My dream car needs a new engine!

Hi my name is Elleni,

I’m fundraising as a last result to try and salvage my car.
Unfortunately the engine blew in my 2014 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited leaving me with nothing but a car and insurance payment to keep up with.
I didn’t buy a car for the longest time, I didn’t mind getting by using my work van to go places, besides I had other obligations to take care of at the time so a car was never on my mind, that is unless it was a Jeep Wrangler, I was always telling my friends to let me know when they see a good deal. About a year later my buddy calls and tells me they just got this new Jeep in and it would be perfect for me, I go in and fall in LOVE!!

I’ve loved Jeeps since I was a little girl when I saw one topless with no doors for the first time, as a child I found it so badass! I was offered to only pay what the company bought it for soooooo the jeep came home with me that day!
Life was going good with my new dream car I loved making small upgrades to make it feel for my style! I got this old rusty front bumper that I sanded, primed and spray painted to bring it back to life, you can see it in the photo its good as new! From there I went on to change my lights, back bumper, also some cosmetics like handle inserts. That’s it I was done and pleased with all the work I put into it, thinking about putting a 3” lift and some new tires in the far far future, I was ready to roll for now!

Pandemic happened I lost my job and was doing everything and anything for money, I grew up on constructions sights with my father so I started painting peoples houses, installing wood floors, house cleaning (grew up helping my mom with her old cleaning business) and was doing DoorDash/Uber deliveries to survive and pay my bills. I’ve always had great credit, after losing my job I racked up $5,000 on my credit card and here is where the rat race begins. I went on to start my past career on my own subbing out my time for work doing what I use to for the past 10 years that I had my job, I was 17 when I started there, losing that financial stability was very difficult but they say you have to reach rock bottom sometimes to see your come up. Since then I’ve done nothing but work on myself and my mindset, taught myself about credit, financial literacy, life. I’m dedicated to not be in that kind of situation again

Paypal: paypal.me/ElleniM

Back to the jeep, after losing my job while still being in this rat race my lovely Jeep gets hurt in a ice storm. I was leaving my home that morning and started driving down the hill to the main road, not realizing all the streets were ICE I tried to break and slow down and was just picking up speed as I was going down, I started slamming on the horn beeping so people knew I was coming, I saw the ditch on the other side of the street where I knew I was going to wind up if something didn’t happen, I’m finally at the bottom and pass the crossing street (thankfully there were no cars passing by) I begin to turn the wheel to the left and I was finally at a holt when first my front passenger slams into the curb followed immediately after by the back passenger side slamming into the curb, phewww we made it, I didn’t hit anyone and my car luckily turned in-time to not go up and over the curb, after my steering wheel was no longer straight, it was actually turned to the left now to go straight and it felt funny. I didn’t even go to work, drove home having half my car on the grass and the other half on the street, it was the only way to get anywhere. Needless to say I needed to get all new tires, tire rods, and some other stuff that broke during the accident, I was able to get a “Snap Credit” that paid for my $4,500 worth of damages and allowed me to pay $250 a week until it was paid off.

6 months later my Jeep starts smoking and I pull over to check my engine coolant, oil, and for any leaks, there was a puddle of liquid under the car so I had it towed, and waited for a diagnosis. When I picked up the phone call and they started explaining the situation I got visible chills all over my body (to the point my partner saw and asked if everything was okay) I didn’t expect to need a whole new motor. That day I got it towed to my house and asked some mechanic buddies if they can come take a look, they said it didn’t look good so I got it towed to my trusted mechanic where it was confirmed it needed a new engine, got a quote of $7,500 installed and out the door. The years for my warranty were still good but starting my own business and using my own vehicle I definitely put on a lot of miles so I was over on the miles aspect of my warranty so its no longer active. Thought about selling but I still owe 16k on it and I’d still need a new vehicle.

My hope is that people will read this and just want to help out, maybe others have been in this sticky situations before and now have the means to help,
it’s a little uncomfortable to ask people for help but that’s what a community does and I know there are people out there that are willing so I thank you all in advance! With the knowledge I’ve learned about financial literacy and the struggle of life I would love to hep others not get in these kind of situations and if there are any mentors on here I would gladly listen to any knowledge you have.

Much Love,

Elleni

Thanks so much for reading my story.

Paypal: paypal.me/ElleniM

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