The repair would probably be around $500, and the truck probably isn't worth more than $3K after the repair. I actually went without heat two winters ago and didn't realize it (my part of Michigan isn't that cold, and I just thought my drive was too short for the heat to have time to warm up)! I never off-road (on purpose, anyway), I drive about 7500 miles/year, and truth be told, I could probably get away with a teensy-weensy compact, because other band members have cars.
Intellectually, I know that if I were able to sell it for $3K and purchase a car with better gas mileage for the same amount, I'd be saving money pretty much instantly. I just, I don't know...am afraid of change and the unknowns? Maybe step one is to give my parents a call and see where they're at with the Jetta. That's less scary because I know the car, I know the owners. I've never bought a car before; I always took my parent's old cars, until a crazy exboyfriend picked out the Blazer almost a decade ago.
This is probably one of those instances where I just need to give myself a face punch and stop being such a wussipants about being a grown-up and doing grown-up things.