For sure, we're definitely on the same page. The car ran great until about July or August. Then, the battery goes out and it desperately needs an oil change so there went 175 we didn't have. Then, the alternator (fancy that, twinsies!) goes out and the brakes need replacing and the rotars need to be rotated and the passenger window motor needs replacing, but we barely have enough money for the alternator so we go ahead with that, 325 we barely had. And now this. I mean, I get it's an old car (a 1996 model) but it hasn't been driven like it's a race car or a demolition derby car...

Oh well, crap happens to all of us. I just wish I wasn't sick, so I could go to work and just break out my frustration on unloading a truck or two and then feel like I'm making forward progress. But, I'm coughing so much I can barely speak.