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X-ray your auto contracts
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Elak - X-ray your auto contracts

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Elak X-rays your whole car loan packet — contract, GAP, warranty, every add-on — into a clean, one-page cheat sheet. Basically the negotiation cheat sheet a car expert would hand you, in your pocket. Checks your APR and fees against real market data, prices out every add-on, flags what's cancellable for money back, calls out anything unusual, and lists questions to ask — pulled from your contract and checked against real data.

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Hey, I'm Austin. Between my own deals and my friends', I've been through a lot of auto financing — commercial, simple auto, etc. — and I've seen contracts go wrong, or just never really get explained, more times than I can count. Most people think a $20,000+ auto contract is straightforward. It isn't. There's more in there than almost anyone reads or fully understands, whether you're about to sign or already paying it off. So I built Elak for this. One thing I want to say: this isn't about going against dealerships or car sellers. It's about people actually understanding their own contract, and having a negotiation cheat sheet in hand, without paying a lot of money to a car expert to get it. I'm honestly not sure how many people in this community have ever financed a car, but if you have, I'd really love to hear from you. And even if you haven't, any feedback on the idea itself, or the writing, means a lot.