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The financial risk for any co-signer is HUGE! Co-signing a loan makes you 100% liable for the debt. If your grandson pays the loan late, or defaults on the debt, those "bad marks" impact your credit equally. The only time a consumer buys a car is when they pay for one with cash. When a consumer obtains a car loan, they are borrowing MONEY that is secured by a car. Big difference! If something happens to that car, the lender still wants their money. This is why financers force borrowers to keep the vehicle fully insured for the term of the loan. They know that most consumers don't understand this concept and think that if the car is repossessed, or wrecked, or stolen, that they no longer have to repay the loan. This is a misconception. Lenders extend a certain amount of money, secured by the vehicle, at a specific interest rate and they want every penny of that money back. This is what you would be agreeing to, should your grandson default on this loan. If a professional lender, who makes his living by extending credit to borrowers, refuses to lend to your grandson because the risk is too high; why is the risk acceptable to you?

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