Welcome to the Car Loan Store, a nationwide way of linking together car buyers, car sellers and finance companies to find a win-win for all.
This site is currently undergoing renovations -- primarily security upgrades related to our secure online car loan application -- because without top-notch security, we are out of business. And since our parent company has been at this nearly 20 years, we take such matters seriously.
In the meantime, we know of two sites that will let you apply either online or by phone: www.1800autoloan.com or www.1800carloan.com. Both sites are in good standing with the Better Business Bureau and all information is encrypted and protected.
How to get a better auto loan.
There's an auto finance section at Jeff Ostroff's car buying tips Web site, there's a seven-part checklist at Better Auto Loans dot com and a group called AWARE runs an automotive finance 101 site.
How to find a better car.
Nothing tops the Consumer Reports annual auto issue though the new car and truck rankings from US News and World Report are outstanding.
When it comes to auto research Web sites, we always suggest:
• AOL Autos
• Cars.com
• Edmunds.com
• Autos.MSN.com.
Price quotes are available at:
• TraderOnline.com
• GetAuto.com
• Overstockedcars.com
• Autobytel.com
• CarsDirect.com
Calculators: You can find a simple one at www.autoloan.com or a more sophisticated series of calculators at Bankrate.com
Online car loans: Here is arguably the oldest car loan site on the Web; this site specializes in bad credit car loans, and our last site specializes in car loans for people with really bad credit.
By region, we can point out the exceptional bad credit car loan operations run by Mr. Ed in Arizona and Pierre Money Mart in Washington state. We can also note this site for car loans in Texas and this site for auto loans in California.
In our research we've also found this car loan credit site, this site for poor credit car loans and this site that lives up to its name -- car loans made easy dot com.