Clunk Clunk Clunk

Do you hear that? It's the sound of the transmission in my piece of junk Explorer making funny noises.

Rumble Rumble Rumble

Do you hear that? It's the sound of the engine in my piece of junk Explorer idling rough and making the whole car shake whenever we're at a stop.

Gasp Gasp Gasp

Do you hear that? It's the sound of D and I hearing the quote to fix said piece of junk Explorer.

$4,000

Value of said piece of junk Explorer (that we just paid off in full last March)?

$7,000

Crap.

Now we're forced to get a new car...and delve back into the world of car payments. We FINALLY get our feet under ourselves financially and are starting to make a dent in other debt, and this happens.

Oh, and D's 1994 truck is about on it's last wheel too - so we're potentially looking at two car payments in the very near future.

Blah......