My car is fixed...

So with much help from my dad, the Saturn rides again. We got an engine in a car that had a bad transmission (much like my car did about 40000 miles ago), took it out and put it in mine. It runs great, though the "Service Engine Soon" light came on right when I was on the San Mateo Bridge. Not entirely sure what that means, but if the car lasts me another year, then it was worth the $200 and all the fun we had swapping them out.

Though that 2010 VW Golf TDI does look exceptionally fantastic despite being surrounded by abbreviations.