LOL, sounds like that 1984 Ford Escort I bought out of desperation...the timing belt went in the middle of the Callahan Tunnel at rush hour...
Engine destroyed. New engine cost more than I paid for the car.
When I tried to call one of those “We pay cash to take your car away” guys, he said the Escort was a “throw away car”.
What a nightmare.
My worst experience was long ago—dating a super hot young women when my water pump failed in the middle of rush hour traffic.
She was plus p(*&ed—and I was toast.