Down payment?

Crash · 02-22-2009, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by polarity

I put 9k. The credit guy also told me some information I didn't know about when applying for credit. It's not just your credit score, it's all about what's in your credit history. I have a credit score of 733, which is more than enough to get past any "Pre-Approval" crap, but since I'm 26 I have a pretty short credit history. My wife and I together make about $200k a year, but because of my lack of credit history banks were only willing to lend an amount that let my payment be $600 a month. Apparently they use your history to determine a safe amount that they believe you will pay every month. According to the guy doing the financing you could make $400,000 a year with a credit score of 780 and not get approved for a $40,000 car. It all depends on what you show inside your credit report.

If anyone here is a credit expert feel free to correct me, this is all information I was given by someone getting the financing setup for my Z and could just be dealer credit mumbo jumbo.

-polarity

Sounds right to me.

First car I bought was my 97 Formula. I was 19 at the time. My credit score was around the same... in the 700's. But I didn't have enough history (just student loans and 1 starter credit card). They wouldn't approve me without a co-signer. The loan was about $200/mo which really was nothing at all. But because my credit history had pretty much just started, they just wouldn't lend to me alone.