The car trouble turned out to be a relatively minor thing: the right rear tire flapped itself apart at city street speed yesterday. Not only is this a lucky break vs. front end work or tranny work, but it was a lucky break that the tire didn't self destruct at 65 MPH on the freeway. I mean, my hubby was in the car, and I wouldn't want anything catastrophic to happen to him. ^_^;;

Too bad the nearest tire store is Firestone. ^_^;;;