Bobby
Salt Lake City,#2Consumer Suggestion
Tue, May 25, 2004
You stated that your husband had filed Bankruptcy. I used to work for an Auto Finance company and if he had filed Bankruptcy then his interest rate was probably EXTREMELY high (20 to 27%) so at the beginning of his loan almost all of his payments were going to interest. Also with that type of interest if you are late at all, or if you have extensions on your loan, then you are paying everything to interest and almost none to the car. Rule of thumb....to establish or re-establish your credit you need to pay on time (or early) and pay extra. Otherwise you are always going to be behind and "upside down". Good Luck
Jim
Orlando,#3Consumer Suggestion
Sun, May 09, 2004
Being upside down in a deal is caused by three reasons...too little down, too long of a term or you agreed to buy an over priced car. How do you avoid this in the future? You put as much down as you can and finance the car for as short a term as possible. You also do your research to see if the price is reasonable.