I got into an accident a few months ago, which wasn’t my fault. The guys insurance paid for a rental for me for about a month. Since then I haven’t had a car until a friend talked me into buying a salvaged vehicle, I believe he was tired of driving me around looking at cars, so I bought a Gmc because I didn’t want to be without transportation any more. The car had writing on the windshield that says runs good and cold AC, which was a must. My last cars AC didn’t work and the summers where I live stay around 108 + every day and nights don’t cool off either. It’s like the desert here. In fact it’s the second sunnyest city in America. I don’t do well in the heat. Also they cleared the codes so there wasn’t a check engine light until the next day, of course. Then I find out that the car has to get a brake and light check a smog check a VIN number check by CHP and the registration. I paid the registration fees and found out that the brake and light check automatically fails due to the blinker switch not working, I got that fixed, then I find out the heater doesn’t work but that got fixed. So the car wound not pass smog because the check engine light is on and it needs a new cataletic converter. So it needs the cat. Converter, an o2 sensor, a tire, the AC fixed and I still need to pay the chp, the mechanic the smog check and brake and light checked. And after clearing the codes after the repairs they want me to drive it a couple drive cycles through which is about 100 to 200 miles, twice possibly and fill the tank before I try the smog again. The gas alone is going to cost a fortune because it’s a big SUV. I really should have listened to my intuition and gut feeling but I felt a bit pressured at the time. So now I’m not knowing how I’m going to get all that done because I’m living on SSDI and I’m very low income and I’m also trying to move out of this apartment into a small house. I feel very stuck. So if anybody knows where I’m coming from and can afford to donate to my cause it would be greatly appreciated from the bottom of my heart. Thank you
