rebate questions
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rebate questions
I'm about to purchase a '05 rx8 mt tomorrow and I had a few questions which I was hoping I could get a definitive answer for. I tried searching but I'm not really confident in the answers I found.
1. Can I use the ford college student $500 rebate on the 8 or not?
2. Can I use the zoom-zoom $500 rebate after I've purchased the car? (I'm going to an event NEXT week)
3. The $1000 MAC rebate. Is it really worth it, considering the interest I end up paying, even if I pay off the loan as soon as possible? My dealer is saying $7000 minimum loan and I can pay it off after the 6th month. But it seems like the interest I pay for borrowing 7K is > $1000? I'm not really sure how to calculate this..
1. Can I use the ford college student $500 rebate on the 8 or not?
2. Can I use the zoom-zoom $500 rebate after I've purchased the car? (I'm going to an event NEXT week)
3. The $1000 MAC rebate. Is it really worth it, considering the interest I end up paying, even if I pay off the loan as soon as possible? My dealer is saying $7000 minimum loan and I can pay it off after the 6th month. But it seems like the interest I pay for borrowing 7K is > $1000? I'm not really sure how to calculate this..
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2. No. you need the coupon before you buy, as far as I know. Considering this was a week ago, I assume you have it now ;-)
3. Yes, it's worth it. You can also pay if off after the first month. They try to tell you that you have to wait, but on the documents I signed, it stated clearly there are no pre-payment penalties. Others I know have paid off in the first month with no consequences (aside from a lower interest rate). Here's an amortization calculator, http://ray.met.fsu.edu/cgi-bin/amortize . In your case, $7k at 9% (a typical MAC loan rate) on a 60 month loan, runs about $350 in interest after 6 months. I really think he's blow smoke by saying you have to wait 6 months though.
Good luck..
3. Yes, it's worth it. You can also pay if off after the first month. They try to tell you that you have to wait, but on the documents I signed, it stated clearly there are no pre-payment penalties. Others I know have paid off in the first month with no consequences (aside from a lower interest rate). Here's an amortization calculator, http://ray.met.fsu.edu/cgi-bin/amortize . In your case, $7k at 9% (a typical MAC loan rate) on a 60 month loan, runs about $350 in interest after 6 months. I really think he's blow smoke by saying you have to wait 6 months though.
Good luck..
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