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I'm trying to help my daughter steer her finance ship away from the jagged rocks of debt.
Briefly, she obtained a new car by credit last year and is struggling.
She was 19, a part-time student with a part-time job earning approx £800 gross a month, and she was able to walk out with a car worth £15k and a CCA of £17.5k. The repayments are £279 per month. There is no guarantor.
She is single, had lived at that address for three and a half years, and has no credit card or history other than a bank current account and a student loan.
If a previous address was asked for it would have come up as a red flag with CCJs and bad debt (not in her name).
She is now 20, and a student nurse.
All repayments are up to date (just), but she is 15 months away from the minimum figure to go for Voluntary Termination of the contract. How realistic is it to go for the car to be returned due to the finance company being irresponsible?
When she went looking for a car she did have an adult with her, but not one with any sense of financial awareness (sorry if that sounds a bit bitchy but that was the most diplomatic way I could think of).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Briefly, she obtained a new car by credit last year and is struggling.
She was 19, a part-time student with a part-time job earning approx £800 gross a month, and she was able to walk out with a car worth £15k and a CCA of £17.5k. The repayments are £279 per month. There is no guarantor.
She is single, had lived at that address for three and a half years, and has no credit card or history other than a bank current account and a student loan.
If a previous address was asked for it would have come up as a red flag with CCJs and bad debt (not in her name).
She is now 20, and a student nurse.
All repayments are up to date (just), but she is 15 months away from the minimum figure to go for Voluntary Termination of the contract. How realistic is it to go for the car to be returned due to the finance company being irresponsible?
When she went looking for a car she did have an adult with her, but not one with any sense of financial awareness (sorry if that sounds a bit bitchy but that was the most diplomatic way I could think of).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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