the other day i took my dodge to the garage and a few hours later.. they gave me this report:

Severe leaks ... notice it says "leaks" and not "a leak" (transmission fluid)
gear shift is rough/slow response.

in normal english i'm told that its leaking in 3 places.. the main leak is where the engine meets the transmission. and also there is a smell of burnt fluid.. and that there is a damn good chance that the gears have been damaged.

so i was given two options..
get a new tranny which will cost me about $2,600 (total cost)

or spend $900 to rebuild the tranny.. but no garuntees.

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right now i'm a student in college and i'm already in debt (about 3,000)

1. should i just get it rebuilt, and then sell the car and buy another car (something more dependable)

2. save up money or somehow borrow money to get a new tranny.

i'm afraid that if i do spend all that money for a brand new tranny.. i don't know what other problems that car will have.

its a 1996 Stratus ES - 122,221 miles right now.

the last 3 dodges we had all died around 125,000 miles.