Alright, look. I'll be upfront about this as I feel like this is maybe the most cringiest thing I've ever done. I am in a bind of my own making. Yes, there were circumstances at play but I made a series of decisions and missteps that have snowballed into a situation I can't dig myself out of. Normally, I just take the L and hope that eventually I'll get my shit together. But this is Veronica. Odds are pretty good if you're reading this you know what Veronica the Bus means to me. Well...here I am. At the tail end of the pandemic Veronica had an ignition issue I couldn't track down leaving her stationary. Ticketing started up and I didn't notice and couldn't move her because I couldn't get her started. Eventually I was able to get the money together to take her to the shop (it was the ignition itself, it turns out). I new I had tickets, I didn't know how many. I paid my 2024 registration in October with tickets on it and figured that was it. It was not and I had not only accrued a lot more tickets than I thought (16!) they were now on my 2024 registration and up to $2300. Eep. I've been setting about trying to figure out how to raise that when apparently Burbank PD decided they'd waited long enough and towed Veronica. I was able to get them to release her on the condition that I didn't park her on the road, so she's parked at a friend's business for the time being. The problem is twofold. First, it's a business and I don't know how long 'the time being' can be. Right now there isn't a lot going on, but there could be at any moment really. The second is that while I try and raise money, the amount is growing. When I checked last it was $2300. When I checked today trying to find a way to pay some of it down, it's $2600. I can't keep dithering around so I have to publicly embarrass myself or I might lose Veronica forever. Between the fees (total to register her as of this moment is $2694.05. That nickel is probably really important.) and the fact that right before registration expired Veronica decided that so I wouldn't be tempted to drive on expired registration to stick herself in 3rd gear means that to get back on the road is probably @$3000. I set it at just below what I currently owe because it's more feasible I can come up with the rest. At the very least I can pay the registration fees and hopefully be able to park on the street while I sort out everything else. I bought Veronica almost exactly 30 years ago from a pot dealer out of a barn in Vallejo like god intended. Since then she's been an emergency home for me on two different occasions, the vehicle we'd pile in to go into The City or just for some random shenanigans. She's taken me to Victoria British Columbia, up and down the west coast, into Death Valley. Over time she's become a part of who I am. She's worth more than I currently owe, but that would find me in the very cycle she's kept me out of where I buy disposable cars and have to come up with a way to replace them every five years or so when they finally wear out. If you want to make a big donation but would like it back at some point, reach out to me because I want to be realistic about when I can actually do that as I live pretty close to the wire and how I ended up making my series of bad decisions that led me to this. Thanks for taking the time to look at this even if you can't or don't want to help (both totally valid). I'm sorry I'm even asking.
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