Car loans after bankruptcy or repossession
Chapter 7, Chapter 13 and repossession paperwork, and how financing works at this store.
Marketing Director | Bud Clary Auto Group
Dustin Schuler
Dustin Schuler runs marketing for Bud Clary Auto Group. He's worked on his own cars since high school, where he earned college credits and worked toward an ASE certification, and he still does his own wrenching.
- 10 yearsAt Bud Clary, Ford stores included
- AYES and NATEFCertifications from his high school years
- Turbo-dieselHis favorite car, an Audi A6 TDI he maintains himself
- 1 key fobThe single job he has handed to another mechanic
About Dustin
Dustin is Marketing Director for Bud Clary Auto Group and has been with the company for 10 years. In that time his work has covered all eleven makes the family-run group sells, from Ford and Chevrolet to Subaru, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, Volkswagen, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram.
A Mercedes-Benz 240D taught him to drive a manual, and he was a car kid long before that. He left high school with a certificate of work readiness and certifications through AYES and NATEF, having earned college credits toward an ASE certification along the way.
Wrenching is still his hobby, whatever the machine. The current lineup is a Chevy Silverado 1500 with a mid-travel suspension, a Nissan 370Z he uses for drifting, and his favorite, an all-wheel-drive Audi A6 TDI on a large single turbo. That diesel is approaching 200,000 miles, its turbo has been upgraded and replaced three times, and every bit of the work was his. Only one job on his cars has ever gone to another mechanic, and it was programming a key fob.
When he writes for a dealership, the test is simple: would a friend who asked him the same question get the same answer?
Why Dustin writes for Bud Clary Ford of Moses Lake
Bud Clary added this Ford store in 2012, bringing Ford and Honda to Moses Lake at the same time, and from 1140 South Pioneer Way it serves a broad piece of Central Washington: Ephrata, Quincy and Othello close to home, with Wenatchee, Yakima and the Tri-Cities farther out.
Diesel upkeep is familiar ground for Dustin, whose favorite car is a turbo-diesel he keeps running himself. His Power Stroke guide for this store sticks to Ford's own schedule and warranty guide, then adds what is particular to Moses Lake: harvest dust on farm roads, trailers headed west on I-90 toward Vantage, dry grass under a hot exhaust during filter cleaning, and red-dyed farm diesel that belongs in the tractor rather than the truck.
His financing guide here is for Grant County buyers coming back from a bankruptcy or a repossession. It separates a Chapter 7 discharge from a Chapter 13 case that is still open, explains the Eastern District of Washington's notice process for new debt during a plan, and lists the paperwork lenders ask about. Each claim links to U.S. Courts, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the FTC or Washington law, so a reader can check it before driving in.
Pages Dustin wrote for Bud Clary Ford of Moses Lake
Both carry his byline and cite their sources.
Power Stroke diesel service
Ford's 6.7L maintenance schedule, DEF, exhaust filter cleaning and farm-fuel cautions.