Related Party Transactions - Servicing and Administrative Fees (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018
DriveTime Automotive Group, Inc. \| Servicing and Administrative Fees \| Related Party
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses from transactions with related party	$ 0.5	$ 0.1

Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 850
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39549-107864

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