[L]Was fixing car today until property manager told me to stop... had to mandatorily wrap up all the things while raining.
This is my first time doing some major car repair, ideally wanted to replace most of the parts on the suspension system, the year of the car is 2001 which is very old, parts are with all the grease and dirt, rust... I wanted to do some replacements, bought all the tools I need but ran into a lot of unexpected problems/diffculties...
Had to wrap up with broken parts (car landed safely from jack stands) because of property rules. I didn't realize how strict the property regulations were regarding emergency roadside fixes, and now I'm just incredibly stressed and stuck with no other options...
I was laying on the bed with grease and dirt I brought to it until I cannot bear it anymore... If I take it to auto shop it will be very expensive. Imagine buy a car for $1000 and quote from auto shop is about $2000...
I've been asking my friend to help me, and they have already helped me to achieve some progress, but also a lot of times they are not available. I think it's fair because I'm not paying them labor, I just said I can buy them a great meal afterwards. But it feels so helpless to fix car in this kind of situation. I mean, I'm familiar with computer things, including building or software related troubleshoot, but I guess I don't have much experience on automobile repair.
Posted Jun 5, 2026, 5:00 AM UTC