Why?
Why do things keep going wrong?
On my way to a coffee shop this evening, after dropping FeLicia off at work, I noticed a grinding sound when I was braking. I called a friend, descibed the problem, and they said that I probably just needed to replace the brakes. Ok, no problem. A few minutes later, while driving to work, the grinding noise was there not only when I hit the brakes, but when I was driving. I then smell burnt rubber. The aforementioned friend stoppes in to my work and takes a look. The brace arm on the front right wheel has broken, and taken the housing with it. If I'm very lucky (and it certainly doesn't seem like that sort of day) I can just get the housing replaces, and the brace arm welded for a few hundred. If I'm not (more likely), I will have to replace all of it, and maybe even the axel. On a four wheel drive vehicle.
Fuck.
I'm going to go get it checked out as soon as I can. I am very concerned. If I can get it done cheaply, great. But if it's going to be a couple of grand, it's not happening. I will have to buy a different car. Which I ALSO can not afford. Plus, the only type of car I could afford at all would be someone else's POS, which would not put me in a much better situation. I don't know what to do.
I've already dumped a ton of money in to this car in the last year just to get it running. I really hate that I spent well over $1,000 just for 6 months of use. It may just be time to cut my losses. I don't have the money to just keep dumping in to this thing. I'm also worried that if I do buy another car, I'm just going to have issues with that one, and have wasted even more money than I would on this.
I love this jeep. I have been driving it since I was 18, I have put a ton of work in it, and I want it to stay with me. I just don't know if thats possible right now. Keep your fingers crossed that I can fix this for under 500. That would be a blessing right now.
Otherwise, if anyone's selling a reliable car for cheap, please let me know.
Positive thoughts are appretiated.
On my way to a coffee shop this evening, after dropping FeLicia off at work, I noticed a grinding sound when I was braking. I called a friend, descibed the problem, and they said that I probably just needed to replace the brakes. Ok, no problem. A few minutes later, while driving to work, the grinding noise was there not only when I hit the brakes, but when I was driving. I then smell burnt rubber. The aforementioned friend stoppes in to my work and takes a look. The brace arm on the front right wheel has broken, and taken the housing with it. If I'm very lucky (and it certainly doesn't seem like that sort of day) I can just get the housing replaces, and the brace arm welded for a few hundred. If I'm not (more likely), I will have to replace all of it, and maybe even the axel. On a four wheel drive vehicle.
Fuck.
I'm going to go get it checked out as soon as I can. I am very concerned. If I can get it done cheaply, great. But if it's going to be a couple of grand, it's not happening. I will have to buy a different car. Which I ALSO can not afford. Plus, the only type of car I could afford at all would be someone else's POS, which would not put me in a much better situation. I don't know what to do.
I've already dumped a ton of money in to this car in the last year just to get it running. I really hate that I spent well over $1,000 just for 6 months of use. It may just be time to cut my losses. I don't have the money to just keep dumping in to this thing. I'm also worried that if I do buy another car, I'm just going to have issues with that one, and have wasted even more money than I would on this.
I love this jeep. I have been driving it since I was 18, I have put a ton of work in it, and I want it to stay with me. I just don't know if thats possible right now. Keep your fingers crossed that I can fix this for under 500. That would be a blessing right now.
Otherwise, if anyone's selling a reliable car for cheap, please let me know.
Positive thoughts are appretiated.