My old truck's transmission gave out on the highway near Tucson last Tuesday.

I was stuck for three hours waiting for a tow, just watching the sunset and realizing how much I rely on things I never think about. Anyone else have a breakdown that made you stop and see things differently?

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kimr746h ago

Count your blessings it wasn't Phoenix in July... that sun doesn't play around.

violaramirez8h ago

Wait, did you mean the transmission gave out or was it something else? I only ask because my uncle's a mechanic in Phoenix and he says people mix up transmission failure with torque converter problems all the time lol. That feeling of being stuck though, that's real. Makes you notice every single car that zooms by while you're just sitting there. Hope you got a decent tow truck driver at least.

evakelly7h ago

So your uncle's a mechanic, @violaramirez, what's the actual fix cost difference between those two problems?