That’s a hefty down payment for a lease, but the monthly payment and miles are very good. I had a ‘22 X3 m40i that I leased. $65,000 vehicle 3 years 36,000 miles and it was $1,150 a month with $1,000 down.

Do you have $25,000 set aside for maintenance?

I’d recommend you take it easy for a while and learn the car. In inclement weather in a RWD performance car drive as safe as possible and I don’t just mean rain, even if it’s dry out if there are leaves or sand on the road you can easily spin out if you’re applying even a little bit of power while turning.

Legit Street Cars on YouTube. That dude completes every project he does as well and he explains everything he is doing. It’s been my favorite car channel.

I’ve had cars with both. Manual for a dedicated sports car is certainly more fun, but for a daily driver give me an automatic every time.

The trick is own two vehicles. A daily and a weekend/good weather vehicle.