For the past two years, I had been driving a Slate colored 15 LE Plus. The lease was due to expire, on the 14th of next month. Got an e-mail last week from the dealer who I got the 15 from. So yesterday, I went back at 3:30 pm to meet up and talk things over. The residual from the 15 was $13,621, I had the intention of buying it after my lease was up, really liked the car. As they were doing the pre lease termination walk around, basically checking for any major/excessive wear and tear, the dealer and I went out to look at the newer 17 models. There were a few LE's and a few SE's in stock. Went around looking at the various cars, checking on the prices. Now the sticker on the 15 was $19,995. I liked the Slate color from the 15, but then I saw the Blue Crush, realllyyy liked the color. The sticker was $21,535 on the SE, not that much more than my previous 15. So we took it out for a spin, and I ended up liking it more than I thought I would have. We went back inside and started going more in depth over my options. The value of the 15 was only around $10K. That left me with an inequity of $3,621. Buying the car didn't make sense, as I would be over paying what the car was worth and the payments would have been the same had I leased newer 17. Trading the car in would have added an additional $90 to the monthly payment. So I sat there deciding what I wanted to do. After talking things over, and seeing the payments, I wanted time to really think it over. Since my father and brother have been using the same dealership, I was able to get a slightly lower lease payment. On top of that I got $1,000 from Toyota which lowered the overall cost of the car. So after waiting a little over 4 hours(was almost 8pm when I got it back to my apartment), I now have a car I enjoy quite a bit. I have only seen three other 17's near where I live in Indy, two White(an older woman got an LE when I was at the dealer) and one in Flint(I think that is what the color is called). I'll say this, they are real head turners.