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Columns: Driving for Dollars
Terry Jackson   Expert: Terry Jackson
Driving for Dollars
20 percent loan killing auto owner
Driving for Dollars

Refinance budget-busting car payment
 

Dear Terry,
I have a car loan that is financed at 20 percent. The payments are killing me! Because the interest rate is so high, I still owe $17,000 on an $18,000 loan after almost two years of payments. What is the best way to get out of this?
-- Grace

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Dear Grace,
If you have adequate credit and a spotless payment record on this loan, your best bet is to refinance and keep paying on the loan until you can get the balance down to where the car is worth more than what is owed.



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