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Is there any way in which this adds up?
Hi just looking on some advice on a possible car finance I was thinking about taking out
So I went to look at a new car today and the salesman told me he could do a soft credit check and work out a car finance plan for me.
The car is £7950
£0 deposit
Term 52 months
Monthly repayment £199.19
And I was told the interest was flat rate 6.99%
Yet the total amount repayable is £10,717
I worked out £7950 over 52 months at 6.99% to be £9,237 and monthly payments of £178
Is there something I’m missing in the salesman’s calculations?
So I went to look at a new car today and the salesman told me he could do a soft credit check and work out a car finance plan for me.
The car is £7950
£0 deposit
Term 52 months
Monthly repayment £199.19
And I was told the interest was flat rate 6.99%
Yet the total amount repayable is £10,717
I worked out £7950 over 52 months at 6.99% to be £9,237 and monthly payments of £178
Is there something I’m missing in the salesman’s calculations?
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The flat rate is not the APR - the APR will be approx 12.6%.
Someone better with figures will come along shortly with the formula.
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The flat rate is not the APR - the APR will be approx 12.6%.
Someone better with figures will come along shortly with the formula.
Ah thanks, I think I was inticed in by the 6.99% but I looked more in to it and thought the numbers don’t add up.
Can anyone can tell me what the flat rate 6.99% means and how is it different to apr?0 -
This may help https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/banking/interest-rates/
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Thank you that was a very helpful link! The salesman was trying to make me fall into believing I was getting 6.99% apr. Glad I didn’t sign anything!
this is not 100% accurate as such but as a general rule the APR is normally close to double of the flat rate,“People are caught up in an egotistic artificial rat race to display a false image to society. We want the biggest house, fanciest car, and we don't mind paying the sky high mortgage to put up that show. We sacrifice our biggest assets our health and time, We feel happy when we see people look up to us and see how successful we are”
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Typical car sales!
Why they can still get away with it is no ones business!
Glad you worked it out before signing up.0 -
Typical car sales!
Why they can still get away with it is no ones business!
Glad you worked it out before signing up.
They tend to get away with it because so many people only have eyes on the shiny tin box on wheels with all the latest gizmos, that common sense goes out the window and they'll sign anything to get it on their drive. Presumably to impress their neighbours, who in reality probably won't even notice it.0 -
I thought it wasnt legal to show flat rate any more and APR had to be shown?0
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You have to show the APR but you can also use Flat Rate in a credit agreement as long as it can't be confused with the APR. Car dealers like to quote flat rates for two reasons, the main one being it sounds cheaper and secondly, its much easier to work out what the payments will be (you can do it on the back of a fag packet anywhere).0
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AnotherJoe wrote: »I thought it wasnt legal to show flat rate any more and APR had to be shown?
The APR will be there somewhere hidden in the small print. Car dealerships have got away with this deception for years and will continue to do so unless the law is changed.I used to think that good grammar is important, but now I know that good wine is importanter.0
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