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Get Cora back on the road: my taxi repair fund
Cora drives for a living in Leicester, and a broken radiator and cooling system has stopped all income for 12 weeks.
🇬🇧 Leicester, England, United Kingdom1,252 views
I make my living with my taxi. 12 weeks ago the radiator and cooling system failed, and the mechanic says the repair will cost $1,250. 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 younger brothers and sisters. Before the breakdown I worked ten hours a day, six days a week. I have been offered extra shifts for the next three months if I can just get the vehicle working.
I have a written estimate from a certified mechanic and will upload it here.
All money will go toward the parts and labor on the estimate, with a small amount for road tax and insurance renewal.
Where the $1,250 goes:
• Labor charges: $135
• radiator and cooling system replacement (parts): $1,000
• Towing and inspection: $115
I hope life is good to you.
- Cora
Updates from Cora
Wanted to say thank you properly. 2% funded and I met with the mechanic and confirmed the amounts.
Good news. Because of your gifts ($10 in total) the plan for labor charges is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
- Hossain Shafiq Haque 🇮🇳 · $78
- Francisco Tiago Costa 🇧🇷 · $10
“Keep your head up. Saw your post and had to give. - Belo Horizonte”
- Konstantina Mavridis 🇬🇷 · $10
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Wishing you peace, Cora. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I'll check back for the next update. All the best.
You're not alone. Looking forward to the next update. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Take care
Hope you get there. My neighbor in Los Angeles donated after I showed her your page. Blessings.
Thanks for sharing this, Cora. Hope this works out for you
Thinking of you, Cora. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.
is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Cora
The list at the bottom is the whole picture. labor charges is the biggest at $135. Thanks for looking so closely.
Thanks for sharing this. I'd happily buy from you once you're back up. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Take care.
Take care, Cora. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend
good luck. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Thinking of Leicester.
Best of luck, Cora. It takes guts to ask. Well done!
You're not alone, Cora. Hope you get there. I have a 13 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Love from Los Angeles.
Thinking of you and your family, Cora. Hope you make a strong comeback. Put this on a community board in Austin this morning.
Hope the shop reopens soon. God bless!
take care. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Put this on a community board in Warsaw this morning. Thinking of Leicester.