Congratulations on the car....... Sounds like you did all right....... You stated that you have no credit which getting something can be hard w/o any credit. Since you dropped $5k as a down payment that helped to lower your monthly payment of the car. This will definitely help build up your credit, but make sure you make the payments on time. You also stated that you do not put a lot of miles on your vehicles which leasing would make since in a way.
Since your leasing you will never get your money back (the $5k you put down), but you could always buy the car & sell the car to a third party to make some money back. You can mod the car, but it wouldn't make any sense since your leasing the car & you will return it w/i 3-4 yrs. How many miles are you allowed to put on the car (12K or 15K a yr)?
Leasing is good & bad. If your leasing your payments are always going to be lower since your leasing the vehicle instead of buying the car. Your car is always going to be w/i warranty, while if you buy it & 7-8 yrs down the road you are out of warranty. The good thing is that you can always get a new vehicle every 3-4 yrs, but the bad news is that you will always have a car payment. If you buy the car, then the car is actually yours and you can do whatever the hell you want with it.
IMO I would not put any money into your car b/c you are leasing it & will get rid of it 3-4 yrs from now. I would also never put any money down for leasing a vehicle either b/c you will never get it back, but in lieu of doing so you are lowering the monthly payments. Now is it dumb or stupid to lease not really....... In the end to each is own. It is solely up to you as an individual b/c it is your money & your car.
FYI..... You know Nissan was offering 0% interst on all '12 370Z's which made it very interesting & a sweet deal to buy one. I know a lot of people here took advantage of that offer including myself.
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