We're long time BofA customers & we COULD NOT get a loan in December for my VX due to that criteria you found. I just about popped a cork & kind of ranted & raved blah blah blah..to no avail even though our credit is uber high! "No exceptions".

So I went to a much smaller local bank that has branches in the SW (Compass). They didn't have the Isuzu ban, BUT they did have a 7 year old rule.....so I had to get my loan DONE before 1/1/09 or they wouldn't lend on my 2001 VX! AND I had to bring it by for the branch manager to actually "see" in person after the loan was approved. All this for $6k ???? You would have thought I was buying a DB9 or Bugatti Veyron or an Enzo or a Flying Brick or something! "Course $6k would just about cover an oil change on one of these! :bgwp:

Oddly, turns out my loan at THIS branch was THE ONLY car loan they approved in all of 2008! I guess I'm flattered?! Welcome to our strange new freakin' world!