Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Guaranteed Car Lend

How To Get A Cheap Car Loan
By Terje Ellingsen

A car is not meant to have a human life time. People change
cars more often now than ever. With this trend, there are also
an increasing demand for car financing. What should you do to
find a cheap car loan? My first advice is this: don't take the
first and best vehicle loan offer you receive. Take your time
to do your 'homework', receive multiple offers and stick with
the best. With the huge competition in the vehicle loan market
today, there are actually many lenders competing to grant you
an auto loan and they will gladly do it, which enables you to
upgrade your old clunker to a newer and hopefully better model.

Now back to the ultimate question; how to get a cheap auto
loan?

Do careful legwork upfront

Fortunately, there are lots of financial institutions that want
to finance a vehicle for you. In fact, it is the buyer’s market,
so you are free to choose or refuse any offer you receive. What
you should do is to collect offers from several finance
institutions and compare them with regard to interest rates,
fees and terms - those with small print included. This legwork
requires a little persistence on your part, but a careful
comparison is the best guarantee you can have for achieving the
best deal possible. The easiest way to search for loan offers in
on the internet. If you want to save time, I recommend that you
go online.

Attain and keep a good credit rating

If you have a good credit score, negotiating for a low interest
rate is no big deal. So you need to find out which credit rating
you have and if it is not as good as it could be, you may use
some months to improve it.

To increase your credit rate, always keep your payments current
to avoid late notices. Be sure to pay your debts strictly on
time for a few months prior to applying for a car loan. If you
are able to save some money, that will also contribute to raise
your credit score. Generally this rule applies: The higher
credit score you have, the lower interest rate you get on your
auto loan.

Choose a sizable car loan down payment or trade-in

The less money you borrow the lower your total interest will
be. The more money you have saved the smaller the loan you’ll
need to take. And if you have a trade-in car, this will do the
same for you. Now, it may be profitable to sell your car to a
private person compared to trading it at a dealership. Do your
investigation and you'll find out what gives you the best deal
all in all.

Fix your finance before you go to the car dealer

A dealership may offer you a car financing solution. I don't
say that you cant get a cheap vehicle loan at your dealership,
but most dealerships offers are more expensive than a car loan
from a bank or a credit institution. When you are in a
negotiation process for a car deal, you'll be in a much better
position when you know that you already have the amount of
money you need for your vehicle. This alone is a good reason to
get the finance part in order before you enter the auto
dealership's door.

Resist 'irresistible' offers from an aggressive salesperson

You know, the vehicle sales person makes his or her living from
selling cars. The more money he or she get from you, the more
money the car sales person will earn. So it is in his or hers
interest to get as much out of you as possible. Therefore he or
she might try to sell you a more expensive model than you
planned or give you other 'fantastic' offers of car accessories
or other related products or services. What is important for you
is to stay focused on your goal of getting the most for your
money as well as save as much as you can on your auto loan.

About the Author: Terje Brooks Ellingsen
is an internet
publisher. He runs the website
http://www.cheap-used-cars.w-eland.com Terje gives advice and
helps people with automotive issues like cheap car loans , see
http://www.cheap-used-cars.w-eland.com/used_car_loans.htm and
buying used cars, see
http://www.cheap-used-cars.w-eland.com/buy_used_cars.htm.

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