Thanks for all of your advice. Although it may sound like it, I am not a completely incompetent car owner. I did all the work on my jeep, but working on the Isuzu is a whole different story. Is it me or are these things really complicated? I obviously can't rebuild an auto tranny and althoug I probably could have swapped the old for a new, I don't have the equipment to do it where I am living now. Anyways, I know that no car has an actual life expectancy, but here is the question-If my number one priority now is to have a truck that will basically give me absolutely no problems or at least close to it, should I keep the rodeo or start looking at Toyotas? I really like the rodeo but as I have said, spent to much to keep it alive.