Sorry not much of an aibu more of a wwyd, and also hoping someone who knows about cars can offer advice.
my car has developed a major fault that need a specialist repair (automatic transmission) the only garage I can find who are able to offer this kind of repair is is 200 miles away. I don’t think the car would make it there without being transported. Repair is likely to cost anything between 800-2000 depending on what they find. I still have 3000 outstanding finance on the car and the extended warranty I paid for has now expired.
The issue is complicated by the fact that the car has some quite severe damage to the bodywork as a result of a slight accident with my own garden wall 😬 it would also cost 1000+ to fix and I was resigned to just driving it into the ground with the damage unfixed, it also has around 90,000 miles on it so all in all it’s definitely worth less than the outstanding finance even without the transmission issues but I was hoping it would last the next 18 months so the finance was at least paid off.
I’m so stressed about it all as I can’t work without my car (self employed) I have no idea what to do for the best. I also feel like a complete failure as this was the car I bought after separating from my husband and it was a massive step for me, now it’s all gone wrong and I’m finding it hard to keep things in perspective and not just spiral into anxiety depression about it. Especially as I’m still having to drive the car for work everyday and it’s getting worse and worse, i know it’s just going to pack in any day now.
I could really do with some suggestions for the best thing to do in this situation.