Viable Options for Bad Credit Car Loans

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Getting a bad credit car loan through a buy here pay here car may be a viable option for people with bad credit. Here are some things to know and to ask the dealer when you are trying to purchase a car from them.

Down Payment

A down payment will be required, you need to bring documentation with you, call ahead and ask what the dealer would like you to bring. Make sure that you have insurance and know what that payment will be, because you will have to pay that monthly as well as your car payment. Understand that you will not be getting a new car, it will be used.

Car Payments

As far as payments, be expecting to have to make them weekly or biweekly and to have to make them at the dealership in cash or money order, some will accept checks or credit cards, and allow you to pay over the phone with your credit card. Ask them if they offer a warranty on the car and see if they have their own mechanics or what repair shop they are affiliated with.

Improve Your Credit Score

Make sure that they report your payment history to the credit bureaus, or that will not help you rebuild your credit if they do not. This is a great opportunity to improve that poor credit score by making on time payments. Ask them what their policy is for late payments; some dealerships will take the car back very quickly after you have missed a payment.

Check Out the Price Before Signing

Do yourself a favor, don’t purchase the car the same day that they approve you, take the car model information for the vehicle that they want to sell you and look up its blue book value to see what it is actually worth. A reputable dealership will be close to blue book value, the dishonest ones will be above it, and when you add in all the interest with the payments, it may not be a very good deal at all.

A Viable Option

A bad credit car loan from a reputable buy here pay here car dealership, is a good way for people to get a car and to rebuild one’s credit. Just make sure that you do your homework and ask the right questions so that it is a good deal for you.

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Pamela99 profile image

Pamela99 Level 7 Commenter 23 months ago

Jack, It sounds like great advice. It makes me glad I have good credit as you have more options that way. Good hub.

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TnFlash Hub Author 23 months ago

Pam, Thank you for the comment! Hopefully the economy will turn around soon and we can all go back to having good credit.

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Rockstarhobbo 23 months ago

This are very good advices for those who found themselves in bad car loans, I could share some of this ideas with one of my friends some day ! Thanks for it!

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TnFlash Hub Author 23 months ago

Rockstarhobbo, Thanks for the comment. Bad credit car loans get a bad rap because of the high interest rate and the big down payment. But if have bad credit this is the only kind of loan you can get. The best thing to do is make you payments on time and turn this into an opportunity to improve your credit score. once you've raised your credit score, then you'll never have to get a bad credit loan again.

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