So, the fox asked me to go get tacos. At midnight, of course, because that's when tacos are most craved. I caved in and agreed to go - if I could take his car.

Pull out of the lot, and have someone on my ass so I try to get up to speed... and suddenly, it's as if I dropped into neutral. I coast up onto the side of the road right as it opens a turn lane, and try to put it in park... only to receive a horribly loud grinding noise. Okay, no park. Drop into Neutral and put on the e-brake, and turn off the car.

So, had to call a tow just after midnight because I went on a *taco run* - just my luck.

So, what we're looking at is either an $800 axle repair job.. or a $3000 repair/transmission replacement.
We don't know what yet, but with the incredible noise from the engine and the fact I can't even get it to go in reverse, my bet is on "catastrophic transmission failure."

Good bye, savings. It was nice dreaming about what to do with you. ;-;