How can you go about getting a personal loan from a bank? What collateral do you usually need?
Mike D! asked:
I will probably need to replace my car soon, but I don’t know that I want a traditional car loan because it would require having more insurance, and thus be rather expensive for me. (It’d be about double for me, as I don’t have a spotless driving record). I was wondering if instead I could get a personal loan from the bank, say in the neighborhood of $3-5K and use that for a car thus saving me a bunch of money by not needing collision coverage if I could pay for the car in cash.
I will probably need to replace my car soon, but I don’t know that I want a traditional car loan because it would require having more insurance, and thus be rather expensive for me. (It’d be about double for me, as I don’t have a spotless driving record). I was wondering if instead I could get a personal loan from the bank, say in the neighborhood of $3-5K and use that for a car thus saving me a bunch of money by not needing collision coverage if I could pay for the car in cash.
Now the questions … is this possible, or is there usually some stipulation that you can’t use a personal loan for a car? What sort of collateral do you usually need for a personal loan? If you have good credit, can you get one w/out collateral? Any info would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
I would stay away from any kind of vehicle and personal loans. Auto loans are usually for 5-7 years and personal loans are shorter. But with personal loans you will pay a higher interest rate. Start saving what you think would be a car payment now, collect interest on your savings and then buy a car with straight cash. A 20, 000 loan for auto should cost about 24, 000 after intesrt at 6%. So you really paid 24, 000 for your car. Try selling things you don’t use to get your car fund going, add what your blue book value for your current car and see how much more you need to save. Put aside a $1000 for a deductable and save even more on car insure with full coverage. I insured two vehicles w/ full coverage in KY for $700 because I set aside the deductable in savings. I would stay away from using collateral because if a bank won’t loan you they money you shouldn’t be borrowing it to begin with. Visit a personal finance plan site like dave ramsey.com and don’t go into debt in the first place so you have money to save for what you want. Yes if you have good credit you won’t need collateral. But writting a budget and saving for what you want will get much further then taking out loans will. Always conduct yourself with integrity and money will find it’s way to you.
All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to
poverty.
Proverbs 14:23, New International Version
Comment by Stephen — February 28, 2009 @ 5:07 am