wrote:I can't afford to see any score besides the one I can see for free. My score is 655. It is only bad because I had lots of 90+ day late payments on credit cards. I have never had a missed or late car payment. All car payments have been paid in full. No repos. Nothing. currently I'm trying to built up my credit only to get a car loan. I am working to pay off credit card debts. but I was wondering how different is the auto score? Do they really look at my good car payment history? As mentioned above, Fico industry option scores (such as Auto) use their Classic (base) Fico score as a starting point. Then the industry specific "overlay" is applied. The overlay adjusts score up to +/- 50 points. In the majority of profiles with an open installment loan in good standing, the overlay adds points - particularly on Fico 8 and Fico 9. The overlays used with older Fico 98 and Fico 04 algorithms view elevated utilization and increased accounts with balances more harshly. As a result, the likelihood of a negative impact on score is greater than with the newer Fico models. The Auto industry overlay looks for an open Auto loan specifically although any type of open loan helps. So, your Auto loan will boost score but, it can't overcome a low base score., Re: How different is auto score? @JoeRockhead wrote: FICO Auto scores are generated by first calculating your traditional FICO scores, then adjusting the calculation on specific Auto loan risks and history. Auto 8 and Auto 9 are generally very similar (but not the same) to Fico 8, whereas Auto 5, 4, 2 can be significantly different (lower)., What is in my Fico 2 Score I have an credit monitoring service that give me FICO scores. My FICO 2 is 100+ points lower than all the others. When I click on that score to get more info all the service tells me about my FICO 2 Score Factors is Serious Delinquency, Short account history, Bad payment history, and loan balances..