OT: Owning too many vehicles is finally taking its toll, Ouch!!!!!! Options

[Dr Evil]

So, our saga begins with me taking the demon 4runner in to get its yearly inspection....this ended with a $350 exhaust system and 2 new ball joints (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) (-$400 about).

Next, the damn Mercedes. I, retardedly, removed the fuel pump from it thinking that there was something wrong with it. After doing so, I find that the pump is fine and the actuating cable has slipped so it was not fully doing it do....feeling really stupid, I put the pump back in. I made sure the splines on the pump and the shaft were not disturbed so that I could easily have it adjusted and be done with it. That was the plan on Wed when my friend called a shop he trusts and had my car towed over to it. Well, I either did something wrong when I put the pump on or it was not correctly adjusted all along because the original quoted job of 2hrs (at $78 per) went to 6 (with authorization for 4) because they needed to statically time it (I have no reason to believe they are lying). It took so long because they were sucking air from the tank due to a leak that developed from an old patch (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) and was leaking fuel all over the floor. Now they need to drain my 1/2 tank....they dont have anything to take it....the guy is gonna see. He said they need to drop the tank and have me get it fixed, I said that I have no more $$ and that the tank stays in and I will have it towed home and do it myself. The guy said they would finish timing it with an external tank so it would be good to go when I get the tank fixed.....and he wont charge me over 6hrs (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) (-$480)

Total spent on vehicles this month = about $880 that I didnt have to spend
Come Sept, I am gonna need some tranny biz to stop the hemorrhage (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Rant off, back to studying (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad2.gif) .......