The following advice is based on 2 conclusions that I have gathered from this and other threads, those conclusions being:
- The car is financed.
- Some (maybe a significant portion) of the 10k you already have sunk into the build is financed.
The problem with spending more money to “do it right and be done” is that you could very easily spend another 3k and have it blow up again and be right back here, only 3k deeper. History tends to repeat itself…
If my conclusions are at all true and keeping in mind my little tidbit of gasp logic above, then you need to sell everything and get the fuck out of this situation, dig yourself out of your hole, and try again someday when your life is in the right place and you can afford it.
True story.