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jr schultz May 30, 2008 04:42 PM

Just Curious...Who's still paying on their 5th Gen?
 
I took out a 5 year loan 6 months ago to pay for my 03 Maxima. I have $8,000 left to pay off at $178 per month. I'll probably have 150K miles on the car by the time its fully payed off. Anyone else have some years left to pay off their car?

SoonerFan May 30, 2008 04:49 PM

:mrgone:

tibal May 30, 2008 04:54 PM

yes, i bought my 00 5spd se for 7,2k and i have i think 4 or 5 left at 224 per month.. around there, i have 2 more.. but still am doin as much as i can to it in the time! even in college!

Scottwax May 30, 2008 05:35 PM

I bought mine in November (02 SE), put $2500 down and I'm paying $304 a month for 2 years. Probably pay it off at least 6 months early at the rate I am going. Then I'll drive it a year or two and then start looking for something else-unless I can find a really low mileage 03 with a 6 speed. ;)

darknite May 30, 2008 09:08 PM

aaaa justin its your buddy jay from sun praire,wi. $243.50 a month since 04'...

95 Maxnout May 30, 2008 09:15 PM

Yep,got my 03 last Sept.and got 4 more years to pay it off unless I double up on the payments or trade it in early.....

jeff5347 May 30, 2008 10:51 PM

got mine 3 yrs ago this december. 03 Gle Bought for 16900 and called today for the payoff and 9300 left. 320 a month but pay more to lower the interest. Hopefully i can have it all paid off in 6 months.

Scott LaRock May 30, 2008 11:27 PM

Trying to get one this weekend but I took out a loan for 7500 with 60 months to pay it back so I am hoping to pay it off in about 2.5 years or asap

Jess May 31, 2008 02:02 AM

I guess I could be the worst off here? LoL

Bought it new at Nissan in March 2003 with $3000 down, 6 yr loan. $29,890 original price @ $400/mo. will be done March of 2009 but lately trying to pay double, because I'm damn tired of monthly payments.

SoonerFan May 31, 2008 02:19 AM

ok fine, ill play

bought my 02 on 21 apr 05...30K miles...$17,900

still owe around 8K

will be paid off in the next couple months

dahsraw May 31, 2008 02:39 AM

dream
 
pulled out 10,000 at 6.2% for 3.5 years....297 a month....will have payed off in 14 months....send them a chunky check once and a while...to pay off asap

UGAd13 May 31, 2008 05:18 AM

NOT ME!!! Just rec'd the title in the mail a couple of weeks ago. Wooo Who!

Original Loan Date Jul 19, 2004
Scheduled Payoff Date Jul 18, 2009
Last Payment Date May 1, 2008
Payments Remaining 0

Was paying about $250/month on a 5yr loan right out of college. Started making more and starting paying more.

Having no debt but the house rocks!

wyche89 May 31, 2008 05:38 AM

i just got mine with a 6 year loan in december of 07, paying 250 a month.. if all goes well, i'll pay if off in a lump sum before that point , and i can just cash out when i sell it

jr schultz May 31, 2008 06:40 AM

I feel better.

jr schultz May 31, 2008 06:42 AM

[QUOTE=darknite;6437788]aaaa justin its your buddy jay from sun praire,wi. $243.50 a month since 04'...[

Had to get a new account name huh? Darknite...Love the Batman reference!
You'll be payed off long before me, and then take that $243 and stick it into mods each month!:laugh:

vaudeville May 31, 2008 06:50 AM

bought mine 10 months ago... the loan is at like 5 years $12,000.00 (canadian) @$264.00 e/a month.

MAXIMA_STYLE May 31, 2008 07:20 AM

Got my 00 Aug 07 @360 a month for 2.5 years,trading it in early though ,trying to find a decent mileage speed 03

Y2KYellowMax May 31, 2008 07:29 AM

Left my last payment... June 20th... woo hoo!!

Paid it in 22 months! :D

PadawanKnight May 31, 2008 07:56 AM

2000 loaded SE purchased 7/13/07 for 10.9K (14K after taxes and powertrain warranty)

Car had 73k on it when I bought it - currently has 105k

Loan is $281 a month for 3 years. I plan on dropping some of my tax return on the loan each year to try and get it paid off early.

VQP0WER May 31, 2008 09:37 AM

I made the worst mistake of all.....refinanced about two years ago.....I bought my '01 in 2003 for $21k (had negative equity in prior vehicle). Was paying around $380/month and this was tough to pay at that time in my life. I was a single, low paid Airman in the Air Force. I'm now paying $270/month and got about a year left. So basically, my original 5 year plan has extended to about a 8 yr plan. BAH!!!!!! I got about $6k left.

foodmanry May 31, 2008 09:38 AM

Nope...I have a 2k which I bought at the end of 2000 in November. I paid it off at the end of 2003 with only about $5,000 left on the payments.

Sometimes it doesn't make sense to pay it off if your interest rate is low enough....

kcxd35 May 31, 2008 11:03 AM

I just got mine so i owe 5K, I'm at 57K miles payment is 148.

Y2KYellowMax May 31, 2008 02:17 PM


Originally Posted by foodmanry (Post 6438200)

Sometimes it doesn't make sense to pay it off if your interest rate is low enough....

Very right indeed! ;)

SoonerFan May 31, 2008 02:37 PM


Originally Posted by VQP0WER (Post 6438197)
I made the worst mistake of all.....refinanced about two years ago.....I bought my '01 in 2003 for $21k (had negative equity in prior vehicle). Was paying around $380/month and this was tough to pay at that time in my life. I was a single, low paid Airman in the Air Force. I'm now paying $270/month and got about a year left. So basically, my original 5 year plan has extended to about a 8 yr plan. BAH!!!!!! I got about $6k left.

i made the same mistake as a Airman...i was just happy to finally have money...even though it wasnt that much

Lontar1 May 31, 2008 02:50 PM

I don't owe any money on my car but next weekend going ofr an 08 Accord EX-l V6 with all the goodies..... so the max probably will go bye bye....

VQP0WER May 31, 2008 03:29 PM


Originally Posted by SoonerFan (Post 6438705)
i made the same mistake as a Airman...i was just happy to finally have money...even though it wasnt that much

Sooner, you're still moving into my territory? (Moore)

Little off subject, but they got a nice new car wash on Telephone Rd next to Walmart.

babyboyws6 May 31, 2008 04:31 PM

bought mine for 14,500... nothing down cuz im nice like that (sarcastic as hell) im paying 361 a month... i wanna sell it and start 2009 off with an evo 8 though.. im still looking at some more options

Maxgig May 31, 2008 04:37 PM

Sometimes it doesn't make sense to pay it off if your interest rate is low enough....[/quote]



IMO that's not smart thinking, pay the car off and put the extra money somewhere else. Why have a car note when you can be debt free? I owe about $6800 on my 03 and will pay it off totally when I sell my house in two months.

steroidjunkie May 31, 2008 05:12 PM

bought my 2002 se for 9995 last year with 2k down 323 for 3yrs. paying a grand a month should be done by sept. 4k left to pay

ShippedOut May 31, 2008 06:06 PM

I have about 2.5years left on my I30 @ $316.00mth. Hehehe

zero2sixtyZ May 31, 2008 06:15 PM

Around another year left paying 230/mo.

foodmanry Jun 1, 2008 10:18 AM


Originally Posted by Maxgig (Post 6438810)
IMO that's not smart thinking, pay the car off and put the extra money somewhere else. Why have a car note when you can be debt free? I owe about $6800 on my 03 and will pay it off totally when I sell my house in two months.

Here is a simple example of where making payments vs. paying something off DOES make sense.

Your current interest rate on your car loan is 4.5% APR with $10,000 to pay off the loan. You have $10,000 in mutual funds bringing in 8% APR (after brokerages fees, load fees, etc.). You can choose to pay off the car with the money from the mutual fund. What would you do?

Would you...

A. Continue making your payments at 4.5% and gaining MORE money from your mutual funds. There is a 3.5% interest GAIN.

B. Pay off the car and be done with it, but also be done with your mutual funds and therefore losing out on the 3.5% interest GAIN.

Best financially SOUND option is A. Most people do not understand this and just do not like having debt. OF course, there are other factors involved such as your credit score, assets to loan ratio, etc. But this is the simple logic that financially smart people apply.

Another basic example is a home loan...who the hell pays off that? Most interest rates are in the 4% to 6% range. With the right investments you can at least make even money interest at 6%.

Do I have enough to pay off my home loan? Yes...but why don't I? Because I make more money off my money in investments than I would in home appreciation.

jasonmax Jun 1, 2008 10:42 AM


Originally Posted by foodmanry (Post 6439510)
Here is a simple example of where making payments vs. paying something off DOES make sense.

Your current interest rate on your car loan is 4.5% APR with $10,000 to pay off the loan. You have $10,000 in mutual funds bringing in 8% APR (after brokerages fees, load fees, etc.). You can choose to pay off the car with the money from the mutual fund. What would you do?

Would you...

A. Continue making your payments at 4.5% and gaining MORE money from your mutual funds. There is a 3.5% interest GAIN.

B. Pay off the car and be done with it, but also be done with your mutual funds and therefore losing out on the 3.5% interest GAIN.

Best financially SOUND option is A. Most people do not understand this and just do not like having debt. OF course, there are other factors involved such as your credit score, assets to loan ratio, etc. But this is the simple logic that financially smart people apply.

Another basic example is a home loan...who the hell pays off that? Most interest rates are in the 4% to 6% range. With the right investments you can at least make even money interest at 6%.

Do I have enough to pay off my home loan? Yes...but why don't I? Because I make more money off my money in investments than I would in home appreciation.

A is better but not apply for international student like me..:bawling:

jadedmatt Jun 1, 2008 03:53 PM

I got mine in sept of 06 and paid it off two weeks ago.

Next... CBR 600rr

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...R600RR2015.jpg

:)

Kyle00 Jun 2, 2008 06:11 AM

What's a car payment? :o

joebangaa Jun 2, 2008 07:50 AM


Originally Posted by Jess (Post 6437952)
I guess I could be the worst off here? LoL

Bought it new at Nissan in March 2003 with $3000 down, 6 yr loan. $29,890 original price @ $400/mo. will be done March of 2009 but lately trying to pay double, because I'm damn tired of monthly payments.

Yikes, someone got pwnd by the dealer.

I got mine brand new in April 2003 with zero down, 5 year loan, slightly less than $400 a month--0.9% interest w00t--with an original price of $22,xxx (MSRP was over $27K w/o tax and charges...6th gens were about to hit stealerships). Now it's paid off and the title is in my possession; and I've never been so tempted to get another toy...

mtl-maximus Jun 2, 2008 08:53 AM

2000 loaded SE purchased April 2005 for 13.5K CAD (18.5K after taxes, loan interest and new tires)

Car had 73k km on it when I bought it - currently has 113k km

Loan is $300 a month for 5 years.

Teaner Jun 2, 2008 09:28 AM

2003 maxima gle loaded bought it with 24,000 miles in 2005 for $19,XXX put $11,000 down on her and got a 3 yr loan for 279/month. (has just under 54,000 mile now) hope to have her paid off by the end of the fall.

Jaz2001 Jun 2, 2008 10:57 AM

I jus bought mine. :D
Payments are not my friend. :mad:

hi-tek22 Jun 2, 2008 12:02 PM

2001 GLE max fully loaded....heated seats, and sunroof

Im paying about 223 a month, i owe about 5 grand...I will probably start doubling up on payments in about 6 months...Ive got a 7% interest rate, 5 year loan...and im only 22..so i think im doing pretty good for a college student building credit

Ive had the car since summer of 2006....i purchased it at 20 years old for 11,900 after everything including new tires


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