Help a Reader: Financing a Car

Here's a question I recently received from a reader: Would financing a car now, with a good down payment, and plans to pay it off before the end of 2009 effect my credit and mortgage worthiness if we wanted to purchase a home at the end of 2009 to mid 2010? Your thoughts? [more...]

Date: 2008-10-13 19:45:10

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Open Thread

by Mary Satyajit Das, the world's expert on credit derivatives (he wrote 3 volumes on this topic) ... he paid barely six month ago. The interesting thing was that the proceeds from the sale of the car ... he sold to finance the car. 2008 is perhaps the only year on record in which a distressed price [more...]

Date: 2009-02-28 04:00:20

Jeep Incapable Of Selling To Man With $24,000 In Cash

By Ben Popken, 11:14 AM on Mon Mar 2 2009, 31, ... . Even though he's ready to buy the car outright, the car salesman almost convinces him to finance ... a car to a guy who shows up with cash in hand ready to buy... no wonder they needed a bailout. Full [more...]

Date: 2009-03-02 16:14:50

Best Warranty for Me

I am really glad that I decided to look into the different types of auto extended warranties. I was able to walk into the dealership with cash in my hand and I got the best deal on a new car ... choices out there for financing your car and your warranty but if one works better then another [more...]

Date: 2009-02-28 02:10:16

Groundhog Day:

Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Tom Daschle has an even bigger tax problem than Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner:  Daschle failed to pay more than $140,000 in taxes and interest for the free use of a car ... Finance Commitee Statement Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Charles Grassley Statement ABC [more...]

Date: 2009-01-31 03:56:15

BEAT THE DOOM AND GLOOM WITH OFFERS FROM VOLKSWAGEN FINANCE

Posted 10th March, 2009 in Volkswagen | Leave a commentMILTON KEYNES, UNITED KINGDOM – March 10, 2009: ... money to finance a depreciating asset such as a car. But we are experts in motor vehicle finance ... , and a wide variety of competitive finance packages are also available via Volkswagen Financial [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 07:57:54

Trickle Down Effects of Letting U.S. Automakers Go Bankrupt

This is a guest post by Steadfast Finances‘ Matt. The U.S ... muscle car or run a nationwide clearance sale using zero percent financing incentives. This time ... , and the subsequent tightening of the credit markets, the Big Three automakers once again find themselves [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 16:00:27

The end is nigh: Toyota announces 0% financing on 11 models

Filed under: Car Buying, Toyota Further proof that no automaker is immune to effects of the sales downturn in the U.S ... has the cars, the means to finance them and just needs buyers. If you want in on the deal [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 20:14:16

Interesting Links

- American conservatives may be the greatest consumers of porn ... , unhealthy snacks, jewelry, etcetera. Don't buy a car on finance, and don't buy an expensive car [more...]

Date: 2009-02-28 17:18:00

Snapshots - Week in Review ending March 6, 2009

The Snapshot is a weekly edition to the blog. It is intended to provide constituents with a glimpse of major pieces of legislation or legislative ... Tillberry. Education - K-12 Finance:  The committee heard the Governor’s K-12 Finance Bill (HF ... Car Act (HF 690) was heard, with testimony very similar to that previously heard [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 21:47:26

GM to dealers: There's a bonus in it for you if you don't lend them our money

Filed under: Car Buying, Etc., GM General Motors is telling its dealers that there's a shiny nickel or two in it for them if they can sell cars without getting the GMAC finance arm involved. For every sale closed with outside financing, salespeople and managers will each receive $100, with an additional $50 going to someone the dealer [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 22:04:55

Dem Policies At Work... Detroit Median Home Price Is $7,500

Abandoned home in Detroit. ( Flickr ) After years of corrupt liberal politicians and democratic policies it's come to this ... and Ritholtz reported: “It may be tough to get financing for a new car these days, but in Detroit you can buy a house with a credit card . The median price of a home sold in Detroit in December [more...]

Date: 2009-03-02 03:35:00

Who is Sam Perry?: Car Company Uses "Average White Guy" Oprah Leaned on @ Obama Speech to Get Federal Bailout

By Debbie Schlussel I used to be high on Tesla Motors. It's the company that makes electric cars that are cool to look at. I once called for making the car more affordable and gushed: 220 miles per charge, less than ... ; Now, We're Supposed to Finance the Expensive Car He Buys Well, it turns out this "Sam" guy [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 20:22:53

New Mazda 6, £241.49 inc VAT

Hey, dudes!!! Pay attention! I have just uploaded a new car lease Mazda 6 deal to my contract hire and leasing website!I added New Mazda 6 (New Shape) ... mile.Anyone you choose can drive this Mazda 6, simply insure it and put fuel in it. This car is brand ... , due to finance companies playing silly buggers. I really try and avoid charging finance “documen [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 16:50:28

BMW 2000 Update

Am I installing a Nixie clock in my car? No.But I do like to sell off one hobby to finance another, and refurbishing and modding an old car can be a costly endeavor, so I am offering ... d like to turn it into car parts. The proceeds will go toward the fabrication of a custom drive shaft [more...]

Date: 2009-02-27 18:29:31

Treasury Warns Against Getting Into Trouble With Debt

Earlier this month the Treasury Department, headed by Henry Paulson, in conjunction with The Advertising Council, ... financial future. I love the tagline: “Don’t let your credit put you in a bad place.” In an apparent ... to finance things like a home, a car, or a college education, credit can help us bring our dreams [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 16:47:02

More Nominee Tax Troubles

It seems Tom Daschle recently paid a little over $100,000 in back taxes and interest after failing to tell the IRS that he was receiving a free car ... --the Senate Finance Committee. Its members may be growing tired of honest mistakes, though as a former [more...]

Date: 2009-01-30 23:58:07

Tesla's Motormouth Marketer Dodged Deposit Dilemma

What happened to Darryl Siry , the Tesla Motors marketing chief who left the electric-car startup abruptly last December? ... planned to collect deposits from customers for Tesla's Model S Sedan, a car that exists only in prototype. Why would that drive Siry to quit? Tesla has no factory to build the car, and no financing [more...]

Date: 2009-02-26 06:35:35

Tesla's Motormouth Marketer Dodged Deposit Dilemma [Comebacks]

What happened to Darryl Siry , the Tesla Motors marketing chief who left the electric-car startup abruptly last December? ... planned to collect deposits from customers for Tesla's Model S Sedan, a car that exists only in prototype. Why would that drive Siry to quit? Tesla has no factory to build the car, and no financing [more...]

Date: 2009-02-26 06:35:35

Hyundai Bails Out Consumers By Buying Back Their Cars

Vehicles have been in the news quite a bit these days, from bailout plans to million-dollar hybrids. Clearly, car companies are desperate ... on their car loan or lease can walk away from a financing obligation when the difference between the resale value of the car and the balance of their loan is less than $7,500. I’m sensing a new trend. Buy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 15:59:53

Unsold Cars Pile Up

Posted by Queuebot in Car & Vehicle, Money & Finance, Travel & Places on January 24, 2009 at 2:32 pm What happens to all those cars that go unsold?  Check out this collection of photographs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-24 19:32:46

After Selling Your Startup To Microsoft? Sell Toilet Paper And Trash Bags

Mashable: In 2007, Microsoft acquired Jellyfish, a social search engine that ultimately became the Live Search Cashback program ... on, and are now working on a stealth startup called Alice.com that is announcing a $4.3 million financing round. While ... out to the car to save a buck.” So, from that you can surmise that Alice.com is essentially [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 16:09:04

The polluted pays

The collapse of the car industry, you would think, would have the greenies dancing with joy at the prospect of fewer of these mobile emitters being ... customers are finding it increasingly difficult to get car loans from banks and finance companies, which [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 02:26:00

Return a Hyundai: Further (Crazy?) Innovations from Desperate Carmakers

Remember the "Buy One, Get One Free" Dodge trucks? This rivals that in the we'll-do-anything-to-sell-cars category ... Assurance: Finance or lease any new Hyundai, and if in the next year you lose your income*, we'll let you return it. That's the Hyundai Assurance. Starting today you can feel good about buying a car [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 23:46:52

New Mazda MX-5, £274.85 inc VAT

Hey, dudes!!! Pay attention! I have just uploaded a new car lease Mazda MX-5 deal to my contract hire and leasing website!I added New Mazda MX-5 2.0 ( ... mile.Anyone you choose can drive this Mazda MX-5, simply insure it and put fuel in it. This car ... to all users, due to finance companies playing silly buggers. I really try and avoid charging finance “ [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 15:53:35

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/21/2008

Make sure you look at all the pirate stories tonight. Most of them are in the “Sub-Saharan Africa” section, and not all of them have headlines ... Drives Europe and the EUBanking Baddies Get Help But Europe’s Car Industry is Left ... Against NeighboursTerror Financing Runs Wild in Saudi ArabiaThe Mother of the Two Christian Sisters [more...]

Date: 2008-11-22 04:54:00

Daschle May Have Tax Problem

ABC News has learned that the nomination of former Senator Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) ... through the Senate Finance Committee." "The controversy deals with a car and driver lent to Mr ... in anticipation of a closed door Senate Finance Committee session on his nomination on Monday [more...]

Date: 2009-01-31 00:16:16

Tesla Motors applies for $400 million government aid

Fledgling electric car company Tesla Motors has encountered financing problems recently, ... has already approved a $25 billion loan package designed to help American manufacturers create more efficient vehicles, but there are rumors that the rules of the loan could be altered to help [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 17:28:00

GM, GMAC rev up incentives thanks to Treasury funds

Yesterday the U.S. Treasury announced it would be backing GMAC with $6 billion in total funding, and today both the car finance company and General Motors, which gets 85% of its customer loans ... be dropping its minimum credit rating floor from 700 points to 620 points, which [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 20:53:00

Liberal utopia has a name, and it’s spelled D-E-T-R-O-I-T

What you get when you vote for socialists, thugs, and Corruptocrats, Part the Bazillionth: DETROIT — It may be tough to get financing for a new car these days, but in Detroit you can buy a house with a credit card. The median price of a home sold in Detroit in December was $7,500 [more...]

Date: 2009-03-03 20:31:50

Boost for Chinese Real Estate Industry

The Chinese real estate industry is set to receive a much-needed boost which may include an easing of restrictions on the purchase of second homes, ... to keep China’s GDP growth above 8% and has already approved similar plans for the steel, textile and car ... financial products to meet property developers’ financing demands. If the plan is passed, it is [more...]

Date: 2009-03-03 08:00:53

New Ford Fiesta, £178.24 inc VAT

I have been offered the following lease car deal, so here it is! I have just uploaded a new Ford Fiesta deal to my contract hire website! ... or private), I can’t display the price any other way but to show VAT seperately (sorry!).I get my car deals from many sources, main dealers, finance companies, or I work them out myself using different [more...]

Date: 2009-03-03 16:26:08

New Mini Cooper, £254.14 inc VAT

I have been offered the following lease car deal, so here it is! I have just uploaded a new Mini Cooper deal to my contract hire website! ... or private), I can’t display the price any other way but to show VAT seperately (sorry!).I get my car deals from many sources, main dealers, finance companies, or I work them out myself using different [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 06:48:22

New Ford Fiesta, £178.25 inc VAT

I have been offered the following lease car deal, so here it is! I have just uploaded a new Ford Fiesta deal to my contract hire website! ... or private), I can’t display the price any other way but to show VAT seperately (sorry!).I get my car deals from many sources, main dealers, finance companies, or I work them out myself using different [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 10:44:25

New Honda CR-V, £286.35 inc VAT

I have been offered the following lease car deal, so here it is! I have just uploaded a new Honda CR-V deal to my contract hire website! ... ), I can’t display the price any other way but to show VAT seperately (sorry!).I get my car deals from many sources, main dealers, finance companies, or I work them out myself using different finance [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 12:46:37

New Volkswagen Tiguan, £320.02 inc VAT

I have been offered the following lease car deal, so here it is! I have just uploaded a new Volkswagen Tiguan deal to my contract hire website! ... or private), I can’t display the price any other way but to show VAT seperately (sorry!).I get my car deals from many sources, main dealers, finance companies, or I work them out myself using different [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 07:51:23

New Jaguar X-Type Estate, £321.99 inc VAT

I have been offered the following lease car deal, so here it is! I have just uploaded a new Jaguar X-Type Estate deal to my contract hire website! ... ), I can’t display the price any other way but to show VAT seperately (sorry!).I get my car deals from many sources, main dealers, finance companies, or I work them out myself using different finance [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 11:39:33

New Renault Koleos, £247.81 inc VAT

I have been offered the following lease car deal, so here it is! I have just uploaded a new Renault Koleos deal to my contract hire website! ... or private), I can’t display the price any other way but to show VAT seperately (sorry!).I get my car deals from many sources, main dealers, finance companies, or I work them out myself using different [more...]

Date: 2009-03-04 10:11:20

New Renault Koleos, £296.69 inc VAT

I have been offered the following lease car deal, so here it is! I have just uploaded a new Renault Koleos deal to my contract hire website! ... or private), I can’t display the price any other way but to show VAT seperately (sorry!).I get my car deals from many sources, main dealers, finance companies, or I work them out myself using different [more...]

Date: 2009-03-04 10:22:18

New Toyota HiLux, £275.99 inc VAT

I have been offered the following lease car deal, so here it is! I have just uploaded a new Toyota HiLux deal to my contract hire website! ... or private), I can’t display the price any other way but to show VAT seperately (sorry!).I get my car deals from many sources, main dealers, finance companies, or I work them out myself using different [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 16:00:11

New Skoda Fabia Estate, £206.99 inc VAT

I have been offered the following lease car deal, so here it is! I have just uploaded a new Skoda Fabia Estate deal to my contract hire website! ... ), I can’t display the price any other way but to show VAT seperately (sorry!).I get my car deals from many sources, main dealers, finance companies, or I work them out myself using different finance [more...]

Date: 2009-03-03 20:15:09

New Skoda Fabia Estate, £241.49 inc VAT

I have been offered the following lease car deal, so here it is! I have just uploaded a new Skoda Fabia Estate deal to my contract hire website! ... ), I can’t display the price any other way but to show VAT seperately (sorry!).I get my car deals from many sources, main dealers, finance companies, or I work them out myself using different finance [more...]

Date: 2009-03-03 20:15:55

7 Deadly Sins of Personal Finance: Being Penny Wise, Pound Foolish

It’s fitting that the sixth deadly sin of personal finance would be this one, ... in a car loan with a high interest rate. If you’re planning on buying a house in the next year, avoid ... professional looking to buy a car and trying to find easy ways to some extra money. You stumble onto [more...]

Date: 2008-08-27 10:39:38

NDTV.com Newsletter

Saturday, February 28, 2009 Experience the joy, ... is directly linked to terrorist financing, the US has suggested to New Delhi to strengthen its anti money laundering and counter terrorism-finance legislations. ...full story Business PNB cuts car [more...]

Date: 2009-02-28 13:33:00

New Renault Koleos, £228.84 inc VAT

I have been offered the following lease car deal, so here it is! I have just uploaded a new Renault Koleos deal to my contract hire website! ... !).I get my car deals from many sources, main dealers, finance companies, or I work them out myself using different finance companies. Main dealers I use include; Audi, Alfa Romeo, BMW, Cadillac, Chevrolet [more...]

Date: 2009-03-04 09:30:57

New Toyota HiLux, £338.09 inc VAT

If you check my car leasing website, you will see I have just added a new cheap contract hire Toyota HiLux deal! ... ), I can’t display the price any other way but to show VAT seperately (sorry!).I get my car deals from many sources, main dealers, finance companies, or I work them out myself using different finance [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 18:31:20

New Toyota HiLux, £308.19 inc VAT

I have been offered the following lease car deal, so here it is! I have just uploaded a new Toyota HiLux deal to my contract hire website! ... !).I get my car deals from many sources, main dealers, finance companies, or I work them out myself using different finance companies. Main dealers I use include; Audi, Alfa Romeo, BMW, Cadillac, Chevrolet [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 18:33:24

03/06/2009, 3:51 AM

Industry/GeneralLargest Toyota distributor cuts 11 percent of workforce Southeast Toyota Distributors LLC and its parent company, ... . The majority of JM’s revenue comes from its Toyota business, though it also has finance ... . He said the U.S. new car industry has shrunk from 16 million vehicles annually to 10 to 12 million — [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 08:51:07

New Honda Civic Type-R, £274.85 inc VAT

I have been offered the following lease car deal, so here it is! I have just uploaded a new Honda Civic Type-R deal to my contract hire website! ... !).I get my car deals from many sources, main dealers, finance companies, or I work them out myself using different finance companies. Main dealers I use include; Audi, Alfa Romeo, BMW, Cadillac, Chevrolet [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 12:34:22

Let Detroit Go Bankrupt

Let Detroit Go Bankrupt Share Post Print November 19, 2008 Posted by John at 11: ... provide guarantees for post-bankruptcy financing and assure car buyers that their warranties ... 14 AM That's the title of Mitt Romney's op-ed in today's New York Times. Romney's reasoning [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 17:14:44

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