January 11, 2007
No longer a factor
So one of my plans when I pay off the Capital One Gold Card, is to turn my attention, and debt snowball, towards the next highest debt. Right now that position is just about tied by my Toyota Car Loan and one of my Williams and Fudge Student Loan.
My original game plan was to pay off the car loan next, that way I could drop my insurance and save an extra $60-$75 a month. But after talking it over w/a friend, that may not be the best thing to do.
I thought after 3-4 years the car wouldn't get anything back in case of an accident. But she told me I should look @ the blue book value for the car 1 year older than mine to now. If I pay off the loan by next year, it'll be the same amount of time. B/c it's a Toyota, which holds it's value, I may still get a few thousand.
Unless that is what I save when I reduce my insurance, doubtful I'm guessing it'll be about $720-$900 ($65/$75 times 12) then I should keep it fully insured till it the blue book value is less than what I can save on my own.
Makes sense.
The student loan isn't racking up interest, it's just a total amount due that I'm paying monthly, but I thought I can make a bigger dent paying off the car then rolling over all the monies + the $263 car payment to the student loan vs. rolling over $100 from the loan to the car.
*shrug*
It's not a huge deal, as they'll both be paid off, but I'm just fishing for ideas. Any pros/cons to paying either off first? Are @ this point are they both equal?
The major pro point is the psychological boost I'll get from paying off the car first, 1 less debt. Other than that, I gots nothing.
What do you think?
4:13 PM in Auto Loan, Capital One Gold, Daily Jabber, Loans, Student Loans
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