It IS good that it worked out. Sounded like it was pretty close to the point of cutting your losses and running.

You'd have killed me when you saw what I sold my 1G for, Mike. $5k back in '01, and it came with around $3.5k of new suspension, wheels and tires, to name just a few... And the car had just gotten the new motor rebuild I'd given it, with just one cylinder running a few pounds low. Didn't have the time, money or space to mess with it, so I dropped it for a loss. It happens.