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Car Repos Are Exploding. That’s a Bad Omen.
barrons ^ | July 8, 2022 | By Lisa Beilfuss

Posted on 07/10/2022 3:30:26 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19

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To: Pilsner

[In Texas, creditors can’t stockpile repoed cars. The financier does not own the repoed car, but merely has a security interest that allows them to take possession of the car and sell it in a commercially reasonable manner.

Are there states where the financier just keeps the car, and has good title to it? In the absence of a commercially reasonable sale, I do not see how it may be determined if the buyer still owes the financier, because the car is worth less than the loan balance, or if the financier owes the buyer, because the car was worth more than the loan balance and cost of repo. (It happens — but not often.) ]


Thanks for the tip. I get the impression the guy the Journal interviewed may have misunderstood the nature of the obligations between the banks and the borrowers to whom they extended the car loans.


81 posted on 07/10/2022 8:05:25 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: cableguymn

[or worse. the loan is so long the car will never make it to the end. I had someone trying to trade a car with a 7 year loan on it. it was 3 years old with 295,000 miles on it. “I have to uber to pay bills!” ya, well, GLWT cuz your 3 year old car is used up and I can’t help you. the car failed ubers rather easy inspection. basically everything was shot.

I never suggest letting the bank have it, but I did mention he better bank some cash because when it dies and is unrepairable cash is the only way he’s buying the next one.]


Out of curiosity, what were the most obvious problems with the car?


82 posted on 07/10/2022 8:11:51 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Thanks so much. Very informative.


83 posted on 07/10/2022 9:13:22 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Biden’s green plan in action.


84 posted on 07/11/2022 8:03:42 AM PDT by Vaduz ( )
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To: 21twelve
But there was another kid at the car wash that had also bought a fancy car, so I’m guessing he thought it was the thing to do too.

Old adage: Never buy a better car than your boss's vehicle.

85 posted on 07/11/2022 8:19:09 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Who will portray Alec Baldwin in the SNL skit? )
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To: laplata
Some fast food businesses are folding because they can’t find anyone who will work for the wages being offered new employees.

Fixed it.

86 posted on 07/11/2022 8:23:17 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Flick Lives

“Car Repos are Exploding”


The life of a repo man is always intense . . .


87 posted on 07/11/2022 2:45:40 PM PDT by freedomlover
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To: Zhang Fei

Oil consumption (blue smoke) blad tires soft suspension and every warning light was on.


88 posted on 07/11/2022 4:31:40 PM PDT by cableguymn
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[Oil consumption (blue smoke) blad tires soft suspension and every warning light was on.]


I’m getting the impression that the owner treated it like crap. The bald tires are a dead giveaway. Still, to make it to 300K with all these lights on - that suggests a quality car treated badly. Used to be you were lucky get to 100K without needing to junk it.


89 posted on 07/11/2022 4:44:42 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: carcraft

I have a bank that does 600 down any score over 450.

You don’t want to know the rate but they will do it.


90 posted on 07/11/2022 5:16:54 PM PDT by cableguymn
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To: Zhang Fei

I suspect he let it go about 40-50k before it turned up at my lot.


91 posted on 07/11/2022 5:20:53 PM PDT by cableguymn
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To: laplata

You can get a car cheap from this man....
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081698/mediaviewer/rm3386093569?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_37


92 posted on 07/11/2022 10:44:41 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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Lol. That guy could put you inyo a lemon in no time.


93 posted on 07/11/2022 10:48:29 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: minnesota_bound

Lol. That guy could put you inyo a lemon in no time.


94 posted on 07/11/2022 10:49:01 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: minnesota_bound

This guy will give you a deal on a paint job.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Auvf7DDw5z0


95 posted on 07/11/2022 10:51:06 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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