new radiator, etc. Overall, if there's an issue that I could get hit with, I probably have. That being said, the joy that I have in driving this vehicle has been amazing. I use every single option, and when they boys are happy because of the third row, or entertainment system, or whatever, I am glad that I bought the vehicle that I did.

Anyhow, with the owning of my vehicles, I have a Jeep now that's around 160k miles and going strong. Whenever I have a car come off payments, I always "pay" another 12 months worth of payments into a savings or brokerage account. This becomes an emergency fund for large repairs that may be needed. I plan to do the same thing with my X5.