So I have a dilemma which is keeping me awake...

I have 1,200.00 left. I have no job. I am collecting unemployment but I have yet to get the money and it most likely won't be available until mid January at the very earliest.

My car needs wheel bearings 817.00 rent is 400.00.

I could fix the car and possibly pay January rent. Then I would have no money for food or gas money or anything for that matter.

I could fix the car, get an additional 300.00 for my security deposit, and move back into my parents house leaving me with about 500.00 in my pocket, plus I would still be collecting unemployment. The problem with this is, they live in the middle of NOWHERE! It would be at least a 3 and a half hour drive to an interview at the very least. Plus I'd have to come up with security all over again and 1st month and probably last month's rent, plus gas to go to and from interviews with. Gas thankfully is cheaper...

Suggestions?

I would take the bus,save the money and get it fixed when you have the money.paying rent,eating more inportent

You have a dilemma keeping YOU awake?



My dilemma is that I just ate a whole bag of skittles and a whole chocolate fudge brownie back to back.

I don't know of any bus routes nearby, it's at least .5 miles to the central road from my development probably a 10 minute walk to the main street of my development maybe longer.

I just moved here fyi, plus if I go your route I have food for 2 months, rent for 2 months but still no job prospect and unemployment may or may not kick in by then and if it doesn't, I am without car, home, and money.

The only thing you can do is find a job to survive or mooch off other's kindness...the first is more noble

go to labor ready. you'll always have a job

Thanks for the tip 20 miles away but then you have to travel again right to the location of the job that they assign you to?

I don't see how I am going to make it 20 miles when my car needs a repair immediately...

go to labor ready. you'll always have a job

no harm in finding out ...they may be able to find something near your home

Go to a junk yard or order the parts for your car and do it yourself. You'll save $600 guaranteed

It's the wheel bearings and they need to be pressed. I don't have equipment like that.

What is the make/model/year of your car?

trade your car for a moped...straight up.

would you be willing to ask your parents for a loan?

that is like selling you sole to the devil. lol

Hahahaha my mom is disabled after sufferring 2 heart attacks in the last 3 years, she's retired, and is currently awaiting SSI.

My dad is dead.

My stepfather is also retired, he collects disability from the military.

Altogether now they have no money.

93 Nissan 240sx LE

seriously go trade that car in on somethin else before you fix it. that way you still got good wheels but didn't have to worry about repair costs.

1989-1997 Nissan 240SX - Beck Arnley Front Wheel Bearing


Our Price: $68.21

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Location: Front
Fit Note: Front.

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It's not the price of the part man, it's the work to put the part in. I don't have the machine necessary to press the wheel bearing together. It's a crucial part of your wheel assembly, mind you, you have to take apart the entire wheel assembly.

http://www.240sxforums.com/forums/s14-240sx-silvia-94-5-98/27298-how-change-front-wheel-bearing.html

I won't be replacing the whole hub because I found a good mechanic so I saved money but the problem is they're ****ing pressed. I can't **** with that no one can unless you have the equipment to do it which means you own a shop. This isn't a simple task.

I agree!!!! fix it yourself....I bet you can even pull up some directions online.
FYI......its not hard!!!!

Do you honestly think I would pay a mechanic if I could do it myself? Nissan 240sx has been my life for the last decade. It was the first car I was ever introduced to, and when I got it inspected *I thought it was the tranny* and I was told it was the wheel bearing and it had to be pressed I knew right then and there I couldn't do it myself. I didn't settle and was like ok here's my money I did some research of what it costs to do this job, a typical mechanic per wheel bearing is 350.00 if he's being nice. It's a ***** of a job and it takes a long time, it has nothing to do with me being mechanically inclined. Trust me, if all I had to do was pay for a part and follow step by step directions for the next month, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WOULD DO!