Well, the garage just called

[xiphias]

It's the transmission of our car that went. They need to hand it off to their transmission specialist to figure out exactly WHAT it is that broke. Worst case, of course, is that we'll need an entirely new transmission -- three grand. It could be somewhat less than that, if it's less b0rked.

Lis and I are now wondering whether we should be thinking about replacing rather than reparing the car.

Any opinions, advice, etc? What do y'all know about transmissions?