IMHO leasing is not necessarily a bad thing to do. It does represent quite a few advantages which are quite handy to many people. Personally I have not dealt with Hyundai or Financelinx before. However, I did return two leased cars the last years (VW and BMW). I needed to pay end of lease charge after "evaluation." Both assessments were fair and I was not angry paying. BTW, I would actually consider BMW's assessment as "generous." I believe leasing is not all bad. It ENTIRELY depends on who you deal with.
In response to some of the posts above, we really can't have biased opinions just because of what we have experienced personally. We do need to look at the overall pictures. For example, my 02 Jetta 1.8T got the absolute low end of the coil pack fiasco (5 visits to dealership, towed once because it was simply undrivable). After the car was running great for the next 3 years and the only problem I had then was the the malfunctioning power window on driver side. It was even considered as "to avoid" by CR, but I still thought it's a great car. On the other hand, as I mentioned in another post, my outback just got a new steering column. Who can imagine a Subaru vehicle with 18000 km would need a new rack and pinion? I got the bad end of it, but I still consider my Subie as a reliable car because I am aparantly only one of the very few who experiences such misfortune. CR's vast stats pool still shows that Subaru is one of the most reliable brands in the market.
