First of all thanks for your reply. I don't take any offense from what you said ;) The 12-13k that she is paying is around blue book price for the honda civic ex 97 with all the options like this one so I guess she thought that was ok that they raised the price up. 8990 was really low for this car when looking at blue book. But she also did not have a mechanic look at it. She just wanted to buy a car as soon as possible. Also her credit is bad. Most dealerships were offering her financing around 18-19% so this 17% was a little lower in comparison. She tried to get a loan through her bank and a few others but was denied. I didn't think it was the greatest deal but she really couldn't find many places that would finance her. They want the car back anyways so if it's such a bad deal I guess she can give it back :P