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Generally speaking, one never recovers much of the cost of options upon resale. However, if you lease, you "always" recover the lease residual percentage of the options which is generally more than the blue book add-on value of the options. If I am going to obtain a heavily optioned car--by heavily optioned I mean things like paint, upholstery, special trim like carbon fiber, audio, etc.--lease is a better path if you are a person that changes a car every 3-4 years. Unless you have managed to do a private sale to another private party who really values the individual color, I doubt that you would ever recover much of the cost of an "Individual" paint option on trade. Same for a high buck audio option. If you want it and are willing to pay for it, just remember that you won't get it back on trade and so lease is the better path--unless you think the car is a multi-year "keeper".
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