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@Dammit
I could have leased a new 992 and a C63 estate for the money I've put into buying and maintaining old cars. I still have two assets, it is true - but I'll never get what I've put into either of them back at resale.
I've also dealt with getting both of those cars up to a very high standard - which has taken time, periods of being without them, money and so on.
The point of leasing is (depending of course on the lease) it's roughly equivalent to the depreciation that you'd suffer from buying new, but without the requirement to find the £30k or whatever up front/get a loan for that.
The Dacia mentioned up thread for e.g. - what's the estimated value of that car when it's three years old/30,000 miles? I'd be surprised if it was more than 2k, and if you get insurance thrown in then you're definitely better of leasing.
Of course, you'd be driving a Dacia, but it sounds like Amey doesn't give two shits about that.