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      01-19-2009, 10:11 AM   #77
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Originally Posted by doughboy View Post
NFS, you appear to good with the APR understanding, but your figure of £535 / month is only £18,725 over 35 months, which is 8 grand short of even the depreciation cost.

Please help me out if i'm lost...

I'm paying £775 / month which is £27,125 over 35 payments.

The GMFV is £12,177 (depreciation from £39,000 = £26,823)

My deposit is £2.5k, so the cost for my credit is:

(27,125 payments +2,500 deposit) - 26,823 depreciation = £2,803 interest

They initially wanted £985 /month but cam down to £775

What the heck interest rate is that now??

If there's something I should know, I don't sign the credit agreement till tommorrow....
At £775 a month that's 4.88% APR

At £985 a month it would have been 15.54% APR

It almost looks like a 'bait and switch' job, but the final interest is very low!

So long as you are happy to pay £30,400 for the use of the car for the next 3 years (£775 x 36 + £2500) or £844 a month, then it's fine.
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