"CAR_IS_MI" (car-is-mi)
04/14/2014 at 15:05 • Filed to: None | 1 | 24 |
Doing what I do all day.. building cars I can't own, I decided to build a Vette that I 'could' afford if I were to trade in everything else (not pictured above). Well for once I paid attention to the price thing and I saw this:
14.7% APR for Well-Qualified Buyers. Amount Financed $55,971. $6,219 down payment.
Really? 14.7% ? That's the 'well qualified' APR? Of the past 3 vehicle I have purchased off the lots, 2 had price tags over $50k and one could be considered a performance vehicle. None of them had an APR over 4%. 14.7% Chevy? ARE YOU FUCKING HIGH?
ddavidn
> CAR_IS_MI
04/14/2014 at 15:07 | 0 |
Yeesh, that's a lot of APR.
CAR_IS_MI
> ddavidn
04/14/2014 at 15:08 | 1 |
Seriously, I could take out a second mortgage on my house and make out better.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> CAR_IS_MI
04/14/2014 at 15:10 | 1 |
APRs: many. Many APRs.
ddavidn
> CAR_IS_MI
04/14/2014 at 15:10 | 2 |
Or maybe talk to AMEX about that Black card.
For Sweden
> CAR_IS_MI
04/14/2014 at 15:13 | 0 |
Link?
Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole
> For Sweden
04/14/2014 at 15:16 | 0 |
I screenshotted this. Holy shit!
CAR_IS_MI
> ddavidn
04/14/2014 at 15:19 | 0 |
We had that conversation, to be considered for a black card I need to spend an average of something stupid like $200,000 / mo. I'm only about $198,000 short.
CAR_IS_MI
> For Sweden
04/14/2014 at 15:20 | 0 |
Chevrolet.com ...
ddavidn
> CAR_IS_MI
04/14/2014 at 15:21 | 0 |
I thought they only had a limit of like $250,000 or half a million or some amount of money I can't imagine having. I know I'm not eligible because they canceled my business credit card when I put a thousand bucks on it....
CAR_IS_MI
> ddavidn
04/14/2014 at 15:23 | 0 |
Maybe that was for the black for business card I was thinking of, but yea, its exorbitant.
Brian Silvestro
> CAR_IS_MI
04/14/2014 at 15:23 | 1 |
They must be finding stupid old people that'll agree to this
CAR_IS_MI
> Brian Silvestro
04/14/2014 at 15:24 | 0 |
I mean I know they got to pay for those recalls somehow, but I feel like I could get a better rate from a credit union using an old shoelace as my only form of credit history...
Brian Silvestro
> CAR_IS_MI
04/14/2014 at 15:27 | 1 |
I'm 19 and I can get a better loan on a house than this.
ddavidn
> CAR_IS_MI
04/14/2014 at 15:28 | 0 |
Crazy. My old boss bought a Z4 on a credit card once, because nobody would give him an interest rate that good.
CAR_IS_MI
> ddavidn
04/14/2014 at 15:29 | 0 |
My roommate bought a motorcycle on a credit card with a flex interest rate because no one would give him a loan... the interest rate WAS 6% it has gone up to like 24% in the past 10 months... Granted, I think the black card has a fixed rate.
MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> CAR_IS_MI
04/14/2014 at 15:30 | 1 |
holy hell. this is why i bring my own financing!
CAR_IS_MI
> MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
04/14/2014 at 15:33 | 1 |
The only time I have seen that high of a rate is for high risk purchasers. this says "Well Qualified". I would hate to see what high risk rates are ( I think gov regulated max is 29% so I am assuming 29%).
ddavidn
> CAR_IS_MI
04/14/2014 at 15:34 | 0 |
Now THAT is a lot of interest... My cards average 24% which is why I wouldn't put a car on them.
CAR_IS_MI
> ddavidn
04/14/2014 at 15:35 | 0 |
I try to not leave anything on a card unless it has a 0% offer.
ddavidn
> CAR_IS_MI
04/14/2014 at 15:38 | 0 |
I had that thought as well. Too bad I drowned myself in debt instead. Damn freelancing. I'll run my own business, I said... it'll be fun, I said...
CAR_IS_MI
> ddavidn
04/14/2014 at 15:41 | 0 |
I too am about to do the same with a startup planned in the next 6 - 8 months. I greatly look forward to being broke as fuck and making minimum payments on maxed out cards...
ddavidn
> CAR_IS_MI
04/14/2014 at 15:44 | 0 |
That's exactly what happened to me. It was fun for the whole year, though. If I had started with any money saved up, or gotten half the projects I was promised, I would've come out way ahead. Or if I had been single.
CAR_IS_MI
> ddavidn
04/14/2014 at 15:47 | 0 |
Ahh, So I am ahead of the curve then... (have some $ saved and am single)
ddavidn
> CAR_IS_MI
04/14/2014 at 16:19 | 1 |
Nice. When you're single, you can make a lot of things work temporarily. When you're married, you find expenses hard to cut back on. I do, anyway. I would've been happy running my business out of an apartment with 3 roommates if I had to. Or my car. Oh well, there'll be time to run my own business when I'm retired.