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Q50 Struggles

Y’all if I might be so bold to ask, I need some advice. Any input would be helpful at this point.

A little while ago back in November, I bought my first car, a 2019 Infiniti Q50 Luxe. Ever since I bought it, it’s given me nothing but issues. Let’s go down the line of what has gone wrong thus far. First, I got a flat tire (Rear driver side) but luckily the tires are run flat, so I could get it back home. Once I got new rear tires, my rear bumper cover flew off on the highway and I still haven’t been able to replace it yet. Next a few months later, I was driving in the rain and my front tires lost traction around a corner so I went straight into a curb, smashing my upper and lower oil pan as well as my oil pump while on my way to get Dunkin for breakfast (I never got dunkin that day). My Q50 sat for about 3 months while I got new parts and started to fix her, so once I did, I took her out to autozone to grab coolant for my buddy and on the way back my alternator died. So I got a new battery just to be able to move her and when I turned her on with the new battery, boom. Rod knock. So I started to disassemble the engine to do a rebuild and I accidentally snap one of my camshafts in the process which is where my Q50 currently sits. My biggest restricting factor is money considering I only make $2k per month and I still have to live, you know? I just don’t know what to do. I really don’t want to sell the car especially since even if I do, I still have to pay the loan off regardless so I might as well keep it at that point. For the time being, I am putting that project on hold and I bought a 2004 Monte Carlo SS that I am going to shift focus onto and make it road legal.

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Honestly, it all sounds like normal maintenance issues up until the rod knock. Are you sure that’s what it was?

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