Why is a car repossession so much worse than regular unsecured credit cards debt and charge-off?

May 22, 2011

repossession

when the car is actually a secured loan.
what is the logic behind it that’s so much worse than regular debt unpaid?

if someone’s credit is already shot, say 600, how much damage can repo do?

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