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EXHIBIT 10.82

                               FOURTH AMENDMENT TO
                     AMENDED AND RESTATED PURCHASE AGREEMENT

      This Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated  Purchase  Agreement dated
as of  November  15,  2000  (the  "Amendment")  is made by and  between  First
Investors  Financial Services,  Inc., a Texas corporation (the "Seller"),  and
F.I.R.C.,  Inc.,  a  Delaware  corporation  ("FIRC").  Capitalized  terms used
herein which are not otherwise  defined shall have the same meaning  herein as
in the Purchase Agreement referred to below.

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

      WHEREAS, the Seller and FIRC are parties to that certain Amended and
Restated Purchase Agreement dated as of October 30, 1996, as amended by that
certain First Amendment to Amended and Restated Purchase Agreement dated as of
January 31, 1997, and as further amended by that certain Second Amendment to
Amended and Restated Purchase Agreement effective as of April 30, 1997, and as
further amended by that certain Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Purchase
Agreement dated as of June 25, 1999 (as amended, the "Purchase Agreement");

      WHEREAS,  the Seller and FIRC desire to amend the Purchase  Agreement as
set forth below;

      NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants herein set forth and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Seller and FIRC
hereby agree as follows:

      1. AMENDMENTS TO PURCHASE AGREEMENT.

            (a) The definition of "Bank Collateral Agent" in Article I of the
Purchase Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to provide as follows:

                  "Bank Collateral Agent" shall mean Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota,
            National Association (f/k/a Norwest Bank Minnesota, National
            Association) and any successor thereto appointed pursuant to Section
            19 of the Security Agreement.

            (b) The definition of "Credit Agreement" in Article I of the
Purchase Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to provide as follows:

                  "Credit Agreement" shall mean that certain Second Amended and
            Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November 15, 2000
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            among FIRC, the Banks as defined therein, and Bank of America, N.A.,
            as agent for the Banks.

            (c) The definition of "Servicer" in Article I of the Purchase
Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to provide as follows:

                  "Servicer" shall mean First Investors Servicing Corporation, a
            Delaware corporation and successor in name to Auto Lenders
            Acceptance Corporation.

            (d) The definition of "Servicing Agreement" in Article I of the
Purchase Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to provide as follows:

                  "Servicing Agreement" shall mean that certain Servicing
            Agreement dated as of June 25, 1999 among FIRC, the Servicer and
            Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as Back-up
            Servicer and Collateral Agent, as amended by that certain First
            Amendment to Servicing Agreement dated as of November 15, 2000, and
            any amendments, modifications, renewals or extensions thereof.

            (e) Clause (xx) of subsection (b) of Section 3.02 of the Purchase
Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to provide as follows:

                  (xx)  MATURITY OF  RECEIVABLES.  Each Receivable shall have an
            original  maturity  of not greater than 66 months.

            (f) Subsection (f) of Section 5.01 of the Purchase Agreement is
hereby amended in its entirety to provide as follows:

                  (f) Prior to the Effective Time with respect to each
            Receivable, the Seller shall cause the following notation to be
            stamped on the face of the retail installment sales contract or
            installment note, as applicable, evidencing such Receivable: "FIRST
            INVESTORS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. HAS SOLD AND ASSIGNED ALL RIGHT,
            TITLE AND INTEREST IN THIS CONTRACT OR NOTE, AS THE CASE MAY BE, TO
            WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL
            AGENT FOR BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. AND OTHERS."

2. AMENDMENT INCLUDED IN REFERENCES. On and after the date on which this
Amendment becomes effective, each reference (a) in the Purchase Agreement to
"this Agreement", "hereunder",
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"herein" or words of like import, or (b) in the Loan Documents (as defined in
the Credit Agreement) to the "Purchase Agreement" shall mean and be a reference
to the Purchase Agreement, as hereby amended.

      3. RATIFICATION OF PURCHASE AGREEMENT. Except as expressly affected by the
provisions set forth herein, the Purchase Agreement, as hereby amended, shall
remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed.

      4. COUNTERPARTS. This Amendment may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but when taken together
shall constitute but one instrument.

      5. EFFECTIVENESS. This Amendment shall become effective contemporaneously
with the effectiveness of that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement of
even date herewith among FIRC, Bank of America, N.A., individually and as agent,
and the other financial institutions parties.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, by their officers duly authorized,
have executed this Amendment as of the date first set forth above.

                                    First Investors Financial Services, Inc.

                                    By: ________________________________________
                                            Bennie H. Duck, Vice President

                                    F.I.R.C., Inc.

                                    By: ________________________________________
                                            Bennie H. Duck, Vice President

                                       3EXHIBIT 10.83

                     FIRST AMENDMENT TO SERVICING AGREEMENT

      This First Amendment to Servicing Agreement dated as of November 15, 2000
(the "Amendment") is made by and among F.I.R.C., Inc., a Delaware corporation,
as borrower (the "Borrower"), Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association
(f/k/a Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association), a national banking
association, as back-up servicer (the "Back-up Servicer") and as collateral
agent (the "Collateral Agent"), and First Investors Servicing Corporation
(successor in name to Auto Lender Acceptance Corporation), a Delaware
corporation, as servicer (the "Servicer"). Capitalized terms used herein which
are not otherwise defined shall have the same meanings herein as in the
Servicing Agreement referred to below.

                             W I T N E S S E T H:

      WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Back-up Servicer, the Collateral Agent and the
Servicer are parties to that certain Servicing Agreement dated as of June 25,
1999 (the "Servicing Agreement"); and

      WHEREAS, in connection with the transactions contemplated by that certain
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November 15, 2000 among
the Borrower, the Banks as defined therein, and Bank of America, N.A., as agent
for the Banks (the "Credit Agreement"), the Borrower, the Back-up Servicer, the
Collateral Agent and the Servicer desire to amend the Servicing Agreement as set
forth below;

      NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants herein set forth and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree
as follows:

      1. AMENDMENTS TO SERVICING AGREEMENT.

            (a) All references in the Servicing Agreement to "Norwest Bank
Minnesota, National Association" in any capacity are hereby amended to refer to
"Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association" in such capacity.

            (b) All references in the Servicing Agreement to "Auto Lenders
Acceptance Corporation" are hereby amended to refer to "First Investors
Servicing Corporation."

            (c) The term "Credit Agreement" as used in the Servicing Agreement
shall mean that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
November 15, 2000 among the Borrower, the Banks as defined therein, and Bank of
America, N.A., as agent for the Banks.
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            (d) Subsection (b) of Section 2.20 of the Servicing Agreement is
hereby amended in its entirety to provide as follows:

                  (c) At all times during the term hereof, the initial Servicer
            shall keep available at its office located at 380 Interstate North
            Parkway, Atlanta, Georgia 30559 (or such other location as to which
            is shall give written notice to the Collateral Agent and the Agent),
            for inspection by the Borrower, the Agent, the Back-up Servicer and
            the Collateral Agent a list of all Receivables being serviced
            hereunder at the time.

      2. AMENDMENT INCLUDED IN REFERENCES. On and after the date on which this
Amendment becomes effective, each reference (a) in the Servicing Agreement to
"this Agreement", "hereunder", "herein" or words of like import, or (b) in the
Loan Documents (as defined in the Credit Agreement) to the "Servicing
Agreement", shall mean and be a reference to the Servicing Agreement, as hereby
amended.

      3. RATIFICATION OF SERVICING AGREEMENT. Except as expressly affected by
the provisions set forth herein, the Servicing Agreement, as hereby amended,
shall remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed.

      4. COUNTERPARTS. This Amendment may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but when taken together
shall constitute but one instrument.

      5. EFFECTIVENESS. This Amendment shall become effective contemporaneously
with the effectiveness of that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement of even date herewith among the Borrower, Bank of America, N.A.,
individually and as agent, and the other financial institutions parties thereto.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, by their officers duly authorized,
have executed this Amendment as of the date first set forth above.

                                    F.I.R.C., Inc., as Borrower

                                    By: ________________________________________
                                            Bennie H. Duck, Vice President

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                                    Wells Fargo Bank (Minnesota), National
                                    Association, as Back-up Servicer

                                    By: ________________________________________
                                    Printed Name: ______________________________
                                    Title: _____________________________________

                                    Wells Fargo Bank (Minnesota), National
                                    Association, as Collateral Agent

                                    By: ________________________________________
                                    Printed Name: ______________________________
                                    Title: _____________________________________

                                    First Investors Servicing Corporation

                                    By: ________________________________________
                                            Bennie H. Duck, Vice President

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