If you're the kind of person who likes misery then you'll love this post!  Our string of good fortune seems to have come screaming to a halt.  It would appear that Joni's head gasket has gone...again.  It's not the end of the world, but it certainly adds a little bit of uncertainty to our plans.  I know that the gasket is gone, if I squeeze the coolant feet hose I can see bubbles come out around the gasket, which is never good!  They are still looking at it so we won't get a final verdict until tomorrow, but his preliminary estimate is about a grand which will definately hurt.  I'm more worried about him bieng wrong.  If you don't know much about cars, the head gasket is nothing more then a piece of heavy rubber or dense cardboard that seperates the head from the block (the head houses the spark plugs and injectors, and the block houses the pistons).  If the gasket doesn't provide the seal it's supposed to the anti-freeze won't be able to cool properly, not to mention decreased pressure in the cylinder and loss of perfomance/gas mileage.  The not cooling properly is what worried me though, if the engine overheats (which we had no indication of) then it can warp or even worse, crack.  This may render the motor useless, and to replace this will run upwards of $3K, and the car is only worth that.  So you can see why I'm less then enthusiastic today.  Hopefully tomorrow will bring good news, but I wouldn't be surprised if it brought worse!  At least my car will get here tomorrow, that'll be a good stress reliever.