Such great info on this thread! Thanks, everyone!

I realized yesterday that the stress of this project has gotten to me. My shoulder was pinched and painful for several days and I was not enjoying my days, which have been really lovely; all of my crape myrtle trees are beautiful and golden right now - late fall color. It seems lots of people are taking time off because there is traffic everywhere I go. So I'm taking a break from the car shopping and researching.

And I tell you, now I see why so many people just buy a new car! What a hassle this is. Incidentally, as soon as I decided to take a break my shoulder relaxed and the pain went away.

But if anyone has more advice or helpful tips, please feel free to share even if I'm on break from the shopping and research. This is all really interesting stuff.