I can feel your pain, I got quote ~$7000 for BMW, $5000 for a trans shop to put a used one in, or about $4000 for them to rebuild the one I had. That was unacceptable for any of the above choices. After I get it all back together I should be under my $250CAD budget all said and done.

It has, however, been in my garage for a while now, but I've been busy working, and not had time to work on it. I project about 8 hours of my labour to get it back on the road, I cant wait, driving my Land Rover has about reached its fun limit.... It's nice, but it certainly is no X5.