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Autumn needs my school-run minibus repaired to get back to work in Los Angeles
Autumn's my school-run minibus is Autumn's only source of income and needs a transmission replacement costing $1,400.
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I make my living with my school-run minibus. 4 weeks ago the transmission failed, and the mechanic says the repair will cost $1,400. Without the vehicle I earn nothing.
I have been borrowing from friends to pay rent, and now I have run out of people to ask.
I support my family of five. Before the breakdown I worked ten hours a day, six days a week. I have been offered extra shifts for the next six months if I can just get the vehicle working.
I have a written estimate from a certified mechanic and will upload it here.
I'll pay the mechanic directly and show you the repaired vehicle in an update.
Where the $1,400 goes:
• transmission replacement (parts): $900
• Towing and inspection: $145
• Road tax and insurance renewal: $355
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Updates from Autumn
Update from Los Angeles: I met with the mechanic and confirmed the amounts. We're at 59% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Weston H. Schneider 🇳🇿 · $250
“Good luck. Only $250 but hope it helps. - Hamilton”
- Jayanthi J. Nair 🇮🇳 · $250
- Kiran Afshan Malik 🇵🇰 · $100
- Charmaine S. Domingo 🇵🇭 · $100
“Hope it all works out. Only $100 but hope it helps. - Taguig”
- Ángel S. Vega 🇦🇷 · $100
- Isaac Daniel Popoola 🇳🇬 · $75
“Blessings. Thought of Autumn all day after reading this. - Kano”
- Jose Ocampo 🇵🇭 · $67.50
- Ben Klaus Maier 🇩🇪 · $55.50
- Fajar Hendra Wijaya 🇮🇩 · $50
- Milon Masud Uddin 🇮🇳 · $50
- Chloe P. Martinez 🇺🇸 · $50
- Michael Wiredu 🇬🇭 · $50
- Mary Grace F. Velasco 🇵🇭 · $50
“Thought of Autumn all day after reading this. - Mandaue”
- Haruka Goto 🇯🇵 · $50
- Serkan Mert Yavuz 🇹🇷 · $45
“Hope it all works out. Thought of Autumn all day after reading this. - Istanbul”
- Efe Jumoke Aliyu 🇳🇬 · $33
- Yodchai Nattapong Intharat 🇹🇭 · $30
- Stephanie D. Mitchell 🇺🇸 · $30
- Gabriel Lefèvre 🇫🇷 · $27.50
- Arianna A. Russell 🇺🇸 · $25
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You're not alone, Autumn. This could happen to any of us. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.
Sending love. Hope you make a strong comeback. It's not much but it's yours
Hope things get better soon. Hope the shop reopens soon. My father had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. All the best.
Small businesses are the heart of Los Angeles. Hope you're open again soon. I went through something like this 14 years ago and strangers helped me out. Thinking of Los Angeles
Hope you make a strong comeback. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Take care.
Thinking of you and your family. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Thinking of Los Angeles