<prompt> Human: Hello. I will make this easy and short. Got a car loan 9,000. Bought car for 9,000. Within a month car breaks and needs timing belt etc. Stealership charges me 2,200 to fix it. Within 5 months car says low oil. Just got it checked by 2 mechanics...piston oil ring is toast. The quote to rebuild the motor is 4,000. I have 4500 in savings and I still owe 8,000 on her car. I dont know what I can get for it being the motor is shot. Please help PF, I am super stressed about this. I feel like a failure of a husband. We have a rental for her to get to work for another 3 weeks but that is a not a long term goal obviously. Thanks.Edit I dont need a speech about luxury cars. I live in Germany...BMWs are not luxury cars here. A Honda is a luxury car here and much more expensive to maintain. Again, pretend I bought a Honda when you give me the advice, thank you.  <response>: Look for used engine in a scrapyard. I had the same issue done piston ring. I had 2 possibilities: complete motor rework piston rings, head gasket seal, etc or buying new used engine from scrapyard. I bought a new used one for 100 and labor cost me 120. Now I am just getting used it to working again and will do some more fixes new timing belt, etc in near future.Rebuilding the old one would have cost me more because many parts need to renewed and also its more work. P.S I live in a cheap-ass country in Europe and own a little car. 