Hurt your credit and pride. Also it hurts your relationship with the bank. Try hard to make your payments and get back on track. You can't do anything without credit, so build it back up.
Yes, there is no difference. A repossession is a repossession.
Yes
A repossession is a repossession, no matter if it is voluntary or not. Your credit will be ruined for 7 years.
Yes, but perhaps not as adversely as an involuntary repossession.
It hurts it very badly.
No. And neither does the repo man!
A Lot.
It depends on how your father's death, the repossession, and the cosigners credit are corelated.
7 years.
A repossession will significantly lower your credit score, regardless of the balance. It will take around 7 years before the repossession is removed from the credit report.
NO. They can't take what you don't have.
Of course the best way to avoid repossession is to stay current with your payments. If that is not possible, don't just ignore it. Call you bank or loan company and explain the problem. Quite often you can reach an agreement that will forestall repossession.