Urgent help needed...what's the solution??

MissShoes

As you can see on my 'Ding...there goes the bulb' diary thread, my car broke today. It will be fixed by Wednesday and will cost £600:eek: :mad: :eek: :mad: :eek: . I don't have it! I'm grasping at straws here and would appreciate any suggestions. I get paid in 3 weeks time. I MUST have the car for 2nd/3rd jobs but can walk to 9-5.

Any advice/suggestions gratefully received. Can't ask family before that's suggested as they're unable to help.

Thanks in advance Debt Free Wannabes....

barshamhillbilly

What is the garage like - will they let you pay at a later date or in a couple of installments?

Its just a thought but my car cost £375 and its still running great after 2 years and passed the MOT fine.

Do you need that particular car or would a cheaper alternative see you through for the time being. ?

Sorry - other than that I am not sure what else to suggest.

Good Luck
BHB

RAS

Anything you can car-boot this weekend?

Contact your local credit union?

MissShoes

barshamhillbilly wrote: »

What is the garage like - will they let you pay at a later date or in a couple of installments?

Its just a thought but my car cost £375 and its still running great after 2 years and passed the MOT fine.

Do you need that particular car or would a cheaper alternative see you through for the time being. ?

Sorry - other than that I am not sure what else to suggest.

Good Luck
BHB

Hi Barshamhillbilly. It's a 2k car so worth doing otherwise I'll have lost everything. I'm constantly being told by mechanics that it was a great find (good make, low mileage, in great nic) and this is the first thing I've had to do for it- apart from parking tickets pre LBM!

Thanks for your help though:beer:

MissShoes

RAS wrote: »

Anything you can car-boot this weekend?

Contact your local credit union?

Can't carboot with no car lol but nothing that I can carboot that would raise anything like that much. I'm not sure about credit union- what is that and how does it work? SOrry for being dim.

barshamhillbilly

I'm not sure the credit union would loan the money without having saved with them for a while, but worth a ring I guess.

Tashja

I haven't read any of your other posts before - sorry - but I was wnondering if ou could get an advance on your wages ???

T xx

skintandscared_2

Worth asking the garage if you can pay in instalments or give them post-dated cheques. If there is a car-boot sale near you (I think might most have stopped for the winter by now though?) have you got anything you can sell? Or ebay? When I had to find the money for renewing mine and my OH's passports, I got all the loose change in the house, from every drawer and pot, and managed to get together just under £150!!!

*edit* sorry - posted before you said you can't do a car boot (although you could do it with a friend, using their car?)

Jenny2008

Does your insurance not cover it? Or do you have to pay for the repairs and then claim back? Or did you not want to go through your insurance because of higher premiums?

This is awful, but I giggled girlishly with the bloke in the garage doing my car service and he gave me the MOT free. :rolleyes: Maybe you could try the giggling thing while asking to pay in installments?

Overdraft? Anything left on credit cards to use?

MissShoes

Jenny2008 wrote: »

Does your insurance not cover it? Or do you have to pay for the repairs and then claim back? Or did you not want to go through your insurance because of higher premiums?

This is awful, but I giggled girlishly with the bloke in the garage doing my car service and he gave me the MOT free. :rolleyes: Maybe you could try the giggling thing while asking to pay in installments?

Overdraft? Anything left on credit cards to use?

I hadn't thought of claiming on the insurance- I thought that was just for accidents? I am fully comp though?

Piquant_2

I know you don't want to lose the car, but if worst comes to worst, would the garage part exchange it for something else?

Sorry not much help...

Piq