So what is the most economical way to own a car? Some say buy used off the lease car and sell it before repairs get too expensive. Some say buy new and drive it into the ground. Some just lease it. 

What I find most arguments and calculations miss is parasitic relationship dealership have with  consumers. Every time you trade-in any car you loosing THOUSANDS of dollars to "trade in value". Every time you buy or lease a car you spend THOUSANDS on loan fees, admin fees, PDI and so on. Yet we are constantly being told that dealerships don't make that much money. Well, where all this money they are bilking from customers is going?! Keeping "let me talk to the manager" salespeople over caffeinated?

I can't wait until we finally can purchase more cars directly from manufacturer, like Tesla does, and skip that cost.