The Third Leg of the Triple Blame Whammy

More “Now They’re Just Laughing at Us"... The peppy woman in the radio ad says: “Now, ask yourself, would you buy a house and make payments for three years only to realize that your house was worth a third less than when you brought it?...Why make the same mistake with your car?” Okay, let’s follow the logic…three years of house payments and you still have the house, right? And the house has increased in value most likely. And when you make three years of lease payments on a new car…at the end of that three years you have, let’s see…Oh, yes. Absolutely nothing. You’re right. Absolutely the same situation.