#next i'm gonna replace the break rotors

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i spent the larger part of four hours today rotating the tires on my car. i got my hands all greasy and covered in car dust and got to use a torque wrench for the first time. i'm so pleased.

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Y'all I need some major help:

I just brought my car in for repairs bc it had been sitting for a year, due to the fact that I couldn't register and insure it after having several health problems in a row and living paycheck to paycheck.

It's not good news.

The entire bottom is rusted, and they cannot replace just the brakes, they have to replace EVERYTHING. To do the extensive repairs needed to get the car perfect, I'm looking at $6-8k. To just get the axles, brakes, and rotors done, and worry about the rest later, it's still gonna be at least $2500. I have 1500 to my name rn but my insurance bill is set to come out of my account by Wednesday.

This is really hard to process. I need my car. I need a car that will last me longer than a year and a half. I have had several cars in my life, all of them used or hand me downs from generous relatives (car values being under 1K, nothing fancy I promise). I am not ready to give up this car, that I have only really had for three days. I can't. I need to get the money to repair it. I'm gonna be saving up as much as I can for the next couple months so I can bring it back in maybe by the end of august, so I can at the very least start the repairs before winter really hits.

Gods I just... I just don't know what to do. This was supposed to be my turnaround point. This was gonna be me getting my freedom and autonomy back, and I was going to plan a road trip to see my best friend after over a year of being away from her. And now, that's all gone. I have nothing to look forward to.

Right now it just needs to drive me five miles a day. Two miles to work, two and a half miles home (one way roads are fun). It cannot break down in any other meaningful way.

I don't even have enough space or craft supplies down here to make stuff to sell. I'm obviously going to do my best with what I've got, but it never feels like enough.

Nyx help me. I'm fried.