There is a slight misconception when it comes to bad credit consumer's wanting to buy a vehicle. Just because a person that is looking to purchase a vehicle has bad credit that does not automatically exclude them from the buying process. There is a way to go and it is working with bad credit car dealers. Bad credit car dealers are really starting to pop up just about in every local area that you can think of. So there should not be a problem finding one, the confusion comes from knowing just what you will be able to do when you find one.
Keep in mind that there are different levels of bad credit that dealers have to work with. So I recommend figuring out how bad your credit situation is. This will put you in a better mind set once you know exact where your credit state stands and it gives you a sense of confidence as well.
More then likely the bad credit car buyers will be looking to get into a used vehicle. So if you checked out your credit or have been to dealerships without a chance to get into a vehicle, it might be due to some items like repossessions and bankruptcies on your report. But you don't have to give up hope just yet, you may want to turn your search around to look into used car lot with in house financing.
Doing a specific search like this will get you in contact with dealers that do their own financing. So this means some on of the rules and restrictions that you were used to while working with traditional lenders will be non existent or not as strict.