HACKS TO PAY OFF YOUR CAR LOAN EARLY! Kevin Hunter The Homework Guy
🚗 Pay Off your Car Loan Faster
"So, maybe you took out a loan term on your latest car purchase that was longer than it should have been, or maybe you feel trapped in the car you have because you STILL owe too much on it. YOU CAN’T trade it with taking a financial bath, right? And you would love to know how to get out from under that monkey on your back sooner. Kevin Hunter The Homework Guy helps you save money on new cars and used cars and get better car loans and avoid car dealer scams!
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1. Round Up Every Payment
👉 Instead of paying $412.73 a month, round it up to $425 or $450. Those extra bucks go directly to your principal. It adds up faster than you might think!
Example: On a $30,000 loan at 7% interest, rounding up by just $40 saves you nearly a year of payments. That’s huge!
The dealer wants you dragging this out, BUT, you don’t want to give them the satisfaction.
2. Make Biweekly Payments
👉 This one is especially beautiful because it doesn’t involve spending a ton more more than you’re already spending. Cut your monthly payment in half and pay it every two weeks, instead of once a month. This also works on Mortgages by the way.
That means you’ll make 26 half-payments which will = 13 full payments per year.
Congratulations, you just snuck in an extra payment every year without even feeling it.
This is one of the sneakiest but smartest ways to chip time off a loan. It also works wonders because you’re sending in a half payment mid month before the interest gets calculated. That money goes straight to the principal balance.
Send Every Bonus / Tax Refund to Your Loan
👉 Got a tax refund? Side hustle money? Annual bonus? Don’t blow it on gadgets, or find some other way to spend it— drop it on your car loan principal.
Even one or two lump-sum payments a year can shave many months of interest off your loan.
4. Always Pay Toward Principal each month (Not Just the Next Month’s payment)
👉 When you make extra payments, specify to the bank that it goes toward principal only.
Otherwise, the bank may just push your due date forward and keep raking in interest.
Call them, write it on the check, or select “apply to principal” if paying online.
5. Cut Your Loan Term Down
👉 If you financed for 72 or 84 months (yikes), longer than you should have anyway, recalculate your payments for a shorter term, and make it your mission to treat it like a 48-month loan instead.
Pay the monthly amount a 4-year loan would cost, even if you signed for 6 or 7 years.
That’s how you beat the system — by using their longer-term payment but paying like a pro.
The beauty of the longer loan term is that there cannot be a prepayment penalty. ALL of your extra payment goes straight to principal!