Well, I thought this tranny just needed a new tranny, but it seems that my car needs more repairs than it cost to buy the thing, so I'm trashing the lemon. I don't have much money, so I'm getting a 1999 Chevy Lumina with 96,000 miles for 2K. I had an independent mechanic look at it and he says it's in excellent condition, so I guess I'm going to pull the trigger. I wish I could afford a bit better car, though. Oh well, beggars can't be choosers.

Z

I was kind of thinking that when you were describing the problem with your old car. At some point you just have to say "All I need is something to get me reliably from point A to point B." I don't know much about the car you purchased, but it sounds like a good price for a car under 100K miles on it. I hope this one works out well for you.
Hugs,
Marsha

Cars are such a pain, I've longed for a new one for years but never been able to afford one. Over the last 10 years or so we have bought two cars, a total spend of about 300 british pounds, the one we have now we bought so we good get away on holiday 3 years ago and it's still going strong, we can even fit both the boys comfortably in the back ( C my eldest at 15 is nearly 6 foot tall, and M is chasing hard to be as tall). We've been really lucky wit our cheap cars, they may not look great but they get job done, hope yours does too Zoe.

Tara

lots of youtubes about getting very nice cars for just a few hundred dollars by looking around.
shame so many have gone to the crushers too.