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Old 04-09-2013, 10:35 PM
 
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If you have to take out a 97 month car loan, you can't afford the car.

The average price of a new car is now $31,000, up $3,000 in the past four years. In the final quarter of 2012, the average term of a new car note stretched out to 65 months, the longest ever, according to Experian Information Solutions Inc. Experian said that 17% of all new car loans in the past quarter were between 73 and 84 months and there were even a few as long as 97 months. Four years ago, only 11% of loans fell into this category.

Car Loans Grow Longer as Prices Rise - WSJ.com
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Old 04-09-2013, 10:38 PM
 
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I pay cash for my cars I haven't had a car loan in 10 years
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Old 04-09-2013, 10:56 PM
 
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I pay cash for my cars I haven't had a car loan in 10 years
But some people will not use common sense and will sign the dotted line for the 97 month car loan.
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Old 04-09-2013, 10:57 PM
 
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But some people will not use common sense and will sign the dotted line for the 97 month car loan.
free market
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Old 04-09-2013, 10:58 PM
 
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Agreed. People shouldn't buy very expensive cars that they can't afford. One doesn't have to have a new car that one really can't afford.
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Old 04-09-2013, 11:00 PM
 
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New cars lose what, 35% of their value in the first couple of years?

We're not dealing with financial geniuses here.
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Old 04-09-2013, 11:00 PM
 
Location: Portland, OR
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If you have to take out a 97 month car loan, you can't afford the car.

The average price of a new car is now $31,000, up $3,000 in the past four years. In the final quarter of 2012, the average term of a new car note stretched out to 65 months, the longest ever, according to Experian Information Solutions Inc. Experian said that 17% of all new car loans in the past quarter were between 73 and 84 months and there were even a few as long as 97 months. Four years ago, only 11% of loans fell into this category.

Car Loans Grow Longer as Prices Rise - WSJ.com

With my interest rate on my current 60 month loan, I'd do a 97 month loan in a second.
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Old 04-09-2013, 11:01 PM
 
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New cars lose what, 35% of their value in the first couple of years?

We're not dealing with financial geniuses here.
Not anymore
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Old 04-09-2013, 11:01 PM
 
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If you have to take out a 97 month car loan, you can't afford the car.

The average price of a new car is now $31,000, up $3,000 in the past four years. In the final quarter of 2012, the average term of a new car note stretched out to 65 months, the longest ever, according to Experian Information Solutions Inc. Experian said that 17% of all new car loans in the past quarter were between 73 and 84 months and there were even a few as long as 97 months. Four years ago, only 11% of loans fell into this category.

Car Loans Grow Longer as Prices Rise - WSJ.com
97 Months? That's a ridiculously long car-note, but if the person insists on paying for a car for 8 years then by all means allow them to.
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Old 04-09-2013, 11:05 PM
 
Location: Palo Alto
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My last car loan was about 97 seconds. I technically owed them until I handed over the check.
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