5:16pm heading westbound towards my friends house. 5:20pm, at a stop light about 200 yards away from my friends house. Light turns Green. I applied the gas. 3100 rpms, it shifts into second, right when it hit 2900 rpm all of the sudden the car slowed down QUICK. It feels like i downshift from 5th to 2nd Gear in an manual (Mines Automatic). The car drives like it stuck in freakin low gear. No reverse. In nuetral i was able to drive. D4 feels like D3 or 2. When i drive i cannot get pass 40mph w/o going pass 3500 rpms. The shop said it was a clutch and it would cost $2,400 dollars to fix. I went around asking for second opinions. No luck, because all the shop closes at 6:00pm. I went home parked the car in the garage and jumped on the internet. I found an JDM automatic transmission on ebay for $345.00 (buy it now option ). I think shipping for it is about $70 dollars, and I have no idea how much labor would run.

My Questions:

I dont have much money so please tell me wat would be the cheapest route.

A)Get the auto-tranny from ebay and put it on.

B)Go get my tranny rebuilt.

C)Buy a Standard Tranny, which is about $150 cheaper, and do a 5 speed conversion. I dont think this would work because the cluck master cylinders, cables, shift linkage, etc. would probably run over the price for the automatic tranny, and labor would probably cost an arm and a leg.

Please tell me which way is best if i dont have much money. Or if you know wat is wrong with my tranny please reply. Thank You!!