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A few months ago Matt and I were talking about selling our family car. We have had it for about 6 1/2 years now and it is 10 years old. Matt noticed that the engine wasn't running as smooth as he would like and some other minor things were wrong with it.

After checking out what we could sell it for and buy a new used one, we decided it wasn't worth it. When the economy is the way it is, we weren't that excited about having a car payment since we haven't had one for about 4 years or so. Matt did some checking into some other options and decided that it would be cheaper to just replace the engine. It took awhile to collect all the different parts to build a new engine but after some time and only about $1200, it was time to get the project started.

Boy, was I nervous when he started unhooking things and pulled the old engine out of my car. What if he wasn't able to get it done in the 2 days he planned to? What if he got everything back together and it didn't work? What if . . . ? The questions kept running through my mind, but in the end all I need to say is, "Ye of little faith." I should know buy know that when Matt has a project he wants to have done, he will throughly do his research, do the job meticiously and enjoy the process.

Well he started the job on a Friday morning and finished by late Saturday evening. The poor guy hardly left the car's side, or should I say front =), all weekend. He was so excited when everything was complete and the car started without a hitch. He did an awesome job! Since the engine has been replaced we learned that our gas mileage is a lot better.

What happened to the old engine Matt took out, you might ask? Well, Matt posted it on Craigslist and someone bought it to put in their car. Bonus!! We even made money on the deal! Now we know we have a great running car without any monthly payments to go along with it.

Thanks honey for doing all the hard work to save us even more money. You're pretty amazing!