Posts Tagged ‘pontiac’

Should I keep trying to refinance my auto loan(if possible) or file bankruptcy?

Ok,I’m 25 and I just got a 04 Pontiac Grand Prix with 112,109 miles on it,for ,000 but got slammed with a 21% interest rate. I tried before hand to get a lender/bank/credit union going in but No one would fiance me because I have 540 credit score. I had to take the deal because the truck I had was a gas hog and was falling apart and I need a way to get to work, so I sold that to get the down payment for the Pontiac.Here the issue,I have had it for 3 months and I have no problem paying the car note(1-a month) but when the economy shot 2 year ago and my job gave pick slips to me and hundred of people,unfortunately I had lost my home and voluntary returned a 02 Monte Carlo to the bank.As you may know now I have a for-closer and an repossession on my credit which is the reason for the low score. I currently have had a job now for the past two years so I making it even tho it get ruff at times with other things like college and apartment bills. I cant find any lender on the net to refinance a car with that many miles and it doest help that my credit score is so low. I was told that since I’m still young I should file bankruptcy to clear my dept and start over now. The only issue I have is I want to keep the car I just got but is there a way in the bankruptcy that I can keep the car and get the lender/bank to lower the interest rate so I can keep it?Or do I have to give it back or keep it out of the filing altogether? I’m a perfect example of bad thing happening to good people because I held a job all life and payed bills on time but you know what the say "sh** happens" Please provide me with some good meaningful advice .on what the best possible decision Thanks!!!

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My husband and I were forced to file bankruptcy 5 years ago.?

In 2001, we signed a deal with an auto consignment dealer that they would sell our 2000 Pontiac Grand Am for 250, which they did later that year. However, about a week after they sold it, they declared bankruptcy themselves, which left quite a few car owners pretty ticked. In all, I believe they had sold 60-70 automobiles, kept the money, and then filed bankruptcy. So basically no one got paid after they had sold their cars for them. My husband and I had a loan for the car through GMAC, which we continued to pay while it was at the consignment dealer. However, after the car was sold and we realized we were not going to receive any money, we realized that we would not be able to afford to pay GMAC 000 for a car we did not have (this was why we were selling in the first place). So our loan defaulted and we were forced to file bankruptcy in 2005. Our case was closed and all debts discharged on July 29 of 2005. Today, I just finally received word from the trustee of the consignment dealer’s bankruptcy case, stating that we should get 0 out of the settlement (about 6% of the 250 they owed us). Now my question is ths: what do I do when we get the check? Is it supposed to go to GMAC or have they written this off as closed since the bankruptcy was closed? I am going to try to call our bankruptcy lawyer in the morning, but if I remember correctly, he’s somewhat hard to get ahold of, so I thought I would check to see if anyone knew on here. Thank you so much for any help you have.

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