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Debt (Summary of Additional Information of Credit facilities) (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Revolving Secured Line of Credit [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Maximum outstanding balance $ 206.3us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumAmountOutstandingDuringPeriod
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
$ 204.7us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumAmountOutstandingDuringPeriod
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
Average outstanding balance 107.9us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAverageOutstandingAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
80.6us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAverageOutstandingAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
Warehouse Facility II [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Maximum outstanding balance 190.0us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumAmountOutstandingDuringPeriod
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= cacc_WarehouseFacilityIIMember
162.6us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumAmountOutstandingDuringPeriod
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= cacc_WarehouseFacilityIIMember
Average outstanding balance 27.7us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAverageOutstandingAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= cacc_WarehouseFacilityIIMember
58.4us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAverageOutstandingAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= cacc_WarehouseFacilityIIMember
Warehouse Facility IV [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Maximum outstanding balance 35.0us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumAmountOutstandingDuringPeriod
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= cacc_WarehouseFacilityIVMember
26.6us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumAmountOutstandingDuringPeriod
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= cacc_WarehouseFacilityIVMember
Average outstanding balance 6.4us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAverageOutstandingAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= cacc_WarehouseFacilityIVMember
15.9us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAverageOutstandingAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= cacc_WarehouseFacilityIVMember
Warehouse Facility V [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Maximum outstanding balance 75.0us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumAmountOutstandingDuringPeriod
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= cacc_WarehouseFacilityVMember
75.0us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumAmountOutstandingDuringPeriod
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= cacc_WarehouseFacilityVMember
Average outstanding balance $ 15.2us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAverageOutstandingAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= cacc_WarehouseFacilityVMember
$ 8.5us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAverageOutstandingAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= cacc_WarehouseFacilityVMember