# 2000 car repair bill...mom is freaking out **URL:** \ **Category:** Lounge\ **Created:** [February 16, 2026, 11:47pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/2000-car-repair-bill-mom-is-freaking-out/2944 "2026-02-16T23:47:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jukebox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@jukebox](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/jukebox)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 11:47pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/2000-car-repair-bill-mom-is-freaking-out/2944/1 "2026-02-16T23:47:25Z")
she is going to check with a mechanic first and then get back to me…valve job, power steering leak, oil pan leak and rear brakes maybe more don’t know….anyways…I told my mom I am so very sorry and she doesn’t believe me..how do I show her I care? it’s awful me costing my mom so much money and I feel really bad. ---
**Author:** ![FreeLunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/freelunch/32/1001_2.png) [@FreeLunch](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/FreeLunch)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 11:48pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/2000-car-repair-bill-mom-is-freaking-out/2944/2 "2026-02-16T23:48:41Z")
What are your alternatives to her helping you? If there are none, it’s not your fault. I mean did you mistreat the vehicle? ---
**Author:** ![jukebox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@jukebox](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/jukebox)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 12:04am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/2000-car-repair-bill-mom-is-freaking-out/2944/3 "2026-02-17T00:04:14Z")
@FreeLunch oh no…i am a very good driver…I never punch it or accelerate very fast or anything…it’s a 2004…just an old car I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Schizbro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/schizbro/32/15631_2.png) [@Schizbro](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Schizbro)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 12:08am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/2000-car-repair-bill-mom-is-freaking-out/2944/4 "2026-02-17T00:08:19Z")
Tell mom you love her and youre very sorry about the bill but you need a car. ---
**Author:** ![jukebox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@jukebox](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/jukebox)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 1:07am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/2000-car-repair-bill-mom-is-freaking-out/2944/5 "2026-02-17T01:07:26Z")
yes, I told her it tears me up and I am so very sorry….she didn’t believe me at first until I said don’t fix the car but the valve job if she wanted…she’s still checking with the other mechanic. ---
**Author:** ![shutterbug](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/shutterbug/32/900_2.png) [@shutterbug](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/shutterbug)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/2000-car-repair-bill-mom-is-freaking-out/2944/6 "2026-02-17T02:00:40Z")
> [@jukebox](#): > > I told my mom I am so very sorry and she doesn’t believe me.. The car is over two decades old so what was she expecting? By the time a car reaches that age you damn near have to jack up the rad cap and put a new vehicle under it. Of course it’s expensive. ---
**Author:** ![jukebox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@jukebox](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/jukebox)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 2:02am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/2000-car-repair-bill-mom-is-freaking-out/2944/7 "2026-02-17T02:02:59Z")
I didn’t dare tell her but that’s right…it’s just an old car. ---
**Author:** ![77nick77](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/77nick77/32/147_2.png) [@77nick77](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/77nick77)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 2:11am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/2000-car-repair-bill-mom-is-freaking-out/2944/8 "2026-02-17T02:11:38Z")
Ask her for a newer car. Tell her if she pays for it you’ll work it off somehow or do her or her friends favors or work for the friends. If she is open to that I’m sure she wouldn’t make you pay the entire purchase price, maybe just 1/3 or 1/2. I know she’s doing you a great favor by paying for repairs but explain it’s an old car and it will need more and more money for repairs and she could save money by buying you a 2018 or a 2020 car. That $2000 you’re asking for is a lot and it is a 1/4 or a 1/3 of the cost of buying a newer car. Instead of going to Italy the money could go toward a newer car or even forget about the new guitar and the money for that could go towards a newer car too. ---
**Author:** ![Schizbro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/schizbro/32/15631_2.png) [@Schizbro](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Schizbro)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 2:32am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/2000-car-repair-bill-mom-is-freaking-out/2944/9 "2026-02-17T02:32:54Z")
Yes he has an old car that will need more repairs, but at the same time you can’t just ask someone to buy you a car even if you tell them you wont ask for other things they might buy you. ---
**Author:** ![77nick77](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/77nick77/32/147_2.png) [@77nick77](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/77nick77)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 2:34am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/2000-car-repair-bill-mom-is-freaking-out/2944/10 "2026-02-17T02:34:09Z")
> [@Schizbro](#): > > but at the same time you can’t just ask someone to buy you a car even if you tell them you wont ask for other things they might buy you. It depends on how you ask it. ---
**Author:** ![Schizbro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/schizbro/32/15631_2.png) [@Schizbro](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Schizbro)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 2:38am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/2000-car-repair-bill-mom-is-freaking-out/2944/11 "2026-02-17T02:38:50Z")
Sure. If he thinks he can get a newer car just by asking he should. ---
**Author:** ![shutterbug](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/shutterbug/32/900_2.png) [@shutterbug](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/shutterbug)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 3:00am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/2000-car-repair-bill-mom-is-freaking-out/2944/12 "2026-02-17T03:00:19Z")
If I was a wealthy retiree with a disabled older child, I would buy them a new vehicle with a warranty. In the case of my daughter, she is nearly 25 and works full-time. I bought her last car while she was in uni. If she is expecting another freeb, good luck with that. Bad enough she is currently occupying my man cave (I don’t hold the housing shortage against her). ---
**Author:** ![Qwerty](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/qwerty/32/10_2.png) [@Qwerty](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Qwerty)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 4:20am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/2000-car-repair-bill-mom-is-freaking-out/2944/13 "2026-02-17T04:20:28Z")
Sorry @jukebox Cars are so expensive. ---
**Author:** ![jukebox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@jukebox](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/jukebox)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 8:31am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/2000-car-repair-bill-mom-is-freaking-out/2944/14 "2026-02-17T08:31:34Z")
thanks everyone…the old car will just be like new after repairs I’m hoping just about everything that can go wrong, went wrong…I could never ask my mom for a new car…just can’t. ---
**Author:** ![Fisherman1992](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/fisherman1992/32/8077_2.png) [@Fisherman1992](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Fisherman1992)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 12:37pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/2000-car-repair-bill-mom-is-freaking-out/2944/15 "2026-02-17T12:37:59Z")
A 2004 for a car is old My suggestion IF POSSIBLE is get a newer one Idk and its not my business how much its worth BUT for a car that’s a good life you know what I mean I hear A LOT of anti FORD memes and pro dodge memes Idk my mom owns a Ford and it seems to work well other than oil changes we’ve only needed fuel to make it operate ---
**Author:** ![jukebox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@jukebox](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/jukebox)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/2000-car-repair-bill-mom-is-freaking-out/2944/16 "2026-02-17T16:18:38Z")
well the total is 2,500 not 2,000…sheesh…mom is just a gem. She is mad but I hope she gets over it…we said we would pay her back if my wife gets her disability from a hearing in two weeks…she seemed comforted by that. ---
**Author:** ![Loke](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/loke/32/304_2.png) [@Loke](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Loke)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/2000-car-repair-bill-mom-is-freaking-out/2944/17 "2026-02-18T20:26:59Z")
What does your credit look like? Maybe you can finance a newish car. ---
**Author:** ![2Waynez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/2waynez/32/176_2.png) [@2Waynez](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/2Waynez)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/2000-car-repair-bill-mom-is-freaking-out/2944/18 "2026-02-19T20:39:59Z")
I drive cars till they’re dilapidated and explode. Drive that car untill the repairs are so much that you’re forced to buy a new car. That’s what I do. Good things ---
**Author:** ![Lilyofthevalley](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/lilyofthevalley/32/52_2.png) [@Lilyofthevalley](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Lilyofthevalley)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/2000-car-repair-bill-mom-is-freaking-out/2944/19 "2026-02-20T18:10:03Z")
Did you come up with a backup plan that doesn’t involve your mom? You should every time you need money. Your mom won’t live forever. You’ll have to stand on your own 2 feet in the near future. I’ve received help too. But I never ask for it and I always have a plan of what I’ll do in each situation. ---
**Author:** ![jukebox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@jukebox](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/jukebox)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 8:08pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/2000-car-repair-bill-mom-is-freaking-out/2944/20 "2026-02-20T20:08:31Z")
she is leaving me an inheritance worth many thousands when she dies… [Next page](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/2000-car-repair-bill-mom-is-freaking-out/2944.md?page=2)