But -- and I am going off what happened last night -- I have the money, and I have the time, and right now, I have a back-up car.  I don't know what's wrong with the minivan -- well, besides that it's old -- but I have the means and the money to fix whatever is wrong with it.  I will limp it down to The Mechanic Around The Corner, they'll screw me over, I'll pay because I can, and I'll be done with it.

I just have to find the time.  Maybe next week because I don't think mechanics are up to snuff leading up to Christmas.