Well the other option is to scrap an otherwise perfect X? So then I lose completely and have to start all over again and find another set of wheels..and basically just hand over the $ that I paid for it.

So i spend 6K and have a champ to drive! I admit I thought of a lot of ways to get out of the situation, none of them made sense, so it had to be repaired.

Yes it definitely drives like it once did!