Car loan, crap credit.

glvr

wiltsguy wrote: »

can she not scrape anything together?
could a family member lend her the cash?
Do the education authority not provide taxis for kids not on a bus route?

Regrettably, that's a 'no' on all 3.

AndyPix

chip in and do the school run for a few weeks.

She can buy a £20 push bike to get to work on

After first months pay, she can buy a motor for 500 squid

Very Very worst that can happen is the car implodes and she has to buy another for 500 squid the next month.

I biked it to a new job for a year to sort out my finances, then I bought a mondeo for 550 and its sat in the car park outside now a year and a half later
Hasn't missed a trick.

With all the best will in the world, you are going to make her problems worse than you already have by entertaining such stupid ideas as what you are suggesting.

Sorry if sounds harsh. Truth sometimes does

Angry_Bear

AndyPix wrote: »

chip in and do the school run for a few weeks.

She can buy a £20 push bike to get to work on

I was thinking something similar. How far is the school run, how old are her kids and how far does she have to travel to work.
Cycling/walking might be an option, even if not ideal - and freecycle may well offer up a usable bike.

I remember [cure back-in-the-day music] when it was pretty standard for kids to walk 30-45 minutes to school, now it seems like a lot of people won't walk to the end of their road!

Of course, it might not be practical, but worth a thought.

Cap_Hero

You can buy a good enough run around on gumtree/ebay etc for around £1000 if you try. Don't get into more debt is my advice.

No one actually 'needs' a new car, they simply 'want' one, sad imo.