Nicole helps: get a car repaired with no money

By Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Updated September 6 2017 - 10:49am, first published 12:50am

Hi Nicole, I am a single woman aged 53 and due to some health issues, I earn very little as a cleaner working two days a week. I make enough to live on but only have $60 spare dollars each week. I'm lucky - my parents left me their house when they died so I have no accommodation issues or costs. The problem is I have virtually nothing in savings - and the Holy Sh*t fund you talk about is non-existent. I'm writing to you because the mechanic tells me my car is about to need a new gearbox and it's going to cost $1000 for a second hand one. I just don't know what to do. I need it to get to work. - Debra, Wollongong

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