Press Release Summary: The majority of consumers with bad credit feel like they cannot attain a loan to buy a new or used car.
Press Release Body: \"The majority of consumers with bad credit feel like they cannot attain a loan to buy a new or used car. This could not be further from the truth. Most of the dealership\'s now in America have instituted a special finance department in their dealership\'s. All of the employees working in these departments just work with poor credit auto loans. They have hired outside their dealership or have lenders inside their dealership to give car loans for people with bad credit.
Filling out an application online:
There are some advantages of filling out an application online. Most people do not want to be embarrassed by walking into a dealership and being shut down because of their bad credit. When submitting your application online it will go straight to a dealership in less than 2 minutes. A dealership that specializes in poor credit auto loans. The dealership can run your credit and let you know what you qualify for before you even go in to their office. You will know how much money you have to put down, if you need a co-signer and what you will need to do to if you can not qualify immediately. This will save you time and that embarrassing moment when the contract comes out and you cannot meet the demands that are put in front of you.
When a dealership approves you for a loan you have some more advantages. You will know which dealership approves you and how much they approved your loan for. You will also know what kind of vehicles they have. This will give you a chance to do some research about a couple of vehicles that you can see yourself driving. Use Kelly Blue Book and find out the exact values of the vehicles you are interested in. Find the MSRP as well as a dealer invoice. (See Below)
Just because you have bad credit does not mean that have to take the offer they give you or can\'t negotiate with the dealership. By attaining some knowledge on the types of vehicles they have on their lot you have done a couple of things.
You know what you are looking for and what you can afford. Be prepared before you walk through the door, it will help you tremendously.
BLUE BOOK VALUE: Use Kelly blue book (they also offer new and used car buying tips). Basically the fair value of the vehicle is what you look at.
MSRP: Acronym for Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price. This amount includes the price of the vehicle with any add-ons it has in it.
DEALER INVOICE: This is the amount the dealership will pay for the car from the manufacturer.