by chance did you ever do a Transmission service on it?
New ATF fluid / New Filter?

Also were you BAJA'n it off road or in a farm field when it blew?

( lol )

real quick, what all did you have serviced on it? a 200/month bill seems pretty steep.

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Nope, nope, and no. Got it when I was 18, before I knew anything about cars. Don't think I ever checked the fluid, maybe that had something to do with it. I dunno. I got really deep into fixing my own stuff with that car... the $200/month was a lot of piddly small stuff, alternator, starter, front struts, CV axles, steering parts, brakes, tires, etc... never had that much stuff go wrong with a car at one time. Probably would have had to max out a couple credit cards if I didn't pick up some car repair skills along the way.