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Thanks everyone for responding with helpful advice. Gary, I would be interesting in following up with your friend as Charleston is just over them hills. another question for all of you involves the practicality of doing the labor myself. I am not completely against the idea and am always keen to invest in tools. But my experience level is limited to layman.

Hi John, Thanks for responding. I live in the New River Gorge area and can usually find a reason to multi-task a trip down towards the Blacksburg area, so this might work out just fine. I will get back to you in a few days while I confirm the labor estimate if I were to bring in my own transmission and then thoroughly check out the health of the rest of the car. And then run things through with my wife. I know that she has been unhappy with some cosmetic problems on the vehicle for some time and I suspect that she has been secretly happy with the recent failed transmission. She certainly has been remarkably proactive in assembling craigslist leads on used legacies. -brian

95 legacy 235,000 miles automatic transmission AWD I am in an unfamiliar situation and I am looking for advice. I lost reverse earlier this week. I am continuing to use the car out of necessity and avoiding situations that call for potentially using reverse. The local mechanics have diagnosed the need for a new transmission at cost $700 parts $450 labor. Now what? Consider a limited budget. Best move fix it? look for a better deal? Junk it? part it out? I like the car and am considering buying another. In this scenario is there a particular year I should be targeting?