Are your car payments too high? Would you like to lower your car payments? I’m going to explain a little trick to you that is so simple and so effective, that just about anyone can get a lower monthly car payment on the car that they’re already driving, without having to refinance their auto loan!

The reason that this works so effectively is because of something that is called a dealer add-on rate. Most people are not aware the dealerships can actually increase your interest rate and that they make money on that. That topic is for another article, however that is the reason that this technique works and is very effective.

In 1998, I had a Nissan frontier pickup truck that was financed at a rate of 16.8%. The reason the rate was so high, was because I have bad credit and was going through a very tough time in my life. After having made payments on the vehicle for two years, I found myself in a worse position and was looking at the prospect of declaring bankruptcy. With not too many options on the table, I picked up the phone and I called my finance company that my truck was financed with. Being about 30 days late at the time on my truck payment, I told them that I was looking at the prospect of declaring bankruptcy and was wondering if there was any way that they could refinanced my vehicle to lower my monthly car payment.

Much to my surprise, by simply making that phone call my interest rate was reduced down to 12%. This lowered my truck payment by $73 per month. I thought well, if this worked with this finance company, I might give it a try and call about the car that I have financed with another company. To my amazement again, my interest rate was lowered from 11%, down to 9%. This saved me even more money each month.

So, before you set out trying to find another finance company to refinance your current auto loan, you may want to give this a try. Just call up your finance company and tell them that you’re having a hard time paying your bills and that you want to avoid having to declare bankruptcy. You may be pleasantly surprised at the response.