R.I.P. old friend.....
In the first iteration of this type of thread, a little under two months ago I reported running over a large piece of mystery junk that fell off the back of someone's pickup while coming home from work (second shift, almost 11 PM); long story short, couldn't avoid it, so went right over it.
One cracked transmission case: three different mechanics refuse to do anything but replace it. The longest estimate for survival was a week or two. I've probably put the total value of the car before the crunch through it in tranny fluid, but it still ran like a top when full.
Then came the stop & go of tonight's commute (gotta love those really anal school bus driver's); pull away from a stop. Suddenly, second gear decided to take over with a bang. Said bang blows a fist size chunk out of the bottom of the transmission case.....
Needless to say, the poor thing is basically done.
While we have members here who have way cooler ride's, I still ask for a moment of silence for my old friend, the one my grandparents bought new in 1997. I bought her from my grandma over 6 years ago, almost doubled the milage, to a final total of 93,148.
The shiny side has been repainted several times; plus all the work that I've been quoted starts with "If we can........" means that she's done.....
The only thing that didn't work was the fuel gauge.
I'm scrambling to get another vehicle running. We'll see how it goes....
Darned kids put the mower where I told them to for once. It is now about 6 inches tall. 
