My poor car

I bought my first car 7 years ago next month. I love my car, I know its a silly PT with little under the engine but its mine. I have made every single payment on it. I have taken it to the shop when it needs a checkup/repairs. I cleaned it. Its all mine, its all me. Well its sick, sicker than I knew and I might have to part ways with my car.

I am not naive enough to think this day would never come, I mean good grief its got 126K miles on it. But its still happening faster than I was expecting. I am not prepared to say good bye. Which leads me to my dilemma do I pay $2000 + or do I trade it in and take a loss of less than $500? I have two options for trade, 1 is new PT and the 2nd is a used Patriot. I had been thinking that when the time came I would want a bigger vehicle and the Patriot fits the bill. But its a used car and the PT would be new. The price difference is nominal so that is not helping me make my decision either.

This is probably the main reason that I am still up and its midnight on a work night when I have been dragging every morning this week. Must figure out what I want to do. AAHHH!!!