I leave town and the next day the wife calls me saying the car broke down at the side of the road. "It revs way up but doesn't move more than 20mph" Uh oh. I had that 'someone kicked me in the balls' feeling.
Of course with me out of town, and her needing a car, there was nothing to do but tow it to a shop. The local GM dealer was the only shop that had a tranny guy in on a Saturday. Of course, once the car was towed there, they couldn't duplicate the problem, but they did notice a "whirring noise" coming from the tranny.
The only option was to remove the tranny, open it up and look for damage. It would cost $800 just to do that. Well when the opened it up they found the final drive bearing had failed along with a bunch of other parts. The car has just over 100,000 KMs on it. That tranny didn't last long!
Final bill....just a hair under $3000.00 but they did throw in a hand wash and vacuum out the interior! WOOHOO They also tried to sell my wife some new tires.... No thanks, I can't afford them now.
Damn....
Jay S