Opinions vary, and there are valid reasons on both sides. But our official, Bitch-tested answer is this: drive that fucker into the ground.

There is absolutely no need to "upgrade" if you do regular maintenance on an older vehicle. It's better for your wallet and the planet. Unless your lifestyle changes, necessitating a very different vehicle than what you have, then we believe in driving cars until they cartoonishly break down on the side of the road, wheels and doors just falling off everywhere.

How To Save Money With Affordable Car Repairs 

You Have the Frugal Right to Repair Your Shit. Or Do You? 

If you cannot help monetarily I super respect that, but I would ask that you please spread my advertising posts around because more eyes means more reach means more potential fund-raising.

Current goal on my Ko-Fi is:

"Well, your vehicle is only worth X dollars. Don't throw N times that into repairs."

Now accepting Ko-Fi donations if anyone wants to help me keep my car running for a few years longer! I get a tax refund in April-ish that should hopefully cover the cost of repairs, but if my alternator is going, then I'm worried that my car won't make it to then. My mum is already on a tight enough budget that she can't help me, same with my brothers. And I don't know who else to turn to for help.

Jawa's Ko-Fi link: https://ko-fi.com/keldae etransfers (for Canadians): PM me for my email! Signal boosts: always appreciated! <3

anyone who chips in literally any amount $1 or above to my gofundme to help me cover my rent and utilities bills gets a one-shot fic for a ship/duo of their choosing, within reason - I do have hard no's including but not limited to starcest, snily, and kittywater so if in doubt, just ask beforehand! safe bets are wolfstar, jegulus, jily, blackinnon, prongsfoot, platonic/familial sirius and reg, etc as well as golden trio ships such as dramione, romione, drarry, hinny, nuna, etc. just send me a screenshot of ur donation and ill get to writing if you cant help out right now absolutely no worries but I am desperate and figured id give this a shot https://gofund.me/58f3766b "Hi, my name is Peter. I have been struggling to stay afloat amid ongoing medical issues, last month I both lost my job and had to bring one of my cats, Cereal, to the emergency vet for expensive treatments/procedures when he got sick (he's better now!), and then this month my car needed multiple repairs. I'm in the process of securing another job, but with everything going on I desperately need help covering my recently overdue rent payment and my overdue utilities. 

I was able to set aside about $500 but am struggling with the rest. I know $2,200 is a lot to ask, so please know I am also actively reaching out to various rental assistance programs and trying to get this figured out, but if anything every little bit helps to make sure I can stay in my home.