falls over We actually left atlanta yesterday at noon, and were about to hit the alabama line when a spark plug literally blew up. So, the bad news is we have no vehicle right now....

The good news is that luckily one of our housemate/family has family that was -right- there, so we had a place to stay the night and such.

But I -just- got home a few minutes ago, and I'm really worn out.

Oh no! Yeah, you must be exhausted.

Well, we were only on the road 4 hours today, its just where we stayed doesn't really have internet - not good or plentiful, and I didn't want to impose on our hosts.

I'm very glad to be home though.

Yeah - we pulled off to the side of the highway the minute we hear the pinging - had a few engines blow rods - but its a 14 yr old jeep engine, and its got a lot of miles, so... can't just replace the cylinder

And even a used engine would be almost 3k installed.

So, we need to try and find a 'new' used car that in our budget over the week or so.