Crud... but... at least it'll be reliable for you on the drive out. Think how bad it would have been to drive it in the condition it was in.
If you want, I'll trade you my car payment for your repairs...
Wait until you hear the total. Like I said, I'm not reallly surprised, but it's painful.
It does have well over 100k on it at this point, and I've not exactly done a lot of maintenance. Probably should have had it checked out as soon as we got out here. It's done some odd things even since then - like you may have noticed how it would bounce on turns.