Not exact matches
Even though your prepaid finance charges are included in your
loan principal and so are indeed «prepaid,» you still pay for those fees with your
car payments
over the
course of your
loan, making the prepaid charges more like interest charges.
When you make unscheduled payments, you are engaging in an accelerated
car loan payoff which will reduce the total amount
of interest charges you pay
over the
course of your
loan and may help you pay back your
loan faster than originally planned.
So, the longer your term and the less you pay per month, the more your total interest charges will be
over the
course of your
car loan (for the same interest rate).
you'll pay more interest
over the
course of your
car loan though.
Most people know that their monthly
car loan payments stay the same
over the
course of their
loans.
However, generally speaking, the longer your
car loan term length, the more interest charge you will pay in total
over the
course of your
loan.
In contrast,
car title
loans are more generous in terms
of loan amounts (up to several thousand dollars) and the amount can be paid back
over the
course of a much longer period.
Put all these figures together, and the average new
car owner pays $ 4,356 in interest
over the
course of a 68 - month
loan, or $ 769 a year.
From mortgages to
car loans to $ 700 smartphones we pay for
over 24 months, we're taught to spread the pain
of our purchases
over the
course of many months or years.