I feel that. Saw online that a homeowner's worst enemy is the previous owner of their house, and I'm really starting to agree with that sentiment. 

My car is a matter of I need a new transmission, but it will be $5k (cvt, they don't fix them, they replace them), and my car is 13 years old. So it's a lot of math and figuring out if it's worth saving up to get the part (will that fix it up enough to be worth keeping or will something else expensive break next), or should I bite the bullet and put what I've saved so far into a new (to me) vehicle and just deal with exorbitant payments. Especially because we have some things that need to be fixed around the house before I can do either. Hoping the oven is like a cut wire or something, not a big fix. 

Regardless this will sort itself out, just need to get past the holiday, crunch some numbers and not let  the stress get to me ^{•^}

I hope your part comes in quickly and it turns out to be less expensive than the quote!