T.N.A.C.C.B.P.P. EQ360

"In most cases, wouldn’t the prudent thing to do would be to buy & pay to install a warrantied rebuilt transmission? Versus paying to rebuild one?"

Well, prudence seldom enters the lives of many people....but regardless, whether it's a shop rebuild or a big-rebuilder rebuild, it costs money which people don't have. So the car sits.

I'm not the model of good financial sense by any means...I have some expensive car and other hobby habits. But I've lived within my means my whole life. I don't borrow money (for anything other than buying my first house), I don't spend money I don't have, and I recognize the concept of saving for a rainy day and all that. When I see a 50 year old who's spent his/her whole life living paycheck to paycheck....I don't feel a bit sorry for him/her. I have a number of acquaintances in that boat, and to a one they are also the same people who have spent untold thousands on alcohol, cigs, the party life, the new truck with nav and chrome interior accents, etc. I know it's popular to say, 'Oh, you don't know their story! Maybe they had cancer and lost everything! Maybe they faced demons!" Blah blah blah. The truth is I DO know their story and it's nothing to be sympathetic towards. Partying and stupid decisions. That's their story. No transmission for you! lol