August 2011 our 1999 minivan died, to replace the engine would cost $2000-$5000.
It was financed; 3 month warranty and we'd had it about a year- all on time payments. Had about 2 years worth of payments left.
We called the finance company. They couldnt help us at all; not even to move a month or 2 of payments to the end of the loan. They were borderline rude about it.
We scraped together $1000 and bought a used van. Alot less nice than the financed one but its actually been working pretty well. We had to spend some money on a rental car for about a month as well.


