I need a bit of help
so here is a very cropped picture of my car being towed away to not horribly doxx myself. But Friday morning, the engine blew as I was on my way to class, and I had to call a friend to pick me up (luckily we made it into lab before our teacher arrived).
basically, whats wrong with the goblin, is that the people who owned the car before me left the engine starved for oil, the mechanic said he could tell they didn’t keep up on oil changes, and that they didn’t top off the oil as often as they should have. The mechanic said this issue was started way before I got the car, and there was nothing I could have done to prevent it because it can be a hard thing to catch and because the year of driving I did on it was not enough to damage much. The mechanic said if I wasn’t on top of oil levels, that the engine should have blown a LOT earlier which is scary to think about. A connecting rod bearing in the engine was worn down and broke, failed, whatever you want to call it, and that blew the engine. I need a whole new engine and possibly (likely) a new turbo as well(I have a fear the turbo may be shot as I did have to try to power through my broken engine just to get myself into a parking lot I could keep the car in for a few hours). My father has found a guy to buy a new engine from, and somewhere to get it fixed.
so I am currently stuck driving my fathers truck. But I can’t keep the truck too long, because dad’s borrowing a car from my grandparents in the meantime. My parents are willing to chip in to help me either get repairs or get a new car, the mechanic who currently has it says he is interested in buying it as a project car if I decide I want to scrap my beloved Gobby. We are just waiting, tomorrow (August third) I will update with whatever info I have, my father is checking to see how much the mechanic is willing to buy it for, and I may accept his offer depending on how much it is. But regardless I still have to help pay for either repairs or for getting a new car. My parents can’t cover all the costs, and I don’t have any extra money to help chip in. I will keep everyone updated on whether or not I am getting Goblin fixed up, or if I’m scrapping it and getting a new one (there was ONE nice mini nearby I liked but god it was like 8.5k that is not my first option for a car) but either way, I hate to ask, but I will need some help.
I am very attached to my car, as shown by my previous posts, and car shopping around here is BAD, and the decently priced ones in the area always have a myriad of issues. Fixing my car looks like the better solution, after hours of scrolling through cars through marketplace and a handful of other local websites while crying, fixing dear Gobby might be my best bet.
I hate the thought of asking for money, but I’ve made a gofundme, I will link here. (Yes I have the location set to Utah. I don’t live in Utah and don’t want to doxx myself. Please be nice)
Hi! I’m Cam. Friday the 29th, on my way to class, my Mini Cooper Engine blew while … Cam M needs your support for Help Cam Repair or Replace
I do have the goal set for 2k, but honestly anything helps. Don’t donate if you don’t have the ability to, just help spread and share the post. I’ll update this post with information and my decisions, and the updates on the status of my car or possible car shopping.
So it looks like unfortunately (unless I get some extreme stroke of luck) my car, the Green Goblin, is getting scrapped. Itll likely cost more than it’s worth for it to be fully repaired. Mechanic came back with more info, the engine going out damaged a lot more than we originally thought, though, ironically the turbo seems to be fine. The mechanic who had it until my dad picked it up was willing to buy for a couple hundred, but my father has a friend who works at a scrap yard that can buy it for a bit more.
Still I’m very upset with the loss of my car, especially since I couldn’t have stopped it, and being far too emotionally attached to the thing. I have some cars I am looking at, some within the price range, some just outside the price range. So if I can get any help at all through the gofundme, that would be great and would help out so much. I’ve still got probably a couple weeks before I’ll actually have a new car of my own, since we have to sell Gobby and wait until I can look at and test drive cars around my hectic schedule.
so anyway, please reblog and share, tag if you’d like, if you don’t have the means to donate, please don’t. I just hope that maybe if I can get an extra couple hundred dollars it can make car shopping easier. I’ll continue to update with information as I get it, thanks!
so far I’ve gotten 100$! Thank you so much to whoemever sent that, it really helps out a lot. Thanks to everyone who’s reblogged the post. I’m looking at cars and looking at other potential repairs, but this is a little slow moving as I don’t have a whole lot of free time to dedicate to car related issues. I will keep this post qued so hopefully more people see it and can reblog and share. Thank you guys so much!