auto loan rates

RJ mommy asked:


Hi, We have situation right now. My husband purchased his USED car on 08/22/2008. Car dealership told us to not going to other bank to get loan because they have better rate. He told us used car with 5.45% for 60 month. It is very good rate and we decided to use dealership loan.

Few days later, my husband went back to pick up some stuff that dealer ordered to my husband. Same sales guy told my husband that loan % was mistaken. It was not 5.45%, it is 5.99%.

We already finished Retail Installment sales contract(yellow long contract paper) same day when we purchased. Dealer signed and it was all done. My husband driving everyday for his commute.

Is anyway we can keep the rate? or we should change to higher rare whatever dealership said? If that case do we should re-do contract again?

thank you

We took advice#2 and another advice from one of friend who working major car company headquarter. I told to the dealer sales guy “Contract is deal, and the was done. If you want change the rate we will void the contract and you could pick up the car or take to the small claim court is another idea that I don’t really want do.”

If he wanted change the rate, he have to re-do all the paper work with same car price that he listing $1000 cheaper after sold theat car with same VIN . He is not supposed to listing ad with my husband car (VIN)with cheaper amount to just get customer that is against law. He said he is fine with 5.45%, it’s better for him to loose $300 instead of $1000. Thanks for advice!

Derrick

LARRY asked:


to a application with good credit rating if you have good credit you can offord monthly paymnets of $590.00, how much will you borrow from E-loan. what is the interest you will pay onthis loan

Tamara

Justcurious asked:


I am trying to get an auto loan. I have about a 600 credit score and nothing really bad on my credit but nothing really high in an amount. I have a co signer who has about a 740 credit score but not really any high loans on their credit either.. I have great income. Its kinda like my co signer has the good credit and i have the great income. Can we submit the auto loan with my co sogner has the primary and myself as the secondary so we can get the best rate and stay away from a high apr? Possibly even a lease.

Bernice

rjon17469 asked:


I’m currently 22 and am a senior in college (although I’m going for one more year and then possibly grad school). I would like the possibility of being able to buy a house in two to three years, and therefore am looking for ways to improve my credit. I opened a credit card ~9 months ago with a $3,000 limit. Currently the limit on it is $4,500, all payments have been on time, and the balance is my previous month’s purchases (around $100).

In reading, many people recommend having either one or two revolving credit lines, and one or two fixed credit lines, for a total of three lines of credit. My credit card is one revolving credit line. I’m curious if taking out say a four year auto loan and making payments on time would substantially improve my credit score three years from now. The loan amount would likely be $7,000 to $8,000, giving monthly payments of around or under $200, which I can realistically afford. I’ve been paying my own college tuition and rent since the second semester of my freshman year of college, so I somewhat have of a grasp of my expenses.

On a side-note, I’m under the impression that I would be stuck with the interest rate I initially receive. I could refinance, but wouldn’t that close out the line of credit and begin a new line of credit, potentially lowering my score?

The follow-up questions are, would it be in my best interest to open a second credit card for additional feedback on my credit history? Also, I currently have a good amount of student loans, all of which are in deferment until I graduate (if I attend grad school, they will remain in deferment through that period). Do these loans count towards my credit score as fixed lines of credit? Some are federally-funded, while others are through private institutions.

For what it’s worth, Credit Karma reported my credit score at 722 as of a week ago, and TransUnion reported it at 764.

Delores

chrls_bann88 asked:


My score is 480 yes oucH I fucked up in college and well it has actually gone up since I’ve been paying shit off etC and I got an auto loan for 18000 for a car worth 13000 maybe I’m dumb but it costs that much because my interest rate is out of this worlD. So it turns out the car is not even worth 13000 more like 10K and now I’m stuck with it. Ill probably keep it for 7 – 9 months to build up mycredit, do u think ill be able to refinance after that time, what do I do if I want to trade the car in and get a better one. I feel trapped because my credit is so bad

Roy

nocclocster asked:


I was a local dealership a month ago trying to trade in my used car for another pre owned car. They ran a credit check and I qualified for an auto loan with a credit score of 571, but because of the high interest rate I couldn’t afford the car. A month later, I tried the same thing another dealership out of town and after hours of wating, the salesman told me that I was denied by 5 different banks for a loan. Then later that day I went home to check my credit score on freecreditreport.com and my score was 515.
So my question is, did my credit drop because I was denied by five banks for an auto loan? or did my first local dealership did not give me my real credit score?

Marion

zatropimp asked:


I went to GMFCU (general mills federal credit union) on Monday to get a auto loan for $10,000. I took my mom with too because she is co-signing because I have no credit and she has Very good credit. She was under the A+ category they have there. Well anyways they gave me an interest rate at 4.25% but they had to send the application to corporate to approve it. The lady said I should get an answer later that day or at the latest the next day (Tuesday). I called them on Wed. wondering if I got approved or not and she said there is no answer yet. So here I am still wondering if I will get approved or not for the auto loan. I told the guy I’m buying the car from I will have the loan by Wed at the latest because that’s what I was told. I am afraid he will sell the car fast because its a really good deal. Does anyone one know how long it takes to get an auto loan approved? They are open only mon-fri so if I don’t get it Friday, I will have to wait till next Monday and by then I’m sure the car will sell.

Joan

ohni0000 asked:


this interest rate is making the montlhy payments $650 /month. The loan officer said that if I pay this for a year we can get it refinance. I not sure about this, I believe I jumped to fast and didnot realize. My questions are, is this too much interest , can I get it refinance for cheaper payments like she said, can I take vehicle back to save from going through this, is 17.5% alot???? Please help me , I really dont know too much about this and need help from internet buddies. Thansk in advance

Jamie

JJ asked:


Right now my Fico score is at 568. On my credit report the reasons stated for my low score is because of a severely late payment 8 months ago from a student loan. The reason for this is that for some reason the lender didn’t update my account as being deferred and when I found out about it, I paid it up to current and have made all other payments on time (before and after this with them). I tried contacting them about this but they are not willing to help with the late payment reporting. I also have a large amount of inquires because I’ve been applied for loans with the “bad credit” dealerships only to be told I can get a used $10000 car for like $500 a month payments (not a very good deal in my eyes because most of the vehicles have 100k miles). Now with what fico has released as the scoring for late payments my interpretation of that would be that my score would be in the 650’s if my student loan had reported correctly. If I were to go to a bank or credit union and explained my situation with that would it help me get into a vehicle or just hurt me with another inquiry? I do have some old collections from a divorce that I have been paying off and having them removed that were from about 4-5 years ago, but now I need a new vehicle and all my excess cash went to old bills so I am limited on a down payment. Currently I have 2 credit cards with a total of $500, 20% utilized just to keep a good reporting. I have been at my employer and address for 18 months and my AGI approx 40k.

I am hoping to get some professional opinions whether it would be possible to get an auto loan through a CU or Bank. Would going to a large dealership be the best bet? Any guess on the probability to get a loan would be great.
I understand I would have a higher interest rate but I am willing to accept that. I am just trying to get into a new or slightly used vehicle and bring my score up by April 2010 to purchase a home.
People come on here for answers, not snide comments. Also, I’m asking for professional experience or people who have been able to do so in similar situations. Please, if you do not know then don’t post just to get a point.

Brent

K.C. asked:


I have an auto loan at 16% (I know a little high but when I got it my credit wasn’t as good as it is now) and I have a credit card that has an intro balance transfer rate (which includes just them writing a check to someone) for 6 months and after that ana interest rate of 12% which is still lower than my car rate — I don’t have enough available credit on the card to pay it off but was going to pay about $2000 in a principal payment I still owe in the high $13K on my auto loan…..Ieaving about $11K on my auto loan….I pay my credit card bill on time and pay between $300-$500 a month on the card so I pay well over the min payment amount….Is this a good idea — I’m just trying to get my principal down cause it’s not going down by much with the interest rate being 16% —- also a refi is not an option as I owe more than the car is worth
Thank You I will not use my credit card to do this — I’ll just try and make more the the monthly payment to my card
To my car, lol

Joanne