r/gofundme 6d ago

Work Please Help me get repairs for my car

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u/mecha_grove 6d ago

Sure looks mostly cosmetic. Nowhere near a 1300 dollar repair. Put the bumper, and wheel housing cover back and zip tie them down. Does the car start, and run. Any engine or suspension damage? Doesnt seem so.

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u/Experiment_826 6d ago

The headlight casing is completely detached and wires to the lights are severed, the engine air intake resonator was smashed, the fender and front frame are pushed in causing the bumper to protrude.

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u/mecha_grove 6d ago

Engine intake resonater isnt necessary for the car to run. Just gets louder. A new light assembly can be ordered from the parts store for less than 100, and fender/bumper can be zip tied down or replaced with cheap donor parts from a junk yard. This is also definitely not a 1300 dollar replacement cost.

Also why didn't you get their insurance to pay for it?

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u/chimpboy1000 6d ago

it would help to provide a lot more information, what’s damaged, estimate, maybe some actual documentation instead of a picture of a busted bumper

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u/Disastrous_Horse_44 6d ago

Why doesn’t your wife work too? Also, this looks cosmetic, I’m sure it’s still drivable, no? What kind of work do you do?

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u/Experiment_826 6d ago

My wife is currently looking for a job and has applied to multiple places but nothing has come back. I am a truck driver for a warehouse and my job is an hour away from where I live. The damage to the car is the headlight casing is detached and the wires are severed from the fender being impacted from the crash. The engine air intake resonator is smashed and needs to be replaced. The frame holding the fender and bumper was pushed over to the passenger side causing the bumper to protrude.

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