Leasing a car that worth $35000?

I'm a college student and I'm in need of a new car. My car is only 5 years old and just over 60000 miles and it is starting to fall apart… Good old american cars. And no I do no beat it up. I've had a major transmission leak just after the powertrain warranty expired! Ford just said tough luck and told me what it cost to fix. Just to mention, I have a full time job making $20 per hour and a credit score in the high 700's.

Anyway, I I have decided to trade my car in and I was quoted from one dealer $6500 for the trade in and I was going to put $5000 down. I've been considering VW, Acura, Subaru, Mazda and Toyota.

Is it a good idea for me to lease with what I putting up front and making currently?

Added (1). I should have stated this in the question, but at my local VW dealership, the salesman gave me a written quote with my trade in and what I want to put down on it at $80 per month, I'm rounding here, for a Jetta GLI SEL for 36 month at 15K a year, way less that what I do now since I work near home/school.

In addition I also received a "spoken" quote from a Toyota dealer at 60 a month for a Corolla, this was just with a trade-in.

Added (2). And honestly, I'd fell bad selling my car to someone.

1998 Ford Contour starting problems?

I have a 1998 Ford Contour with the 2 liter 4 cylinder. It try to start but it doesn't produce a spark. We have replaced the starter, crankshaft position sensor, plugs, wire, coil pack, the ecm and still haven't got it to spark. Any suggestions?