I never thought I'd become a divorce statistic, but here I am.

At first, I was grateful that we weren't separating on the ugliest of terms - there was no cheating or anything like that, it's just that every decision became shrouded in a passive-aggressive dance–the usual communication breakdown.

But then. For the divorce proceedings, he lawyered up with a shockingly expensive firm and tried to squeeze every penny out of me! I, slack-jawed and in tears, sat across from a blank-eyed version of him, while his expensive suit rattled off everything about me that did not look good on paper.

I hired the best lawyer I could find and drained my bank account to set things right.

So, single in my 40's, listening to the records my ex-husband hated at full volume in my new, smaller living room, I'm happy, but broke. Very broke.

Living on a single income with rent and divorce-related bills still piling up sent me into a panic. Looking around at all my assets (half as much as before), there was still one shining beacon of hope: my sweet little car, Eleanor. I'd bought her two years ago, and she was still in the top 5 of every reliable car list out there.

When looking at forums on how to sell a car, tears in my eyes, I found a second option; refinancing my loans with a company like RateGenius. If you have good credit, you can refinance as soon as a year out of obtaining your car.

I went onto their website and found it incredibly easy to navigate. I filled out a basic pre-qualification questionnaire about myself (name, address, how long I had my car for), and was informed that because this questionnaire was only a pre-qualification, I would have zero impact on my credit score.

Within minutes I was pre-qualified, and took me to a rate table to show me potential options. Impressed with what was being offered, I went ahead and finished the full application which only took minutes. It didn't take me very long to get assigned with a representative Jenny, who held my hand throughout the entire process.

Because my car was very important to me, I asked her multiple questions with a lot of details, and Jenny patiently and kindly explained everything back to me. She told me first and foremost that I wouldn't be in danger of paying RateGenius a large fee: the company negotiate with lenders to lower my rates or lower the amount of time I was paying, and the RateGenius' small fee would be built into my payments - if they couldn't find me a cheaper rate, they wouldn't charge me, so there was no risk.

According to RateGenius, the average savings per month is $76 per car - all I can say is that mine was higher than average! I was shocked that this wasn't common knowledge, that refinancing is that easy.

With RateGenius, I'd be seeing more money in my bank account every month while making zero lifestyle changes, at a time where nearly everything else in my life was in flux. Eleanor would stay mine, and I'd get to pay less for her every month while belting to the classic rock station at full volume.

RateGenius made it incredibly easy for me to refinance my auto loans - I had to become an expert on divorce law recently, but with RateGenius, all I had to do was enter my info, thankfully.

Update: Fill out the pre-qualification form within a minutewith zero impact on your credit score to see if you qualify for lower rates!