u/GrassChoice9241

▲ 2 r/Stress

Small issue that's turning bigger and bigger

Hello so I'm here to vent my frustrations and stress because sharing may make it better. Basically a few weeks ago I bought a new car with the plans of selling my old car to clear myself from finance to release some financial pressure (and the fact I could buy a new better and faster car and own it outright) for context I live in the UK and I thought that I'd be happy however it's been 2 weeks since I bought this car and my old car and this car have caused me nothing but grief my old car still hasn't been sold 2 weeks on as I haven't got my log book and now the MOT and Tax have run out on it and I've just learnt today that tax has a penalty if you don't pay it before it runs out, I don't live at my postal address so have had to wait for my mum to send me my V5 even though I said I'd drive home (a 4 hour drive) to get it so I have it but she for some reason said no which has really put me in a bind, and now I have to take it for an MOT to tax it just so I can sell it and it's going to cost me alot of money, with my new car a week after buying it someone crashed into me on a round about causing minor damage and then just after I was caught speeding (presumably because I was angry) which I do admit was my fault but now I'm financially fucked for the rest of the month which I don't actually know what to do about, I want to go home for my sister's birthday but don't think I'll be able to afford to and I don't know when I'll be able to get rid of my stupid old car that just needs to be gone now and I honestly wish I never started buying a new car, it's been nothing but grief. And now I'm stressed over something that shouldn't have meant anything and it's irritating it's the most financial stress I've ever felt because I'm good at money but things out of my control have started eating away at my money and I don't know how to cope honestly.

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u/GrassChoice9241 — 6 days ago