Nikki
Coconut Creek,#2Consumer Suggestion
Mon, March 03, 2008
Your loan is probably a simple interest loan. Most auto loans are these days. Say your payment is $400 per month. Say $300 is supposed to go to interest and $100 is supposed to go to principal. Say you are 10 days late. The $300 that is supposed to go to interest is divided by 30 days ($10 per day). When you are 10 days late, you are charged for 40 days of interest. Therefore your entire $400 payment goes to interest and none to principal. When you are ontime the next month, it somewhat catches up because you are charged for only 20 days of interest and the rest to principal. Unless you are in arrears with a "late" fee or two. This is why your loan is not amortizing as it should be. It's even worse when you are 15 days late. Then none goes to interest and the extra 5 days of interest gets taken off your next payment. And by then you are probably charged a "late" fee too that has to be made up. With simple interest loans, it is very easy to have none of your payment go to principal. And, yes, if you make an extra payment, you need to tell them how you want it applied. Everyone is doing that these days.
Me
Hutto,#3Consumer Comment
Sun, March 02, 2008
I also have a current auto loan through Road Loans. I refinanced a car that I had originally got a loan through the car dealership. After contacting Road Loans and getting approved for a lower interest rate than the dealer and a pretty good rate on top of that. I agreed to take the loan. The paperwork was sent overnight and I returned it the next day. I have very good credit rating and make all of my bill payments on time. I have never had a problem with them and would recommend them very highly to anyone else seeking a loan.