fuck fuck fuck fuck

[joflasher]

Transmission place just called. Said the tranmission fluid was full of metal and a rebuild would cost around $1400. Keep in mind that the Wagon is blue booked around $1000 right now and has a trade in at a dealership of less than $500. FUCK!

How in the world did I miss this? I mean, yeah, she's been acting weird since I parked her but before that, she was pretty good. Maybe a little louder than normal down shifting but not hideous. ARRRGGGHHH!

So now do I skip the rebuild and try to find a use one to put in? Attempt the rebuild myself? Do I even remember how to remove a transmission from its casing? Or do I follow my stepdad's advice and run her till she blows up and then get a new car like I should have done 3 years ago?

It'd be easier if I didn't anthropomorphize my car. Then I wouldn't feel guilty for thinking about abandoning her. I mean, I LIKE the Wagon. I know her quirks. So what if she can't get past 70 on a hill?

*sigh*
advice, please?

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[plymouth.livejournal.com]

I recently (a year ago) spent $1400 to get the engine replaced with a used engine on ecco90. That exceeded the price I paid to *buy* Ecco 4 years previous (I have now had Ecco 5 years). Ecco is now blue-booked at about $800 (I don't know precisely what the value was when the engine was done, but it couldn't have been too much more). Ecco had 174K miles on the odometer, now has 216K. I want Ecco to live forever. I know this isn't probably very realistic, but... I figure as long as I have the money to do it I will. I justified doing this at the time by asking myslef - "for $1400 could I buy another car that is in a good a shape as Ecco will be after the new engine is put in?" I was pretty sure the answer was no. Since then I have put in a new power steering pump, rack, waterpump, 4 new tires, full tune-up (and due for another one), front brakes, halfshafts, timing belt... and I figure this still all adds up to less than car payments would be and now I *know* when all of the stuff has been replaced. I also did a bunch of it myself with lifetime warantees. Sure, every once in a while I get some new-car-lust for something that would not require maintenance as often... but is there a new car out there that I would love as much as Ecco? Absolutely not!!