Would love some advice - looking to buy out my car, it’ll cost about $14k. Should I - take out a car loan (rates are at ~6-7% from what they told me), put it on my credit card and pay it down little by little (I can prob pay it off little by little within 4-5 months), or just use my savings?

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If you aren’t going to blow your rainy day fund or adversely impact competing goals just use your savings and avoid the interest. If it’s going to wipe you out then bite the bullet and take a loan. Why would you use your credit card? It’s not like 20% interest is better than the 7% you’d pay on a loan.

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Alternately EY1 makes a good point that you could get the points on your card, but really do not carry the balance of it defeats the purpose.

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There are 18 month interest free cards with free balance transfers. Get one of those and pay it off in 5, 10, 15 or however many months you want

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Put it on a credit card where you get points or cash back or some other incentive, but either pay in full or overpay monthly to avoid the high interest rates, or use savings to pay off the card up front.

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Try to get a credit card offer with interest free period of 6 months. Many offer it. Then put it on that card, you get to make points and also you are not charged interest for 6 months. If you can pay it down within that time frame then you really just got yourself a good deal.

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Damn you can casually just put 14k with the swipe of a CC lol? I mean I’m sure it’s possible with like Amex black or something??

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Also possible on capital one. Make sure you are updating your salary and paying off your credit card, and they will give you more credit

If planning on paying over time just compare interest rates and go with the lowest. If your going to pay in full compare credit cards with the most value for points and payoff in full when the statement comes.

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Lookup the interest rates on getting a loan against your savings via CD

Find a handful of credit unions in your area and find out what their interests rates are. Where I live, the spread between "typical" loan rates (6-7%) and credit union rates (3-4%) is enough to have me in the process of applying for a credit union loan.

And, points, it must be said are legally worthless, but in practice have a value of 1-3 cents on the point. So, assuming they charge you no fees to pay with credit card (I've seen 3-5% commonly) even paying the CC in two months at 20%+ interest rates will destroy the benefit of points.

If it is with Zero interest credit card , that should be a good deal. But take a look at one other aspect which is of you go with a loan. you’ll have a paid card loan in your history for future big purchases. That too with interest<$500.

Also prices will slide downside for any kind of purchase you make now. You’ll get a better car in $14K If you can wait few more months.

My car loan was 0% interest. What is your interest rate on your car loan???

When did you sign the loan? Best I could get was in 3.9% this pst weekend

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