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So what happens when you have poor credit and need a car loan? Your options are limited unless you want to take the steps to improve your credit, and many times your best option will be a poor credit car finance loan from what are called "bad credit" and "sub-prime" lenders. These sorts of lenders provide poor credit car finance loans on a regular basis and they are used to working with individuals with poor credit or no credit. If you don't want to apply to these sorts of sub-prime lender then your next best alternative in order to get a poor credit car finance loan is to look into the kind of financing the dealership you bought your car at can offer you. Many dealerships can provide poor credit car financing to their car buyers as long as the individual can meet some of their minimal requirements. Dealerships have solid and established relationships with car loan lenders and often times a dealership can pull the strings that you would have never been able to grasp otherwise.

Before you go to a dealership or look for a sub-prime lender it is always important to gain a firm grip on your credit situation and other financials first. You may think that you have bad credit, but you will never know the truth until you see your scores yourself and take a look at your entire credit report. Even if you still have poor credit, looking at your most recent credit report can give you an idea of exactly where you stand, and it will ultimately give you more negotiating power when going in to apply for a car loan from a particular lender.

Once you look at your report it is essential that you first determine where you stand in terms of your credit score. Anything below about a 620 score is going to be considered "poor" and anything in the five-hundreds is going to be considered "very poor". When your credit scores are this low it is more than likely attributable to either late-payments, default accounts, or errors. If you can fix any of these errors, or make any of your defaulted accounts current, then you will have a good chance at taking your credit from the doldrums to respectability in a relatively short period of time. This can make you eligible for a much better car loan than you would receive with your poor credit score so it is highly advisable to make an effort to try and improve your scores before you go out and look for financing because there is a good chance that you can make a significant improvement almost right away with little effort.

Poor credit car financing is not easy to get but it is available for those who absolutely need it. The reality of this kind of financing is that it will cost you in terms of a higher interest rate and higher fees when compared to more conventional car financing. Poor credit car financing should thus only be used as a last resort, and unless you want to pay a higher interest rate and more finance charges you are going to want to improve your credit scores before you decide to go out and locate your car financing. If you cannot improve your credit for whatever reason then you are going to be limited to the sub-prime lending community and certain dealerships that can provide such poor credit car financing. These places are going to charge you an arm and a leg for your financing, so be prepared to pay for your ability to secure such a loan through such lenders.

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