A lot of people said to me about the capital, and residual value...etc.
I worked out that the MX5 new was 21K, over three years I paid a total of £10600 in lease fees, at that time a second hand MX was going for about 11K, so did I loose out if I had purchased it new.... not really. What I paid in rent I would have lost in depreciation anyway.
I could have purchased it for £11800 IIRC, but decided it get a Zed instead.
Its a good idea to choose your lease car wisely if your looking to purchase it after, if you just want to drive it about for a year or two then get another get whatever is in your budget.