be prayin for you, car issues are horrible, but G-d will not fail you, cause he hasnt failed me yet.

Full story so there is no more confusion.

It was bone dry. It over heated on the side of the road, 20 miles outside of Topeka. We called AAA to come and tow us to the nearest gas station to fill it up with coolant. Once we filled it up and stared the truck up, THAT's when we noticed it was hemorrhaging coolant out of the top hose. The tow truck then took us all the way into Topeka to the shop where they changed the top hose. Then is when we drove it off and it over heated again, prompting us to go back and then is when we discovered the lower hose was leaking as well. I left it with them overnight and the next day is when they told me it had the busted head gasket and possible cracked head.

I am not going to let them fix it because a few people we have talked to believe they head gasket may be something they have added on to get more money. We are going to have it towed to a shop that a good friend of ours is very familiar with. This shop is apparently very honest and affordable. Our friend has been taking his vehicles there for years and has a good relationship with them. They will give the truck a complete lookover to figure out exactly what is wrong with it.

We will do this Saturday.

it did.

the first, on the side of the road 20 miles outside of Topeka

Dave Ramsey? Good for you.

I had the same dilemma with a car I used to have. BIG Headache!!! 

I had a leak similar to yours where the hose had too much pressure on it and expanded in one place just enough to create a tear. When I took it to get checked out they said that in addition to the hose I needed a new head gasket. I toiled over expensive repairs but luckily my transmission died before I was convinced to forked over any cash. Total Loss.. But thank God I didn't act any sooner. It would have been $ down the drain.

It always seems to happen at the worst times. I feel your pain..


Totally!
I'm jealous. I used to bike everywhere when I was in school.
Atlanta = Commuter Nightmare

So TRUE!
Moving closer helped me tremendously though. I used to commute 50 miles both diving and public trans in the same trip. (MARTA sux).

What's it like in Topeka?

referring to what? Housing costs? If so, housing is not too expensive. as with any city, it depends on where you are. I, unfortunately, do not live near topeka. I commute 40 miles one way everyday to work. That's 80 miles a day. Plan A was to move to Topeka asap, but things keep hindering that from happening. If I did live in Topeka, I would ride a bike everyday.