Since my files are too big to post here, I added an Imgur link to a compilation of what I’ve found and all I spent. its not many pictures but enough to show all that’s happened and what I need to do to make my car safe and fun to drive again like how it was when I bought it from my sister years ago.
I’ve been putting off my maintenance for far too long and that’s due to how daunting it is and how expensive in the short term it is as well. About a year ago, I needed to redo my suspension and other miscellaneous things on my car to make it safe to drive again, and planned on doing it myself. Spent well over a thousand dollars, possibly even more then that, on quality and Honda recommended replacement parts, new tools, and safety gear to make sure it went well and as smoothly as I can manage while working my current night shift at my job while working varying weeks with different hours with alternating off days. Due to my mother interfering and pushing me to take the car to a shop, I ended up without my car for almost 4 days, while worrying about jury duty for a solid week. I got my car back a day early, with an ABS light on and no alignment what so ever. And they charged me and mom, $1300 for incredibly shoddy work, on a job that should’ve cost at minimum $600 or so, and taken at most a day and a half for everything to get done right and to proper specifications in the manual. To add insult to injury, my battery died the day after I got it back before jury selection, and mom used my car again days later and bought new rear tires without me knowing until she texted me that morning. I bought a new battery that day for almost $200, and almost ran out of money since I had to pay my mom back again. All the bills for this work, for the most part, are paid off, but I don’t want to be stuck in this situation again and I don’t want to buy my parts over the course of months like I did previously I need to rebuy all the parts they mounted, because they failed to grease the joints, new used tires from a local shop for $220, and look into getting a new paint job since Honda recalled the paint on my line of cars. There’s plenty of good shops near me but quotes and even the prepping of the panels for new paint will cost at least, by my calculations, $1000 to get it looking like new again. Its a 2006 Civic LX and I plan on selling it later but not with the number of problems it has now. I need to raise at least $5000 for new parts, tools, and possibly labor should I need to take it to a better shop nearby. Thankfully I can do most if not all this work on my own, but I need to build the money and I can’t do that well while feeling so strapped for cash every week. my depression, anxiety and my sleep cycle make this profoundly more difficult and money troubles is the last thing I really want to deal with. I’d rather have a cushion to better protect myself and to not have to rely on my mother who seems intent to think I’m unable to do my own car maintenance. I can fix my car no problem. its building that energy and finding time since I work so late that makes it hard. I’d like to make at least $5000, but any more then that and I can start getting more parts that feel like they’re starting to wear out, and make some preventative repairs to help the engine and other critical components last. And spend the money for a full diagnostic to see if that other shop screwed me even more then I thought and prep for possible legal and malpractice charges against them. My car is my baby, its how I get to work and how I take my mind off things when the going gets rough. This car, as run down as it is, is my life. I’d do anything for it to make sure it lasts a long time. I’m not able to save readily enough or fast enough helping my best friend even eat. Or managing my own subscriptions to keep me safe online and such. Below is my PayPal, If you can help, please send it. Whatever is possible and can be spared, please do what you can.
PayPal: paypal.me/Z0N1C