Our "new" car

[catnapper]

I can't help but pessimistic... the car used to belong to my nephew. My nephew is a professional mechanic who builds cars from scratch or tears them apart to turn them into something cool like on that one show where they steal your car. He gave up on it for some reason, and knowing my nephew, its because he just couldn't keep up twith the repairs. Hubby is not remembering the time and money his nephew already put into it. I am rembering the trouble he had with it.

So call me pessimistic. Call me cheap. We dont have the money for necessities half the time, but somehow we're gonna repair a junker?!?! All I can say is the kids want it, and hubby's deal is they have to pay for it. He's been putting his foot down this summer thanks to his short-fused Blood Pressure problem. So maybe they will actually fork over the cash to repair it!

We'll find a junk yard for parts. Personally, I'd like to eave the car behind at the junkyard! If they need a car so bad, then let me borrow $5000 for one from a reliable second-hand dealership. The payments would be do-able each month and they'd have a decent car that doesn't always need something. Remember, we know NOTHING about car repair and would rely on our friend's good heart to put in whatever parts we get. My nephew has already stated he doesn't ever want ot even LOOK at the car ever again.

[Vela]

Well that information about your nephew already working on it a lot was something we didn't know before so that sheds a bit more light on the situtation. I didn't call you cheap =P Without knowing the whole scenario then it makes a difference. Definitely try to find a salvage yard and DEFINITELY have the kids pay for the parts etc. if they want it. Hopefully it will work out but if it turns out to be too much trouble, do let them know the option is there for the salvage yard to come get it for 50 bucks or so and then maybe you can all work out arrangements for a different car down the road.


I didn't know anything about cars before I messed around with them either, so as long as the parts aren't very expensive, maybe they could at the very least have fun trying to work on it.